>I can co-exist with gay people
>without "embracing" them. Gay
>people need to start living
>their lives and stop worrying
>about who accepts them or
>not.

have you ever thought that not only "gays" are worried about the use of the word, "faggot." i am a heterosexual, and it saddens me to hear comments like these: "I can co-exist with gay people without 'embracing' them." you may not be "scared" of homosexuals, but you certainly don't understand them.