Why would a "normal" heterosexual decide, "I'm going to be a homosexual".
It's a strange "choice" given the hostility they will no doubt encounter.
I really don't remember when I decided I was going to be straight. It's an important concious decision, why can't I recall it?
2007-09-28 11:59:39 · 16 answers · asked by Equinoxical ™ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Brenda C was reported for her " your an idiot" response.
If you don't care to answer.... don't. I don't have to tolerate foolishness.
2007-09-28 12:12:11 · update #1
Thank you all for your responses. They are mostly very thoughtful. A very direct question like this seems impossible to answer with thoughtful reflection if the only answer is in the Bible.
The Bible removes the ability to reason but gives bigots an righteous excuse to practice hate.
If there is truly a life force in the world, it would recognize that all people can not be the same. Our beauty lies in our diversity, any creator would know that.
I think gays represent some of our creators most impressive work with their talent and kindness. It's such a shame that relgions places breeds only hate for them.
2007-09-28 12:37:22 · update #2
You are wise beyond your years. Love and peace, Goldwing
2007-09-28 12:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
It still appears that a socially acceptable "given" in the U.S. is that everyone is born "straight" and that some make this "choice" later in life to not be straight. Unfortunately, you had been misinformed that homosexuality is a choice. No one "chooses" their sexual preference. No one says, "I'm going to be..." It's always a realization of "I am..." and it usually takes a long time to accept, especially given the ongoing hostility towards gays and lesbians.
You said you recall not making the choice, because you did not make a choice after all. Apparently, it's easier to swim with the straight tide, so this was nothing with which you needed to concern yourself at any point of your sexual development.
Now, I hear about these "scientific" studies which state that homosexuality is a choice. If you look beyond those studies at the person(s) funding them, you will likely find some idealist but no science.
And then there are those who say you can set yourself straight with renewed faith in God or Allah or whomever. If you believe... and I mean, really believe... you can accomplish a great number of things. You could probably even walk a tightrope 24/7 for a year. But why would you want to do that? After all, human beings are not born to walk tightropes 24/7 for a year.
Likewise, homosexuals are not born to be straight. They're born to be gays and lesbians. And that can be a really hard-hitting reality when there is no support for them in their families and communities, but usually utter rejection.
2007-09-28 19:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Milo Blankenstern 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's funny when people say it's a choice like that, I have a brother that's gay and if he chose it he did so when he was about 5, we always knew.
He's not the type that could hide it. I love him he's a cool guy. My brothers and sisters and I had to fight to keep people from messing with him.
He was the first of us kids to go on to college and buy a house. He's an architect and a very gifted one at that. My brother is not evil, he is a good and decent man. Some people find same sex relationships distasteful. I think that God had the good sense to make people all kinds of ways, and if we are judged by him, we are judged by how well we treat our fellow man, especially when they are different from us.
Thanks for that question, I see some people didn't get the sarcasm.
2007-09-28 20:46:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that's a great question. I've mentioned this before in another question. I don't see how someone can "choose" to be gay but can't "choose" to be straight. You can't have it both ways. I know that I never made the decision to be straight, I just knew that I was attracted to members of the opposite sex and that was the end of it. Star for you!
How this question makes you an idiot (as Brenda C so eloquently stated), I don't know.
2007-09-28 20:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by Two quarters & a heart down 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just knew very early on that I liked females, and disliked males -- to the point that I call myself a feminist (among other things) today. Males are more violent, cause more wars, kill more people, etc. I'm not sure whether a homo/hetero divide even makes sense -- there simply are those who prefer women, and then the ones who (baffle me and) prefer men. In other words, I don't understand gay men or straight women. Seems a strange preference in either case.
2007-09-28 19:58:10 · answer #5 · answered by Skepticat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our natural state is "straight", that is the way God created us. It is a lie that many are trying to sell the mass that they are "born" gay. Not one person living, past or present, has ever been born homosexual, a pedophile, a murderer, etc. But me, you, and every other person are definitely born with a "sin nature" which the liberal media and liberal doctors ignore. Instead, they just create a medical name for any theoretical condition that does not exist, and then waste our tax dollars to fund fallacious research projects aimed at supporting their real agenda.............evolution and atheism. All people who support homosexuals are in the same league as Kathy Griffin, who speaks the heart of all liberals with "suck it, Jesus." She might as well as flipped Him off, which is what the mainstream is doing today when they rally their own cause instead of adhering to God's Word.
2007-09-28 19:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by HeVn Bd 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ive been to the Gay and Lesbian section.
And there are men there (who are straight) and who do practice homosexuality because it feels good.
not because they dont have any choice.
I think the people who really cant see themselves as straight people, are quite rare in the world. and the majority of men who practice homosexuality (while theyre married to a woman) are actuallly quite frankly, the scum of the earth.
I had a gay friend who worked as a jigolo for a living. and he said half the men that came to him were straight.
and he admitted that he was in love with a girl when he was a teenager, but he got raped by men at the age of 15, and then found himself in the jigolo business because the number of men who wanted 'boys' were so high in the society.
somehow, I dont see people fighting for the rights of straight men having their way with good looking 'boys'.
2007-09-28 19:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by Antares 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, there was never a question, never a time of "choice" for me. I am attracted to the opposite sex, and feel none for the same sex. But it's not something I decided, that's just the way I am.
I agree. When and how does someone make that decision?
2007-09-28 19:04:43 · answer #8 · answered by milomax 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We live in a fallen world and everyone is a sinner. EVERYONE. God's Word tells us that "ALL have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God." The difference is that Christians are FORGIVEN.
Homosexuals have not yet recognized their need of a Savior, thus are still living in their sin.
God bless!
2007-09-28 19:15:44 · answer #9 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Christian called Mike on YA a couple of hours ago said that homosexuality was a choice and all are capable of it. It would appear then that Mike is bisexual.
2007-09-28 19:06:44 · answer #10 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I love this question. A star for you.
I agree with Disgustin Justin. That would mean the we are all bi-sexual and we all must choose to be hetero or gay.
2007-09-28 19:13:31 · answer #11 · answered by Blue girl in a red state 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋