Beyond that I will not be addressing your irrelevant, rambling, hateful questions.

We don’t face discrimination just for ‘many years’; rather, we face discrimination ALL the time. I can be fired or not hired based on my actual or perceived sexual orientation. I can be declined a loan, or housing or access to facilities based on my actual or perceived sexual orientation. In my state, further, “A civil union, partnership contract or other arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage is prohibited. Any such civil union, partnership contract or other arrangement entered into by persons of the same sex in another state or jurisdiction shall be void in all respects in Virginia and any contractual rights created thereby shall be void and unenforceable.”

My partner and I have been together 21 years, and we fully intend to enjoy the rest of our life together. Do we want to be married? No. However, we would appreciate state and federal recognition of our relationship. And to not do so is, simply put, discrimination.

I endured name calling and harrasment throughout my childhood. Not just ‘many years’, but 12 years. My parents were Christian wackos who would be perfectly okay with my sexuality so long as I didn’t practice it, i.e., join the clergy or stay celibate. All of the above are harassment, discriminatory and unacceptable.

I also find offensive your suggestion that “homosexual behaviors are medically harmful, just as tobacco use is.” I beg your pardon, sir, but what is harmful is the emotional and spiritual grief that is imposed on the gay person because of his or her orientation or perceived orientation.

Actually, lesbian sexual practices are the “safest” and least likely of transmitting disease – even less so than heterosexual practices.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/wsw.htm

Since this is about T-shirts, I would appreciate if Timothy Kincaid would give his view on my 2 prior posts of what if Arabs, Latvians, Estonians, & Ukrainians wore those T-shirts asking why they should empathize with Jewish Holocaust victims for reasons already given. I addressed the 2 posts directly to him, because I want to raise something he may not have seriously considered.