Reply #3: I think the anti-gay sentiment

[dalaigh lllama]

that surfaced in last year's round of state amendments against gay marriage surprised me more than almost anything else. In my idealistic naivete, I had assumed that most Americans had moved beyond such simplistic bigotry. Boy, was I wrong.

I think if there were more education explaining that homosexuality does NOT equal pedophilia, maybe some of the paranoia would abate -- there I go, being hopelessly, naively optimistic again.