How many times do we have to go over this topic? Your sexual orientation isn't a choice!
2006-10-31 16:39:52 · 17 answers · asked by ByTheSea 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
to dazed&confuzed: my point exactly. So were we.
2006-10-31 16:45:57 · update #1
(born gay, that is)
2006-10-31 16:47:28 · update #2
Good for you, M J ; )
2006-10-31 16:49:38 · update #3
Chris- Exactly, and thank you for your answer.
2006-10-31 17:00:34 · update #4
I see Mr. Da ben dan is being a wiseguy ; )
2006-10-31 17:13:52 · update #5
I seriously don't think it matters one way or the other. Whether or not it's a choice still doesn't justify discrimination or the kind of hatred we encounter.
People choose to change their hair color and eye color all the time. They dye their hair or get colored contact lenses but not once are these people denied their rights to "Life, Liberty or the Pursuit of happiness."
No other Levitical/Mosaic Law is stated as often as the ones which are supposedly against homosexuality, yet these very same folks don't follow ANY other Levitical/Mosaic Laws in their own lives. As a matter of fact, when Christians quote Levitical law I simply have to laugh because it's obvious they forget that they are not bound to Levitical Laws so using them to clobber gays/lesbians is hypocrisy at it's best!
2006-10-31 17:40:51 · answer #1 · answered by DEATH 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, ok, maybe a long post. I think that sometimes, sexual orientation might be genetic, but also, on some cases, it is aquired based on several circumstances.
But, I agree that mostly, it's born with. I like girls because I do. It's like, do you prefer blondes or brunnettes? tall or petite? Well, maybe socially there are larger repercusions to whatever orientation you are. A society won't try to shun you because you prefer brunettes over blondes, but if you're gay, usually that's another story.
2006-11-01 01:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by Roberto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've known a few people who decided to 'go straight,' and only one of them appears to have had any success... but he didn't do it through god or some faith-based ex-gay program, he did it through occultism.
I also know a straight guy once who tried to make himself gay (I don't really know why.. think he was feeling unlucky with the girls and thought he'd have an easier time with guys) and all he managed to do was quit being creeped out when other guys hit on him. Still couldn't get 'interested' if you know what I mean.
Me... I'm trans, and I did actually turn to God in my youth. I begged Him to show me the path He wanted me to take, to help me be the man He wanted me to be... and I actually did feel a presence. I felt a sort of peace that I hadn't had for a long time come over me, and an overwhelming sense of love and acceptance. And later that day, I opened up a copy of a local (and very conservative/right-leaning) paper, and it just flipped open to a very positive article in the lifestyles section about transsexuals. As far as I know, God was telling me He accepts me as a transgendered person, that for whatever reason it's who and what He wants me to be
Maybe I'm wrong... maybe it was all just some coincidence or something in my head trying to come to terms with myself... but if it was real, then I'd rather be asking Him to forgive me for misinterpreting His message than be asking Him to forgive me for not having faith in His guidance. (I was raised Lutheran, and taught that the only truly unforgivable sin was a lack of faith.)
And if it wasn't real... then God doesn't answer, none of it matters and I should just be who I am anyway.
2006-11-01 01:22:31 · answer #3 · answered by angiekaos 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody chooses to be gay, lesbian, bisexual etc. The researchers are still undecided in this matter. many say it's all genetics, some say there is a anatomanic difference in the brain of how they are weired especially seen in gay males.
I think its nature vs nurture. so this is my opinion on this matter.
If you want any resources. go to
www.hrc.org and find out more about it.
2006-11-01 02:01:18 · answer #4 · answered by angelikabertrand64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody has answered that question to me whenever I asked in exchange of "When did you decide to be gay?". If you ask about how their parents took the news when s/he confess their heterosexuality, something happens to their face expression: try it!
2006-11-01 03:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by Díscolo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a choice so i don't even waste my time trying to argue this point to anybody.
2006-11-01 00:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by m j 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
heh heh! ;)
oh yes, they choose it at about 4 years old. At least that's when I knew I was attracted to the same sex.
2006-11-01 02:41:51 · answer #7 · answered by Alias400 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good for you they ask us this all the time and yet there answer to this is the same as our own and they still can't except it. great question
2006-11-01 00:50:21 · answer #8 · answered by BabyBella 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
See answer to "When do people decide to be Gay?"
2006-11-01 01:38:17 · answer #9 · answered by survivor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whoops, this is a private bash?
Sorry, I'll get out of the cross fire now.
2006-11-01 01:29:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋