When the months of the year were divvying up the national holidays between them, June must have drawn the shortest straw. Among other things, June is National Safety Month, National Dairy Month, and National People Skills Month. The most inane of these month-long celebrations, however, has to be Gay Pride Month.Don’t get me wrong – I have nothing against gays or lesbians, and if they want to dress in flamenco bikinis and Village People outfits and have a parade, more power to them. But I can’t help but notice the absurdity of devoting an entire month to how proud you are of what you do “between the sheets”. The concept of a Gay Pride Month begs the question “Exactly what is going on in the bedrooms of homosexuals in the United States?” Apparently it’s something so incredibly amazing that it takes 30 days to truly appreciate it! I, too, have been proud of some rather choice performances in the past, but usually this sentiment only lasts as long as the subsequent cigarette. And doesn’t it seem strange to anyone that our country’s Memorial Day is followed by a Gay Pride Month? I can only assume that this is because the strength of character needed to storm the beach at Normandy pales in comparison to that required to hit the clubs in Castro. Even Jesus only gets two days every year, and they say that guy walked on water!Maybe Gay Pride Month is about celebrating the homosexual community, and not necessarily their sexual proclivities. But this makes even less sense. Sure, there are thousands of successful, important public figures who happen to be homosexual, but so what? And what does that have anything to do with any other gay person? I can only imagine coming up to some famous, influential man or woman that I really admire and saying, “Hey, I hear you’re a heterosexual. Me too!” Maybe homosexuals have to pass some sort of grueling Navy SEAL-type training in order to get accepted into the club, but that aside, I don’t understand why being gay or lesbian should be considered such a distinction, and I don’t see why an entire month should be devoted to them.