It is traditionally vicious to attack the religion of another. For this reason, those of a limited religious view must live in a vacuum of agreement for the sake of amiability. Then, because polite conversation is often held to be more sacrosanct than serious discussion, it is a delight to hear the rare hostess say, "Let's talk about nothing but religion, politics and sex tonight! I shall feel quite unsuccessful if anyone leaves saying he's had a 'good' time." And it was in this same rare spirit that ONE proffered the invitation to "dash off a little something" for its decennary issue. Resulting are these comments on the Religion of Homosexuality as it now appears to one of the magazine's first editors ten years later.

Of course, it is patently untenable to define a homosexual as one who prefers his own sex. Instantly such questions arise as: do you mean, mentally, physically, emotionally or a jigger of each? If not always physically, then does the question imply that they are deviates who are drawn to their own gender only mentally and emotionally? If physically, at what frequency does one become a homosexual: once, twice, a dozen times, now and then during the summer months, daily or only in wet dreams? And what role must one play to earn the homosexual label: passive male,

note on phallic worship by jeff winters

aggressive female or one participant in a choric masturbation?

There seems to be only one satisfactory answer granting homogeny to these nonsense questions, and it is the attitude of the Law stating that all are deviates who "make an unnatural gesture even once." Wisely, the Law carefully avoids specifying the age of