…Which is nice, but I have to draw another line for you.
A fat man eating at McDonald’s knows the risk, as does the 7’ man planning a costly trip to Disneyland, as does the motorcyclist who wears no protective gear, as does the robber who stands in front of a security camera with no mask on and short sleeve shirts exposing their many unique tattoos: These are people who “put themselves” on the spot in varying degrees, some more and less severe than others.
That said, if one has a genetic predisposition that would put them at a disadvantage, the tendency is steer that person away from unreasonable challenges. For instance, the likelihood of a blind person getting a job as a color corrector in the film industry is low. The likelihood of a paraplegic person taking up Thai Kickboxing is low. The likelihood of a 7-foot-tall man fitting in the tea cups in the toddler section at Disneyworld is also low.
One of those things doesn’t fit: That is, the plight of the seven foot tall man… he has the power to do other things that, for instance, a shorter person could not do, but instead he will either sue a company, who’s rides have been in service on average for over 30 years, because he can’t do what a child can. There is no moral question, there’s simply a judgment call on behalf of the man.
Now let’s take this line of thought and factor in “The Gay”. What happens if you were born gay, and in life, you felt as though you want to pursue the OPPOSITE sex… as unbelievable as it sounds, you would be completely free to do so. Whether or not you did is at your own discretion, as is the choice to catalog shop from Beverly Hills, hang a rainbow flag from your front door step, speak with a lisp and so on… today, the likelihood of you being mugged for being homosexual is far lower than the likelihood that you will join a million-man march in one of the major cities in the United States.
A person born with “The Gay” isn’t crippled, they’re not lacking something (other than a desire for vagina/mangina), and there’s no such thing as a “Straights Only” water fountain or a “Gays in the Back of the Bus” (tee hee) section. Gays, within obvious limitations (A paraplegic blind gay, for example), can do just about anything they want to do when they do it. It’s like saying “I was born with HAIR, I guess I can’t attend the State Fair” or something.
Gays have nothing “against” them in society, other than “They can’t be married” (in most places) and “They call us bad names”... to which I’m sure every black, hispanic, arab, indian, chinese, white… hell, EVERYONE has a few. At least the slurs for gays are based more on what they do rather than “what they are”... take me for example. I could be called a wetback, even though I was born in the United States and probably know more than the typical American… and there’s nothing I can do to change that… that’s just the color of my skin (also, not a handicap).
Anyway. Hopefully that spurs s’more chitty chat.