And MLK Jr's daughter doesn't support gay rights. I'm not sure Reagan's ghost can help with this one.

I don't know, Paul. I have to assume that his daughter knew him a little better than you and I did.

And the fact that she quoted him as saying "some men are BORN [that way]" (as opposed to CHOOSING to be that way) lends a lot of credence to her theory.

Plus, he once published an editorial back in '78 that included this line: "...homosexuality is not a contagious disease like the measles. Prevailing scientific opinion is that an individual's sexuality is determined at a very early age and that a child's teachers do not really influence this..."

Supporting gay marriage rights isn't too much of a stretch once one acknowledges that being gay isn't a choice. In fact, I think that that is probably the biggest sticking point for the anti-gay lobby: they don't believe that people are actually born gay -- they think that it's always a deliberate, disrespectful, and gross choice.

(Wow...Never would've I thought that I'd ever be defending Ronald Reagan on a decidedly liberal website...I was barely old enough to tie my shoes when he was in office...The mind reels...)

As usual, Paul has his head up his ass.

Well said, h i t.