It has often been suggested that gay people are just straight people who choose to sin and that if gay people want to be straight, all they have to do is repent of their sins and "do the right thing."
Would you be willing to marry a "formerly" gay guy? Would you be willing to live a life with a man who would be fighting the urge to copulate with other guys for the rest of your lives?
It has also been suggested by many Yahoo! Answers that gay people can get married any time they want... to a straight person.
How many of you are willing to be that straight person in that relationship?
2006-08-01 01:59:36 · 14 answers · asked by Dustin Lochart 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
With ten answers in, not one has even hinted that they would make that grand leap of faith... Not even ten percent are willing.
2006-08-01 02:19:02 · update #1
This is pathetic...
If I had asked if homosexuality was a choice or a sin, there would have been 30-50 responses telling me how horrible homosexuality is. When I ask for a show of hands of those who are willing to pledge their lives to gay men changed by god, none of those people want to answer.
I guess faith only goes so far. Out of 11 answers we have one firm maybe.
Where is all the faith? I suspected this would be the result. It appears that faith is something you have when being certain somebody else is doing something wrong.
2006-08-01 02:37:47 · update #2
It is very sad that there are more answers to a silly question about how god vibrates air to make sound without a voicebox than a legitimate question about faith.
An hour later... only a couple of married christians would take this leap of faith, no single christian women.
So the truth is in... even christians don't believe that homosexuals can be heterosexuals... just as I suspected. It's all rhetoric to back up bigotry and discrimination... has nothing at all to do with god.
2006-08-01 02:57:38 · update #3
I'm not sure being gay is a matter of choice. What is a matter of choice is what you do with your sexual life, gay or not.
I think that in some cases it is a choice, and in some others, well, that's just how you're wired. None of those are excuses to be promiscuous, though.
I guess that in the case that a man chooses to sleep with other men, it is possible for them to realize what they're doing with their life and straighten it up. In that case (if I were single and available), I would consider dating that person, and marrying him if it comes to that. I won't judge him for the mistakes he made before. I made lots of mistakes too, and I repented and found redemption. If that's his case too, I would take him.
Now, if it's not a matter of choice, then some miracle would have to occur, but otherwise I woulnd't marry a gay guy, because in this case it would just be a pretend marriage. I guess he can choose not to have gay sex, but nothing would make him desire me as a woman, and that is also an important part of marriage. Yeah, there's companionship, commitment, etc., but the sexual part does count.
I am a Christian, and I know the bible says that homosexuality is a sin. I'm still struggling with that concept, though. I understand that being promiscuous is wrong, and men having sex with men (or women with women) only for satisfying their sexual urges is wrong, as is wrong men and women having sex for the same reason. But I'm still struggling with why can gay people not establish with a partner and love him and respect him and commit to him as well, and have a sexual relationship with him the same way I have a sexual relationship with my husband, based in love and respect? That, I don't know.
2006-08-01 02:22:44 · answer #1 · answered by Patricia V 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is an impossibility. No one can be changed from gay to straight. I'm straight and I certainly can't be changed to gay. Being gay is NOT a choice. Why would someone choose being gay as a way of life when it is such a difficult thing in today's society? If people would just learn to accept each other as people and not be concerned with what they do in the bedroom. If someone is a good person, I couldn't care less what they do in private.
2006-08-01 09:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by clarity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If God has really touched and changed your life I'd be willing to. Of course, I'm already married, so I guess my opinion may not count for much, but my theory is what you did in the past is done. If you've made it right with God then everything's ok.
2006-08-01 09:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by irishharpist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF, we are talking about YOU, do all the women in the world a favor, and leave them alone. Just go be gay. You are what you are. Save all the trusting beautiful women out there for hetro's. Good luck.
2006-08-01 09:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a born again believer and I say yes. If a man is saved meaning he is trusting in Christ's death burial and resurrection for his sins I would marry him. How could we as believers say that we are a new creation and still judge others for their pasts sins. That burns me up!!!
2013-12-25 22:07:52 · answer #5 · answered by Born Again 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God forgives--so should we, but unfortunately, I am already married!
Sex is a gift from God to a married Man and Woman so you are on the right track!
2006-08-01 09:04:11 · answer #6 · answered by CatholicMOM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gay people are gay, period. God can't really change the way HE made them, and marrying a woman definitely wouldn't help either.
2006-08-01 09:03:17 · answer #7 · answered by James P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO!
This should be good.
(after reading the answers to date)
Well that was disappointing. I suppose the eligible ladies steered clear for fear of demonstrating the hypocrisy of these christian beliefs.
Good effort, though. confront them with the logical conclusion of their statements and watch them scurry for cover.
Well done!
2006-08-01 09:10:42 · answer #8 · answered by bobkgin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
married .....but I have friends in the church both male and female who have come to the Lord and have walked away from that lifestyle and live good lives with members of the opposite sex as heterosexual couples .....it can happen does every day...
2006-08-01 09:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by shiningon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would want the guy to get a test for AIDS first before I would consider him.
2006-08-01 11:38:11 · answer #10 · answered by pennypincher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋