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JugDack (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:06 PM Original message |
So what if it's "a choice" (Homosexuality)? |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. either you are or you aren't |
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maximovich (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. flamebait |
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JugDack (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Honestly, not flamebait! I just don't understand... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I actually think you're not flamebaiting |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. They can't see more than two dimensions |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Since they think homosexuality is wrong ... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. The assumption is that you are choosing to commit evil against |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because choices |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Exactly.... |
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hippiegranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. The "choice" |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. The assumption is you deliberately choose to be gay just like another |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Exactly. Well said. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Religious fanatic homophobes claim it's a choice because they |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. The thing that gets me |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. That's why they claim it's a choice |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sure, it's a choice. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. If I chose to be a hetero it must be a choice to be gay....Oh wait.... |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. In addition to what everyone has said |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Going along that line |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Of course, the huge majority of transgendered people aren't gay |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Not all of them were born the wrong sex. |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. I never even heard of that |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's not any different. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. The thing that makes me sad is that I think it's a GREAT CHOICE. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. i don't know if i was born gay or not...i do know that i chose to live |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. But are they not also saying that... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. you can't...but someone else might be able to |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. i agree: so what if it is? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. being gay is not a choice |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I agree... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. nah, we still need interior decorators :) |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Once they accept it's an inherent part of a person, they have to |
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sojourner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. Choice is akin to what we do when we decide whether to rob a bank or not. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. living openly as a gay person is a choice |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's a way of alleviating guilt for discriminating against them |
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seeminer21 (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Well..... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. explain bisexuals |
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seeminer21 (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. They're just..... |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. sexuality is far more fliud than many believe |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. Having grown up as a straight Jewish male: |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. Interesting food for thought. In a way, insisting on genetics... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. i've always known i was gay -- from the time i was small. |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. the counter is to ask the straight man when he chose to be straight |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. Gay maan here and JugDack is right - it shouldn't matter whether it's |
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