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[Gaspar]

  I suppose as long as articles like this get published (not sure if the people in the article asked to be in it) and then posted in a forum as a topic of discussion and mentioned as uncomfortable.... well I suppose that means the issue isn't as "unecessary" as we would like.

 I know people hate this analogy, but if it were a black soldier grabbing and kissing his white wife or girl friend... well nobody would blink an eye or care.  But, there was a time when it very well could have been "attention grabbing", newsworthy and a topic of discussion.   Even if they tried to make it "attention grabbing" today, nobody would care and it wouldn't get published or posted on this forum.  Someday, hopefully, nobody will A. care to get attention even if they wanted to, B. care to give it any attention and write an article about it, or C. post that article in a forum.  It won't be any big deal.  The very fact that it is, on any side of the issue, imho means it just might still be necessary.  

 If people don't "see it" and dont have to think about it, or care that it exists, they won't likely change.  This will leave all those who are too afraid to do anything about that, hiding in the closet unable to be, do and say the same things that everyone else can.  Sometimes it takes those brave people stepping out and chipping away at fear and prejudice, and yes even making a big deal of it, even if they are just attention whores lol, to make the lives of the rest much more easier to, be like everyone else.  

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