integrate it into the society without change?
I have two gay brothers, well, I should say that I had two gay brothers. One of them died several years ago from AIDS, so I only have one living brother now. The views I'm going to express are those that they and some of their friends shared with me during discussions on the subject of homosexuality. They didn't necessarily agree that being gay was something that a person was born as, that some people chose it as a lifestyle, comparing it to a brunette changing their hair to that of blond. People can say "Why would anyone choose to be gay when gays tend to get such grief?", but people do that type of thing all of the time. Look at Emos and Goths for example, they choose to be that way despite the grief they get for it. But they did say that they felt some were born that way. Of the ones that are born that way, it was brought up that people are born all sorts of ways which deviate from "the norm", so if being born that way was a valid reason in itself for acceptance, then it should then apply all across the board. But it doesn't. Two examples are that of alcoholic and sex offender (and this is just two of many). Neither of these are accepted by society as being okay to just be that way. The people who are "born that way" are expected to change their behaviour. People can claim that being an alcoholic or sex offender is a danger to society, but then the same claim can be made about being gay. Homosexuality is anti-survival in that to be truly homosexual would mean that you would not propagate. Since being homosexual can be a lifestyle choice, then acceptance of it encourages others to adopt it, which can eventually lead to willful genocide. And while it might not be responsible for initiating certain STDs, it has helped to spread them.
You can say that I'm being prejudiced but 1) these are the views my gay brothers and some of their friends expressed, and 2) if the reasoning isn't valid, then you should be able to give valid reasoning against it. Not doing so or being able to do so simply validates the statements I have presented. Also, if you're going to point out that there are things which you consider to be wrong that society currently accepts and allows, then that argument doesn't work in your favour, because if you feel that they are wrong, then you don't feel that there is valid reason for them to be accepted and allowed.
So, to get to the question, how is "I was born that way" a valid enough reason for a society to not only accept homosexuality, but to also integrate it into the society without change?
2007-02-11
07:31:41
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marklemoore
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