To the extent that sexual orientation is an innate characteristic rather than an action or a choice, what is there about it to be "proud" of?
My wife says I'm just impossible to talk to until I've had my first cup of coffee in the morning. When I don't feel like listening to her, I have a Diet Coke instead.
Some people are afraid of heights. I'm afraid of Steven Wright. Every time I see him I imagine I'm an advertising writer whose boss just told him "we need some copy for an Ambien commercial -- make it funny."
