Reply #70: It is ignorant

[customerserviceguy]

but it's the way that it was viewed for a VERY long time. It's going to take some time to overcome. As recently as 1974, homosexuality was on the list of psychiatric disorders. If it took people with scientific minds that long to come out of the darkness, it will take awhile for people who determine what to think based mainly on societal predjudices.

Sarah Palin's expressed views provide an opportunity to have the discussion needed to move more people over to scientific reason. In the meantime, respecting other people's lifestyles, whether by choice or by genetics, is an appropriate way to deal with the knowledge gap.