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You think “Europe” is ready to take a lead in world affairs? Robert Kagan gets it just about right.

YOU AND DERB: Thanks for all the letters. It seems from some of them that I’m always talking about what I do in the “bedroom.” I bet I’d get more hits if I did. Why is it that for some people heterosexuality is all about your spouse, girlfriend, family, kids, etc. but homosexuality is only and ever about ‘disgusting’ anal sex? When a movie has a sweet ballet-dancer kid who turns out gay, it’s propaganda. When movies have been produced for decades as if gay people simply didn’t exist, that’s entertainment. I give up. If you start from the premise that someone is defined by ‘disgusting’ sex, even if they have no more and no less disgusting sex than anyone else (you think heteros only use the missionary position?), then there’s simply no way to argue back. When someone like me comes along and mentions my boyfriend coming to Thanksgiving or something harmless like that, I’m shoving it in your face. When Jonah Goldberg casually mentions that his wife leaves in the morning and comes home at night in his column, he’s just humanizing his prose. Man, I’d love it if homosexuality were a non-issue. But when I write and behave as if it is, some of you have a cow. I think that’s called a no-win situation. I just have to believe there are some straight people out there who get it. Mercifully, many of my straight readers do. I’m grateful for your open minds.