As Moderateman mentioned on his blog, there is a movement afoot in California to revise all textbooks to include the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual historical figures. Because of the need to "create" enough people in those categories to draw interest, the homosexual community is basically defining a number of historical people as gay simply because they believed they might be.

In the interest of historical accuracy, I would like to state here and now that I would like all historical references to me to refer to the fact that I am heterosexual. I could further the interests of historical accuracy by detailing my preferred positions, but 1) I'm among the apparent minority that believes sex belongs in the bedroom, not in the marketplace, and 2) I'm guessing most of you would prefer be left without that particular information anyway.

The sexuality of an individual bears precisely no relevance to their contributions to history. It does not have a place in any textbook, and, while relevant to certain biographies, should only be considered so if the individual, while living expressed in some way or another an interest in making that material relevant. A biography of Oscar Wilde, for instance, would be incomplete without that information; a biography of Abraham Lincoln (about whom such rumours have spread) would not.

It's time for sanity to push political correctness off the cliff of common sense. While this initiative did not pass, it raised the real possibility that some initiative in the future might.