I cannot quite understand how a definite sexual orientation toward the same sex is a sound basis for a puffed up WAY OF LIFE and a whole " community " ? For example , I read about a teacher who led her class in a PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE GAY PRIDE FLAG . How is this not less silly than a fascist PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE to the flag of American imperialism ? There is a great deal of vanity and narcissism in collective gay self-promotion. Yes, one of my best friends is gay . And he concluded long ago that gay marriage was just a farce of a farce ( your mate as sexual and economic PRIVATE PROPERTY ? ) . What could there be wrong about flying a Heterosexual Pride flag ? And joining a wonderful " heterosexual community " ? The talented and passionate homosexuals of the Beat Generation integrated their " way of life " with a generalized anti-capitalist , anti-materialist outlook. Jack Kerouac - a bi-sexual - identified himself as a SOCIALIST in some early short stories. And he did not scorn his Canadian French-Catholic roots. Even today being a SOCIALIST is a way of connecting yourself to the larger COMMUNITY that is the human race .