First of all I just want to say I have no views on it, some of my best friends are gay and I dont care, my question is, "where should I stand and why?"
I cannot argue in favour of gay people because simply saying each to their own isnt enough, I say this because peadophiles could say "each to their own" in the same vein, same as people practising incest and however many other crude things we find disgusting. So why is it ok to be gay? I need some GOOD answers so I can stick up for my friends if ever this argument comes around again, because they are good people whom I love, I just dont know how to argue in favour of them. I hope you all see where I'm coming from.
2006-12-01 13:36:18 · 21 answers · asked by Junimond 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Poverty...war...homelessness...world hunger...global warming....does anyone else think that our "leaders" in Washington (and Canberra for that matter) should be focusing on these issues rather than whether two people who are in love should have the ability to get married. Aren't we all just completely sick and tired of how much energy is wasted trying to prevent gays from marrying when there are so many other, far more important issues to deal with. Perhaps even worse is the number of politicians that rally around prevent gay marriage in an effort to pander to their voters.
2006-12-01 16:43:43 · answer #1 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone knows where they stand, it's just that their views change depending on who they are standing next to.
People bring God into it because they can't stand on their own two feet. They listen to others for answers, no one is trying to think for themselves.
A Pedophile is a person with a serious disease and people who practice incest are equally as ill.Something is psychically wrong with their brains.
Being homosexual is not abnormal. It's just different from being
heterosexual. If you believe in God, then you should believe in Loving and Caring. Not Hating and Judging.
Taking sides on weather we should have or should not have
Homosexuals, is like choosing if we should have butterflies
or hummingbirds.Whether we should have sunlight or rain.
Like there can be a choice. When will people understand...
Some things are just what they are. No judgment necessary.
I am straight by the way. I don't know if I was born this way, or weather I made a choice along the way, but what I do know is
It's nobodies business but my own. Live and let live. PEACE
2006-12-01 22:37:59 · answer #2 · answered by J B W 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't stand ANYWHERE on it. I am not for or against it. I don't CARE. What someone does in their bedroom is THEIR business, not mine. I am of course opposed to pedophiles and incest. That is neither here nor there as far as homosexuality (yes, I know, I know some will say Gays are more likely to do this things but that is INCORRECT). It is OK to be Gay because I have NEVER heard a GOOD reason why it is NOT OK to be Gay. If this world looked at how PEOPLE treat other PEOPLE rather than their private sexual habits we would be a LOT better off, I think.
2006-12-01 21:43:45 · answer #3 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Let me elaborate a little. I am a straight girl, but I am pro-gay and I do have and know a couple of gay friends. Now, a lot of people will stand to argue in this case and bring religion into this, saying that God has forbid same sex love, as the saying goes: "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve."
Bollocks, I say. What does it matter who you love, as long as you love somebody? I'm a Christian Orthodox mind you, and I see no problems with it. I mean, let's say for example, I fell in love with a girl. Why should I be ashamed of that? I certainly don't listen to critics and I don't submit to peer pressure. I will admit, that if I was born gay, I really wouldn't tell anyone I was gay, simply because you can see how prejudiced people are against somebody different. But I wouldn't feel any pressure about it, because I only have ONE LIFE, and nobody will ever be the boss of me.
Basically, what I'm trying to say, if you want to defend you friends, then you have to insist on people staying out of your business. If you let somebody rule your life, then that is really when you can say, you have no life. I hope this was helpful :)
2006-12-01 21:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by Krisuul 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I'm bi, so I guess you know where *I* stand! haha...
I can't tell you what you should feel or believe or whatever...but even *I* have asked myself the same question, "Is it ok to be gay?" when I was younger and confused. Honestly? For me it wasn't ever about labels, "I am gay." or "I am straight." or "I am bi."...I consider myself bi only because sometimes I HAVE to put a label on it. I just fall in love with who I fall in love with, that's all. Be they man or woman, and no matter what they look like. I'm attracted to a person for WHO they are, not what race, gender, sex...none of that.
So anyway...I feel it's perfectly "ok" to be gay or bi because it is NATURAL. We're born this way. All throughout nature, in the human world AND the animal world, there are instances of homosexuality. And I personally do not feel that god or nature makes mistakes.
Love is LOVE. How can genuine love be wrong? Even if it's only attraction or lust...if it's wrong for a gay person to lust or be attracted to someone, then it's wrong for a straight person as well.
2006-12-01 22:17:39 · answer #5 · answered by Megan V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with anyone who is homosexual. There really is no reason that the same sex can't love someone of the same sex. No one is getting hurt.
I am hetero, but I have many friends that are gay and there never has been an issue one way or the other. In fact, we look at each other as equals in every respect.
2006-12-01 22:52:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
to each their own doesn't apply to pedophiles or incest and stuff because people get hurt by those means. anyway most (like 90%) of pedophiles are hetero men. gay couples are 2 consenting adults. the issue of gay marriage is identical to the issue of interracial marriage from 45 years ago. it can't damage marriage any more than it's already damaged. besides, civil rights are the right of all people. period. why is it ok to be black? why is it ok to have blue eyes? why is it ok to have a labrador? jesus christ never once spoke about homosexuality, so there goes that arguement. if anyone wants to quote the bible it's the old testament: men cannot cut the hair at their temples or have any association with menstrual women or touch the skin of a pig (including football). women cannot wear fabric blends or associate with men outside their families. why is it that anti gay activists have saved this one passage and given up on the rest of the passage? it's far too hypocritical to be christlike.
2006-12-01 22:41:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Actually this is a hard one to answer for me. I don't believe in homosexuality myself. But sometimes you can't help who you fall in love with whether it is male or female. I myself (a female) prefer men. But IF my best friend just up and decides that she is a lesbian, I can't change her mind if it is already made up. So, in a sense it is to each his own, but I do understand your point about the others that you mentioned. If these people are truly your friends, then you should stick up for them and tell people the truth about them. I mean other traits other than the homosexual point because if someone is arguing that then they don't care. But say they are always there for you, or they actually care and listen to you.... you get the hint here. Friends are friends no matter what their "problem" is. If your freinds were deformed somehow, how would you defend them?? It's the same prinicpal. I hope my rambling helped here. I dunno but Good Luck finding your answer!! :o)
2006-12-01 21:47:18 · answer #8 · answered by Missledtngirl 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
you cannot ask others where should you stand on this question because you will get alot of different view. this is something that you have to determine for yourself whether you think is acceptable or not. i personally make no judgements against homosexuals. in my book its okay, its your thing. i will love/like you no less. i dont know if i believe that the words in the bible are true. who knows who wrote it?
2006-12-01 23:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by MiaDiva28 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever known a pedophile or a person who enjoys incest commit suicide because of what they do. It is not the same, You have gays who are severely depressed and committed suicide because they are gay or bi and can't handle living in a hate filled world where they feel nobody will accept them.
2006-12-01 21:46:53 · answer #10 · answered by What'd You Say? 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋