HELENA — Montana lawmakers are considering a proposal to repeal an obsolete state law that criminalized gay sex before it was struck down by the courts in the 1990s.
Two years ago, a similar proposal to repeal the law cleared the Senate only to die in the more conservative House.
But since then, the Montana Republican Party has removed from its platform the position that the GOP seeks to make homosexual acts illegal. The party remains opposed to gay marriage.
More than a dozen advocates told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that it is time to remove a law from the books that is hurtful.
There were two opponents to the bill. Dallas Erickson of Montana Citizens for Decency Through Law argues that the courts got the decision wrong.
As for your comment about children. Their confusion arises because same-sex couples cannot express their affection for one another in public. They must hide who they are because they fear that bigoted individuals will bring them harm. Since children are not exposed to who these people really are, they become confused when exposed to something that seems foreign to them. This foreignness, however, is manufactured through prejudice perpetuated by folks like you. Once homosexuality is accepted into society, once homosexual individuals are able to be who they are without fear of reprisal, this confusion will cease because the condition for its possibility will cease (i.e. non-exposure to same-sex couples expressing affection in public).
Finally, what right do you have to impose your will on others with respect to matters of love and sexuality? That's a rhetorical question... you have no right to do that.