BOBBY DRAKE - STRAIGHT AS A DIE...

Let me tell you about my pal, ROBERT - or BOBBY as he
was called by those who knew him.  Bobby usually hung about with
another group of friends, but they let me share in their exploits from
time to time.  Bobby was slightly...different to most boys and attended
a special school.  In fact, so did his four friends, SCOTT, WARREN,
HANK and JEAN.  I knew them from when I was about eight, 'though
they were all slightly older than me - teenagers actually.  Not that it
mattered much, as they never held my junior years against me.  At
some stage we drifted apart and I lost track of them.  I later
heard a rumour that Jean had died, but I was never quite
sure whether she actually had or not.

Today I heard that Bobby came out as gay, which surprised

me.  He always seemed interested in girls and even had a girlfriend,

called ZELDA.  I suspect that the Professor at the special school he

used to attend has convinced him by devious means to make this claim,

in some kind of PR attempt to make the place seem more inclusive of

different types of people.  Or perhaps it was the company he works

for.  However, the Bobby I knew was as straight as they come and,

to me, he always will be.  I don't care  what he or anybody else

says - he's not gay and never will be.

BOB HOPE once joked that he didn't mind homosexuality

being legal, just so long as it didn't become compulsory.  Poor

Bobby.  It seems he's become the latest victim in the PR assault to

transform the world into a place that reflects the tastes, desires and

whims of a small percentage of the world's population.  It appears

that tolerance isn't enough for them - they won't be content
until they achieve total world domination.

Sounds like a job for the X-MEN.  The original X-Men, that

is, as their creators intended them to be.  Which wasn't as pawns

in the hands of those who have scant respect for the characters'

history they so cavalierly abandon in pursuit of their aims. 

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