Robert, I question your saying that you don't "hate queers."

How many gay friends do you now have, or have you had in the past?

Not simply co-workers: people you'd socialize with, have over to your home, shoot the shit with.

Me, I've had several and they never tried to come on to me or to "convert" me to homosexuality: we simply hung out due to other common interests.

I'll tell you one thing: the divisions we feel won't end til when we see people we don't first characterize them by race, gender or sexual orientation.