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It's been a while since Win Ben Stein's Money, in which I developed a healthy respect for Ben Stein, both as a master of intelligent repartee, and a very decent human being. I suppose it must be true, though, that the television lies. What I found on your website today would not have been quite so appalling, but for the fact that Ben Stein wrote it.

Mr. Stein makes the following reference "...the Democrats, whose primary constituency, besides the teachers' unions, is homosexual men and lesbian women."

Is there a reputable dataset somewhere upon which Mr. Stein bases this assertion? Perhaps he would be so kind as to produce it? Perhaps he's just talking off the cuff? I have to wonder, given the blatantly inaccurate, sweeping generalization he then goes on to make. One which I hardly ever thought worthy of someone so erudite and meticulous as Mr. Stein.

"I hope it won't come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys. (Take a look at anyone renting Endless Summer next time you are at the video store.)"

I realize, dear Editors, that part of any magazine/website's job is to provoke thought, and perhaps, make some outrageous claims, inflame your audience, just to get the readers in, and most importantly, sell subscriptions and ad space. But this is a gratuitously divisive claim, and ignores the larger societal, and ultimately anthropological reality.

Human beings are no different than any other mammals. Regardless of orientation, humans seek out the young, strong, and fit for sexual partners. In this respect, gay men are no different than straight men. Just take a look at the age difference between the hero and heroine of any Hollywood film produced since the 1960s. (Better yet, I wonder how many gay men rent copies of Lolita? How many straight men?)

Mr. Stein claims to have many gay friends... did he bother to ask them about this blanket statement before printing it?

p>Only he can answer that. br> -- Tyler Clark br> A (sadly) former fan of Ben Stein. /p>

"I hope it won't come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys. (Take a look at anyone renting Endless Summer next time you are at the video store.)"

Ok, what don't you fools get!

p>Bill Clinton affair with an adult woman? Or a middle age man trying to get sex out of an underage boy! Duh, this is not a gay issue but a moral and issue, no wonder your kids are starving, and drugging themselves to death. Why can't we just be quite sometimes, instead of making idiotic statements. I think Dateline has been doing a segment on heterosexual men trying to date underage girls for about a month, so should we let these men that have been charged behind this program go free? As your statement below seems to support this type of action.

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