If privately practiced by consenting adults, I would not equate it with murder or robbery, either, but in its present form, the almost unavoidable indoctrination of children robs them of something which cannot be restored: their innocence.
You may feel that would happen anyway, but when I was a child (I'm a great-grandfather now), there was almost no mention of homosexuality nor the other spectra of deviant sexual behaviour save that a person was a "pervert" and to be avoided--in order to keep children away from those who might be inclined to attempt sexual molestation.
Now, and the feed is not limited to strictly deviant behaviour, deviant behaviour is broadcast as "entertainment". More can be seen in single commercials on television (especially cable) than in a month's programming in the 50s or early 60s. You can't even watch the news without being bombarded with gays this or gays that.
Yes, we have all been robbed, whether you realize it or not. It has taken three generations of the coarsening of our culture to reach this point, and while I am no prude, any culture which fails to protect its moral fiber and that of its young will inevitably fail.
Oh you and I are on the same side in this argument, sir. I can assure you. As for talk of homosexuality, the first time I heard mention of this kind of thing was when I was in junior high and a friend told me she saw two girls kissing in one of our large parks. My initial thought was, “Why would they do that?” Even when my friend told me, I still didn’t GET IT. Duh. I just had no concept that a woman would have the same kind of sexual attraction for a woman that normal women have for men.
Thank God I lived in a time of innocence. And you are absolutely right about being bombarded. It has gotten to the point where it is just insidious and pervasive. If one were to figure out the population of homosexuals (gay and lesbian) based on the numbers we see in the media, you’d think that 30 percent of our population was homosexual.
So, in summary, I agree with you totally and that is why I do not even have cable television nor intend to have it and watch very little of the regular programming. Very little.