Do you believe being gay is a choice

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by tooblue

Do I put words in your mouth? Do I pretend to convey what you truly mean? It's interesting that instead of engaging my ideas from the get go you attempt to belittle them. Your insecurity is appearant. Step forward and render an opinion.

Oh, the insecurity card; I'm scared. Look at the poll your fellows in the faith participated in. Common sense as well as scientific consensus suggest strongly people don't select sexual preference like they choose to drink a beer. I know I didn't. (I don't think the nature/nurture distinction matters for present purposes.)

I'm happy to live by the evidence, and I will honor Mormonism's opposition to full gay liberties if sexual preference is a choice. But not if it's an immutable characteristic. That's where I draw the line.

But my mind is always open. The reason I have nothing of substance to say to you about this is that you're intellectually dishonest. You don't care what the right answer is from an empirical standpoint. Your starting point is to rationalize the LDS Church's position. You're an apologist.

By the way, I wouldn't really care what the LDS Church did if it weren't for it throwing its weight behind that Constitutional amendment. (I mainly care about the priesthood ban because I lived with it and was harmed by it.)