Or don't you?
2007-04-06 04:00:23 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
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Thanks for joining us in the fight against LGBT bigotry, hatred and prejudice!
Yes, you are right, people who claim to be "christian" and then spew such hatred really are hypocrites.
Of course I agree that God makes people LGBT or straight, and both are just variations of sexual orientation, neither being more "right" or "moral" than the other. Yes, we are agreed that sexual orientation does not change over time, is not a "choice," not a "crime," and does not need to be "cured."
Which PFLAG chapter do you belong to?
2007-04-06 04:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
We need to learn to be open minded enough to discuss this issue based on rational grounds. I do not feel that homosexuality is a manifastation of a deficit in character or emotional or mental ability. A person who is gay or has gay tendencies may be "wired" differently from birth. I know this is a throw back to the nature versus nurture argument. However, regardless of whether people are homosexual by either, I believe it would be criminal to criminalize such "inate tendencies." That would be the equavelant of criminalizing people because they are "genetically preconditioned" to be obese or something like that.
Let's humanize this issue and be frank about this. We must come to grips with the reality that the human sexuality is the most complex of any animal. This is probably because we as humans have the most complex and higly evolved minds. Therefore, unlike most species our sexual envolvement is not simply an act of procreation but it is also an expression of love and communication on a very intimate level. Sometimes our interest or connection with others does not come in the package of the opposite gender.
2007-04-06 04:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by Andre L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No of course I don't believe in the criminalisation of homosexuality. It's not a crime to be homosexual anymore than it's a crime to follow a different religion, culture or be a different nationality etc. I was born a lesbian & I am in a stable & loving relationship with another woman. Where is the crime in that? We're not harming anyone. How can homosexuals be put in the same categories as murderers, rapists, child abusers, armed robbers etc. We pay our taxes, go to work, go to the supermarket, do all the same things as everyone else. Why should we be penalised for loving another human being just because they happen to be of the same gender?
2007-04-06 04:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sure why not, let's spend billions upon billions of dollars putting cameras into everyone's home so we can tell if they're homosexual, or have any other "immoral" urges. Because you can't take people's word for it, because they lie, so cameras in every bedroom, and heck every single room of every house, including bathroom, because people have sex everywhere.
Oh not to mention that billions upon billions of dollars would shrink up from the economy, because homosexuals tend to spend way more money than their heterosexual counterparts because they have no kids and such expenses to pay for.
But heck, illegal homosexuality might actually be fun. We'd have gay-only prisons, free of oppression from the outside world. People would pay to get in there.
Personally I think it's better to be happy that we're diverse. Who cares if you like Billy or Jenny or both? It's not a big deal anymore. Plus the logistics are terrible.
Let people have their freedom of choice, to be who they want to be, this isn't the 1800s anymore.
2007-04-06 08:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by Luis 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If I said yes, I believe in the criminalisation - where would all those found guity be housed? The prisons are full to bursting now!
2007-04-06 04:04:32 · answer #5 · answered by jet-set 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No gays dont hurt others as a whole.
relgious moral puritans hurt manyall the time so criminalise that instead
2007-04-06 04:26:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If in some may homosexuality acts causes physical or severe mental harm to an individual then no; not saying it does. In any sexual preference if it does not cause harm physically or mentally then it is the right if the individual as an American to do what he desires in a appropriate manner. I am strongly against criminalization against a group that is based on religious or personal preference as we are seeing in our society. That is against an individual right as an American.
2007-04-06 04:26:26 · answer #7 · answered by glenn s 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes I do. I believe that sodomy and fellatio should be banned regardless of who is committing it. Criminalizing homosexual practices would weaken the transgender community which is out to harm transsexuals, and it would help transsexuals. TSs would be helped because nobody would be assuming they are gay or even asking. They would know that TSism is a MEDICAL condition that has nothing to do with chosen sexual behaviors.
2007-04-06 07:15:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of course not. It is not a criminal act. You need to read some history and find out just how damaging that was when they did do it
2007-04-06 08:20:04 · answer #9 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no but actually, i believe that there ought to be the criminalisation of bigotry and homophobic behaviour
2007-04-06 08:05:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋