I don't expect you to be polite. We're determining right now what is true and what is false; there is no room for politeness here, as truth is never polite but is only accurate. That being said, the world is constantly changing. Homosexuals were stoned in ancient Israel and have been hated ever since. Only recently has that changed, and only in some places. Did they not also live in a world of God-given rights? What of gay men in the Middle-East, under that great and friendly religion of Islam - do they not live in a world of God-given rights?

Do you not understand that what we are permitted to do is determined by those in authority over us? - this was demonstrated quite recently, when gay people were finally allowed to marry in the United States. Before, we did not have that right. Tell me, who granted that right? Was it granted by angry homosexuals, or was it granted by justices sympathetic to the cause of gay men and women everywhere? It certainly was not granted by an obvious understanding of constitutional rights - there would not have been so much division on what the Constitution said, if it were clear on the matter.

Where does power lie? It lies with those whom we give power to.

I have a pet cat. I could get rid of this cat. I don't though. I love the cat, and the cat loves me. Were the cat constantly attacking me, vicious with me, destroying my possessions, though, I'd want her gone. I am the one with power here. It does not matter how the cat feels, it only matters if this cat's behavior is beneficial to me. How can this cat know to behave properly but we as human beings forget such an obvious lesson? Power is morality.

This is the basis of Biblical morality - an honest Christian or Muslim will say that God is correct. Why? Perhaps they will try to justify it. But really, it is because there is no power that could possibly challenge God. What God says goes. You can fight God, but the story is, of course, if you do so you will suffer eternal and unbearable wrath.

This lesson can be applied to human relations, of course. The exception is that the great Powers of humanity can be destroyed and replaced. It is best not to behave in a manner that will make you an enemy of power. For example, if you murder, you will be jailed or perhaps put to death. This is power's response to rebellion - punishment.

Now, if we as gay men (and I suppose the entire LGBT movement) are in rebellion to power, we have two possible outcomes - either we change the power to be one more favorable to us, or we incur the power's wrath. No, the progress of gay rights has not come from militant, in-your-face gays. It has come from people gaining the sympathetic support of the majority - it has come from working with those stakeholders in the current system.

Open rebellion to the system is destroyed. ISIS is in open rebellion against power, with the hope of establishing a new power. We are not ISIS. We must work with the powers that be.

Lots of people around the world don't like Western government, don't like gay people. Since it is Western powers almost exclusively that support gay rights, we had best work to strengthen Western powers. We should show the West how we can help our civilization. We should celebrate those virtues that make Western civilization great. And we should not hesitate to crush enemies of Western civilization. We should rejoice that we have been liberated from the bonds that still plague nearly every other nation on earth, and be thankful to our liberators, instead of resenting them as former oppressors. Because if the people that we choose to resent - and then to work against - lose power, those that take power in their place will not be nearly as kind.