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Can you feel the "love" tonight?

I'm a fan of disney, and still until now, I love disney classic movies like Aladin, lion king, little mermaid. In most disney classic movies, not all, there is always a love story between a Prince and a Princess.  Now let me give you an example from a disney classic movie which doesn't feature the love story of a prince and a princess but the story from fictional animal kingdom, the story of lion king. In the film, Simba grows up and falls in love with a lioness named Nala; during a rather lengthy sequence, they playfully wrestle, caress, and nuzzle one another as a love song (“Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”) plays. But for Simba and Nala to be straight meant only that they were in love.   I hear people do this all the time. When we think about a straight couple fall in love, we typically imagine the relationship in non-sexual terms: Love, romance, dating, candle light dinner,  Weddings. And yet, when we think about gay couples, many straight people conjure up images of sex