Rock on Straights!

(For non-Indonesians, Ahmad Dhani is an Indonesian rock musician who is also part of the Indonesian rock band Dewa.)
He says that homosexuality is like being addicted to drugs. It is the responsibility of parents to ensure that their children don’t become gay. And especially the father’s, for if someone becomes gay it is the father’s fault that he did not instil the male spirit in his sons.
And what is his suggestion for all the fathers in the world?! Rock music!! He has fed his sons on a healthy diet of Rock to ensure that they become real men! Because, he says, gay men do not like Rock music. If your son does not like Rock, you have to be careful. 
(The italicizations are mine.)
That reminds me of some famous rock stars who are/were gay – Freddie Mercury (Queen), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day – he is a bisexual), Michael Stipe (R.E.M. – bisexual). It is strange how people hold on to prejudices when Science has already shown otherwise. But on second thought it is not so surprising after all, prejudices reinforced by religion are the hardest to let go.

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