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marriage vows.

The homosexual who feels that the law- obliges him
to lead a life that is virtually criminal in nature may
be consoled that he is in the company of literally
every adult American who practices sex.

Nowhere is the law’s assumption that the slightest
human contact portends immorality than in the
liquor codes of the various states and communities.
In New York State, for instance, it is illegal for a
customer to buy a stranger a drink, whether the
stranger is male or female. The law is flaunted sev-
eral thousand times a day, but it is still on the
books.

In Washington, D.C., where drinkers are obliged
to sit, one may not leave a table after occupying it
to join another party. The party may well be your
grandmother.

To answer the question most male homosexuals
ask, why are they discriminated against, I talked
with a member of a large Eastern city’s vice squad.

First, he went to great lengths to assure me that
there was no discrimination against homosexuals
and no favoritism toward lesbians.

He said, “Male homosexuals don’t need to be re-
minded that their female counterparts are much
quieter, less obtrusive than they are. They do not