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Marie -- I completely agree with you. That was the point I was trying to make. Regardless of whether you can or can not "pass" .. in my opinion you shouldn't have to. You should be able to get equal rights no matter what race, religion or sexuality you are. Now I *know* that some people still hate Jews, Blacks and gays and there's nothing we can do about that -- BUT -- what we CAN do is give them the same rights as the majority.
Ivyspice said: Religion is probably a better analogy than race because like a gay person, a member of a religious minority may choose not to act on his religious feelings/beliefs; the question is whether he should have to do so in order to get equal treatment.
I think that sexuality falls somewhere between religion and race. Religion is something you are born into but can choose to change if you wish. Race you can not change. In my opinion, sexuality is not something that you can change, but something you can "deny" or "hide" SOMETIMES (some gay men have voices/etc that broadcast them as gay regardless of how much they wish to hide that fact).
It all goes back to what IvySpice just said (and the point I was trying to make before):
SHOULD SOMEONE BE FORCED TO DENY WHO THEY ARE AND ACT LIKE THE MAJORITY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE EQUAL RIGHTS?
In my opinion? no.
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