Besides, it's not going to be the same for today's children as it was for anyone old enough to post here-- gay culture is far more widespread into the mainstream, and children are more likely to be out of the closet in school nowadays than ever before. Kids are going to find out what "gay" is far sooner, and they're far less likely to have consensus among their friends that it's weird and/or gross and/or immoral.

I'm not being ironic at all when I say parents who want their kid to not have to be exposed to gayness need to home school their kids and cut off anything that could deliver modern pop culture to the home. That's the only way a kid won't find out what gay is.