Doesn't everyone have to pay taxes that those towards the same thing? I have a feeling when the tax laws and public education system came about that they weren't thinking of people who didn't have children or who were gay. If you are gay and have children than the blows your theory out of the water since none of it relates to being gay.

You probably took advantage of the public school ride thanks to the tax payers. If i heard a hetero who didn't have kids bitching about the same thing my reply would be identical.

The taxes that pay for schools is a betterment of all, including those children who are gay. So why are you bitching? I hate taxes too. I get taxed more for being married. You don't get taxed more for being gay.

As for the insurance thing- i wasnt allowed to get on my husbands insurance until we provided a proof of marriage. My husband works for a company that has domestic partner benefits and i still couldnt be insured prior to the proof. So there was no discremination towards me as a straight or gay person, it was as an unmarried person. Health insurance companies are not necessarily discreminatory towards gay people, it's unmarried people and some do make acceptions for domestic partners.

I get ridicule for being married young, being a redhead, being a woman with short hair, having a child (from people who hate kids), being Christian, being conservative, being from the South, being from the US. We all have crosses to bear.

There is no doubt that gay men have the most to deal with among certain groups of people. But i guess i'm in a different world because i'd never talk snide or make comments about someone publicly for whatever reason, so i might be a little out of sync here because I'm comfortable with diversity and i forget others might act like complete asses to you.

You guys have come a long way. I see highschool kids and emo-types who are comfortable being overtly feminine or masculine for their gender in public, they might hold hands with others of the same sex and the boys wear makeup. People might stare but this is a huge difference from the 1980's when my brother was in highschool as a closeted gay. He endured much ridicule for his orientation and he did his best to hide it. Now boys are able to come out to their family, shows are on MTV encouraging teens to do so and they are able to be openly gay in their jobs.

I think this might be your age that your peers have a harder time accepting it. Because the kids who will be adults in the future will have less and less to complain about as we get used to it.