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Homosexuality is a violation of God's standard.

Homosexuality is like an inside baseball thing. It's like a gag that people share; 'How is your husband?' But when it comes to bringing diversity to a broader audience, suddenly it's a different road. It's what we call 'a risk.' Isn't it our responsibility to elevate the standards and change people's perceptions?

I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.

There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia in our culture. It's regrettable, it's stupid, it's heartless, and it's immoral, but there it is.

When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant.

To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967.

Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is.

Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.

Muslims have a very bad attitude to homosexuality, they're very intolerant.

My feelings on homosexuality are unequivocal. I have absolutely no problem with it whatsoever. My only reservation is marriage.