Talk:Why Can't It Be Love: A Talk With Tapper/@comment-4165715-20130310235312/@comment-4165715-20130311001707

No, I don't expect you to change his viewpoint at all; I wouldn't change mine for you either. I generally don't have a problem with religiously driven or homophobically-raised individuals until they try to push their beliefs and lifestyle on other people.

As I've probably said before, I have homosexual, bisexual, and even a transgender group of friends, but I myself am straight. I often find myself as offended, if not moreso, when they are ridiculed for being who they are, and it hurts me to think that some people simply do not understand that their sexuality is no more a choice than the color of their skin or blood type.

I completely respect your beliefs, Vic, and hope that you respect mine, too.