Posted by
Gene on Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:50:41 PM
In days of old when knights were bold/ And “gay” was not invented,/ They went along their hidden way/ And seemed to be contented.
That bit of doggerel is simplistic, of course, but it did seem that forty years ago homosexuals seemed happier in the closet. That may not have been altogether true but prior to co-opting and misusing the word “gay,” they definitely seemed gayer than they seem today.
Perhaps gays were seething underneath, and it’s true that some may have been bullied and ridiculed, but they didn’t seem violent before the mass outings that began with the Stonewall riots in 1969. (See Parts One to Five of this continuing series.) That’s all changed today, ironically, as they push for acceptance and assimilation into general society and as they succeed more and more in that quest. Perhaps, too, since we unfortunately live in a violent world, they feel violence is the path to travel and they have moved on down that road.
(Another disclaimer is in order here. In no way do I imply that every homosexual is violent any more than I suggest all violence is gay-inspired, although it has mushroomed of late.)
Paul Cameron, Ph.D., of the Family Research Institute documents the violent behaviors that have occurred in the last few decades in his article, “Homosexuals and Violence,” http://www.familyresearchinst.org/FRI_EduPamphlet4.html, and on his website. Squeamish readers should be cautioned that what Cameron reports is graphic and unsettling. (Oddly, it has also been accorded little media attention.)
Incidents he relates include the case of two teen lesbians murdering a 12 year old girl, statistics on male serial killers, ...