In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.
What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.
Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed to represent the small government philosophy - limited spending, low taxes. Obviously, things have shifted.
Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.
How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.
