My high school did not have ONE out gay person. My step-daughter attends that high school currently.....there are somewhere close to 100 out gay people there now. They have a school-sanctioned LGBT club there now. It's a beautiful thing. My gym teacher used to call students faggots.

Things have changed DRASTICALLY because of discourse. So it's not a waste of time to refine our discourse in the attempts to persuade more people to be tolerant and respectful. When an argument surfaces that questions our discourse....we need to find a way to address it. Lest we stop changing hearts and minds.