Most people aren't gay - live with it?

I was most saddened and more than little appalled at the interview surrounded a response by some to Stonewall's bus advert campaign which saw the statement, "Some people are gay. Get over it." appear on some of London's buses.

The response was, "Not gay, ex-gay, post-gay, and proud. Get over it," which seems to be a statement of fact as realised by the opposing view to Stonewall. Mind you, "Most people aren't gay - live with it!" would have perhaps been a more accurate statement of the reality.

Still, I listened (with growing disinterest) and thought poor Revd Linda Rose (Angican Mainstream) lost the conversation when she dug in and used terms like 'rebellion' - something that is always likely to find the other side personalise the issue into how they (being gay) are 'nice people'and how wicked the opposing side are to vilify them. So the discussion ticked the first two boxes nicely. Could it get any worse?

Of course it could.

Having sought to personalise it (isn't that how the gay gene got his job?) the discussion took the next available and (over used ) position which entails declaring how the other side is 'being abusive and intervening/interrupting'. This is designed to divert from having to engage in any real way and shows everyone else how wicked and nasty those who oppose their view is!

And, of course, having the brains to realise what was going on, the other two played the game and interrupted at the right places to deny discussion and win points for the other side (unless of course the listener expects that gambit to be present I suppose).

And so we can thank Colin Coward (CA), Linda Rose (AM) and Mike Davidson (CIT) for a waste of broadcasting time and thank Lichfield Cathedral for an extremely well-timed and life-saving morning service.

As ever, what might have been informative and perhaps positive descended into the same old same old.

Some people just aren't interested anymore - get over it!