Is bisexual living desireable?

4. Will it harm the children?

The general feeling was that adjustment of a homosexual to a heterosexual marriage would be difficult if not impossible. However, each person varies in the degree to which he has homosexual and heterosexual impulses and potentialities for adjustment. Conversely, since we are living within a monogamous culture, leading a double love life may lead to difficult personal adjustment. It was generally agreed that for a homosexual to marry without informing the betrothed of his or her homoerotic needs was unfair.

Bisexual living seems to be an ideal but impractical form of adjustment in our culture. No one could think of a single example of a happy, adjusted person who was capable of being truly faithful to both camps at the same time. Since a child is a product of his family and his culture, it was the general feeling that the children of a union of one or two homosexual parents would probably end up with more problems than would be their lot under normal circumstances.

DO HOMOSEXUALS HAVE COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES?

Does everyone have social obligations?

As members of a minority are there special obligations?

3. Should we obey "bad" laws?

4. Should homosexuals police their own group?

While a few stalwart participants interjected vehemently that homosexuals as private citizens should take part in community affairs (not the least of which was to exercise the right to vote), the majority tended towards a discussion of how to educate the public and erase the stigma attached to homosexuality. The feeling as to education of the stereotype into an acceptable mode of behaviour was that there is a lunatic fringe in every movement and that time and effort could better be used towards disseminating information and influencing legislation. It was agreed that there was a need for social frankness not the evangelistic type, but certainly a positive, open