How have your attitudes changed from before you knew any gay people, and afterward when you met a gay person or found out that someone you already knew is gay?
2007-06-21 07:50:07 · 25 answers · asked by Steven D 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The short answer is yes.
My contact with gay people has had a couple phases:
Individuals were revealed as gay in a context that was hostile to homosexuality, and some of these individuals were my friends. My personal response to these individuals was puzzlement, but not hostility. But my religious beliefs did not change.
After my religious beliefs changed, I had the opportunity to work with several gay and lesbian individuals, and I saw quite clearly that those in committed relationships were just as married as I am to my wife.
2007-06-21 07:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by Darrol P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without knowing them I didn't have a very good or christian attitude towards them. And I constantly used terms to refer to them I don't even say anymore. This was when I lived in suburbia. But when I got a job in the city (San Francisco, no less), I was working with gays before I knew it. By the time I realized they were actually gay, they were already my friends and there was a comradery of being co-workers, and the ones I've managed to keep track of still are my friends. I think most Christians who found themselves in my place would have had similar reactions. It's easier to jump to conclusions about a bunch of people you don't even know.
My attitude on the lifestyle hasn't changed, but my attitude towards the actual people in the lifestyle is completely different now.
2007-06-21 08:04:27 · answer #2 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well it all depends on the person you were before you met a gay person , but gay people can actually really be good friends to you if you know any, theres a lot of good ones out there.however it depends who they are also i think. but they deserve to be happy just like non gay people do.i hope this is a ok understandable answer and hopefully it helps some.
2007-06-21 09:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by AngelBaby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I have some great friends that are gay, and I have no problem with their personal choice, and they, believe it or not, aren't looking to get married. There are two couples that have civil unions from other states and one couple that just aren't interested. It is actually upsetting to them to the point they participate in this forum when they are also generalized as wanting to get married.
I tell them just dont pay them no mind, but they just cant.
Many homosexual people are great people, loving and caring, and deserving to have their union recognized for purposes of civil union, property etc... but not for Marriage because as one person put it, it is a sacrament and the purpose of marriage is to procreate and we cant do that, but we do need to be recognized as a couple, in that way what is mine is hers and what is hers is mine.
I pray that they find what they so long for. God bless and have a great day.
2007-06-21 07:58:25 · answer #4 · answered by Perhaps I love you more 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have known gay people my entire life; growing up my next door neighbors was a gay couple. I was raised to believe that they were no different than I was and deserved the same respect. My neighbor was even the photographer at my wedding and his partner was my jr. high art teacher.
For me anyway, I never had any views to change because to me, they are just people like everyone else.
2007-06-21 08:04:43 · answer #5 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no.
I was a bit of a bigot about them. It's only when a couple of gay friends were among the first to visit us at the hospital to see our newborn baby, that I realized all the BS had fallen off of me.
2007-06-21 07:57:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sin is a choice. All sin is an abomination in the eyes of the living God.
I love all of my friends...straight and gay. I know what is right and wrong for me. One day we will all stand before the living God and give an account for our thoughts, words and actions.
So the answer you might be looking for is, no. My views have not changed.
2007-06-21 09:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I developed my views as I was growing up. I know several gay men. I have known them pretty much my whole life. It was obvious there whole life they were not like other boys. It was no surprise to me that when they reached maturity they said they were gay. This is just who they are. Not better, not worse, just different.
2007-06-21 07:57:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have known what homosexuals were since at least when I was 8... I had a cousin that was... I did not like him because he was a bad person... in many ways... I have another who is also a homosexual... he is a good person in most every way...I can interact with him and agree with him on many subjects... but... I instinctively knew homosexual acts were wrong at 8 and I still do at 60
2007-06-21 08:01:43 · answer #9 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had a heterosexual here at one time painting my house. After a few days we were having coffee out on the porch admiring his work, and the subject came up.
I simply told him I was homosexual
He looked at me in a kind of disbelief ! "Gee, I never met one before."
I said, "Of course you have, one in ten people you see in your daily life is gay." "Would you like more sugar?"
That was ten years ago, and we have laughed about it many times since as close friends.
I was born homosexual, he was born heterosexual. That's it.
2007-06-21 09:05:09 · answer #10 · answered by Mezmarelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋