divebuddy - "We have to tolerate the toilet in the park being a no go area for our children. Surely even they can see that that is just not right."
I am sure they can - and trying to equate cottaging as being the standard behaviour of all homosexual men is ignorant and entirely inaccurate. No-one suggests that a cottage has to be tolerated - be honest, they don't.
"We have to tolerate gays flaunting their sexuality in the street. I can't ever recall seeing heterosexuals dancing about in the road crying... I'm straight, I'm straight.... or something."
No sure which streets you are frequenting divebuddy, but I have yet to see any gay man - or indeed woman, dancing about the street crying 'I'm gay, I'm gay .... or something' - are you sure you are not dreaming this?
"And, of course, we mustn't use words like deviant (no matter how accurate they are).
Oh yes - let''s!
Definition of the word 'deviant' - "One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards."
Since homosexuality is accepted in modern day society, and you fail to accept it, deliberatly using provocative expressions to describe it, which is inherently hostile, and against accepted behaviour - that makes you a deviant.
Ok with that?