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SeattleUte · 02-27-2008, 03:40 AM

If so, why would someone choose to be gay?

Archaea · 02-27-2008, 03:44 AM

Stupid poll.

Homosexuality seems to be a spectrum combing environmental factors and occasionally aspects of personal choice. Such a wonderfully binary approach in a base 12 world.

SeattleUte · 02-27-2008, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Stupid poll.

Homosexuality seems to be a spectrum combing environmental factors and occasionally aspects of personal choice. Such a wonderfully binary approach in a base 12 world.

This is a cop out. It's not hard, Archea. Let me ask it this way. Did you choose to be heterosexual?

creekster · 02-27-2008, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

This is a cop out. It's not hard, Archea. Let me ask it this way. Did you choose to be heterosexual?

Arch is right and it is hard. Let me ask you SU, do you believe EVERY person that lives a gay lifestyle is compelled without choice to do so?

MikeWaters · 02-27-2008, 04:24 AM

I've never met a gay person that says it was a choice. Can we cite a single gay man who says it was his choice? There has to be one.

woot · 02-27-2008, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Arch is right and it is hard. Let me ask you SU, do you believe EVERY person that lives a gay lifestyle is compelled without choice to do so?

Again, the same could be said for heterosexuals; probably more so.

MikeWaters · 02-27-2008, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by creekster

Arch is right and it is hard. Let me ask you SU, do you believe EVERY person that lives a gay lifestyle is compelled without choice to do so?

by the way "gay lifestyle" is an offensive phrase to gays. I found this out. They are considered the code words of bigots.

creekster · 02-27-2008, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

by the way "gay lifestyle" is an offensive phrase to gays. I found this out. They are considered the code words of bigots.

OK, then how about everyone who has gay sex exclusively? You get the point.

creekster · 02-27-2008, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by woot

Again, the same could be said for heterosexuals; probably more so.

True, which only makes the point Arch is making.

MikeWaters · 02-27-2008, 04:27 AM

Here is the better question: what is it about believing, for the vast majority, it is not a choice, is so difficult for some people? In other words, what is the psychological difficulty?

View Poll Results: Is being gay a choice?
Yes	5	13.89%
No	24	66.67%
Undecided	7	19.44%
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02-27-2008, 03:40 AM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Do you believe being gay is a choice If so, why would someone choose to be gay? __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

02-27-2008, 03:44 AM	#2
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Stupid poll. Homosexuality seems to be a spectrum combing environmental factors and occasionally aspects of personal choice. Such a wonderfully binary approach in a base 12 world. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

02-27-2008, 04:24 AM	#5
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I've never met a gay person that says it was a choice. Can we cite a single gay man who says it was his choice? There has to be one.

02-27-2008, 04:27 AM	#10
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Here is the better question: what is it about believing, for the vast majority, it is not a choice, is so difficult for some people? In other words, what is the psychological difficulty?