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Relax. If it had been fewer years since you were young, and if you weren't so uptight, you might have found yourself in one of those bars yourself. I've been in one. A while back, the gay bar in town was pretty popular for everyone, straight and gay alike. It was a wild place, and a very entertaining spectacle, if you aren't the type to collapse speaking in tongues if the cute girl you just saw at the bar turned out to be a man on second glance. It was a riot! One that loses its appeal after one has seen it a few times, but a definate carnival at first.

One that loses its appeal after one has seen it a few times, but a definate carnival at first.

Sort of like seeing "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". The crowd is far more entertaining than the film. Once or twice, anyway. After that, it's just plain wierd. And boring. And disgusting. It's a freak show.

My wife and I went out to eat at one of those Japanese places where they cook the food right at your table. When we got there we were told there would be a 20-30 minute wait. I put our names on the waiting list and since it was part of a strip mall we decided to take a walk and look at the other shops.

I was thirsty so we went into this coffeehouse type place that was a few doors down from the Japanese restaurant. My wife got a coffee and I bought an ice tea and we left. We got outside and my wife started laughing and asked me if I had noticed anything wierd about the coffeeshop. I told her, "Nope, why?"

She said it was a gay hangout and that the guy behind the counter was giving me a "look". After she said that I realized that there had been only guys in the store.

I thought that was pretty funny and could only imagine what would have happened if someone from my independent, fundamental church had seen us come out of there. ;^)