"There is a great deal of it," John admits, "Especially in the military. There is the worry, that if two guys fall for each other, they will be more concerned for their lover than they will the rest of the squad in the battle field." He rolls his eyes. "It's stupid, just as the rest of the taboo is. The regilgous teaching, that is thousands of years old, talks about men and women getting together, not men and men, or women and women. People use that to justify their hatred of guys or girls being together."

"It's stupid." He digs his fingers into the sand and leave's human claw marks behind.