Word: validation
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...this is often seized on as proof that he is somehow not a "real" musician. Yet McCartney's reason -- "The marks on the page failed to match up to what I was hearing, so I eventually made up the music and someone else wrote it down" -- is perfectly valid...
...issue before us is not whether or not homosexuality is a viable, valid and affirming option in the spectrum of human sexuality. Rather, the true and pressing issue that must be addressed is how homophobia (the hatred of and discrimination against those who live and sexually desire those of the same sex) oppresses lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, while on some basic level also harms heterosexuals...
...point that "homosexuals are not truly happy despite whatever facade they display," however, is still valid no matter what Grunwald's roommate says, because my definition of happiness rests neither on appearances nor self-testimony but what to me and many others is metaphysical reality...
...agent who infiltrated the West German federal intelligence service. It is the job of an intelligence service to infiltrate the services of other countries. And if a person succeeds in this, he should not be condemned under laws in a new country for actions undertaken under laws that were valid in his country. I cannot accept the idea of good and bad, black and white, that East Germany was an illegal state and West Germany was a constitutional one. It is hard for me to say what would have happened if the situation had been reversed. Important / West German agents...
...adage "hate the sin but love the sinner," informed as it is by the authors' stated desire to develop laws, public policies, and community standards which would publicly "discourage" homosexuality, is not mistaken by homosexuals or straights for either a solution to discrimination-induced unhappiness, or a valid approach towards dealing with gay people. Straights should not presume that homosexuals crave their charity, in any form. And no one should believe that conversion to heterosexuality would prevent any further prejudice to erstwhile homosexuals. The boundaries of bigotry are not so precisely drawn...