Is Heterosexuality a Choice

[La Lioness Priyanka]

[liontamer]

1. Plenty of people choose hetersexuality

they are the "cured" of their homosexual desires by seeking out opposite sex partners and acting like normal people

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. asses!!

[CO Liberal]

4. Just Like Alcoholics....

...who look upon sobriety as a "one day at a time" struggle, the same is true for "cured" homosexuals. That's why the two founders of one "cuuring" group resigned to live together. And the head of Focus on The Family's "curing" group was found cruising a gay bar in Washing DC a few years back.

[displacedtexan]

3. Here's my experience with the "choice" crap theory.

Every gay person I've ever known claimed to be "confused" until their late teens or early 20's about their sexuality.

But every time I've asked, "When you were little, did you fantasize about holding hands and kissing someone of the opposite sex?", the answer has always been, "No."

Gays are so used to hiding their true feelings that they have created a "choice cloud," which homophobes jump on to justify their hatred.

Just my experience, mind you.

[liontamer]

7. I've always been bisexual

But I know plenty of "Straight" people who say that they used to kiss and fondle people of the same sex when they were kids. Their attitude is "doesn't everybody"

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. tee hee hee

no everyone doesnt...i for one didnt

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

5. No I'm totally in lust with Edwards!

It's not a choice!

[Gothic Sponge]

6. When it comes to sexual desire there is no choice.

The only people that make their sexuality a choce are those that suppress their desires.

[liontamer]

9. exactly.

the choice isn't what you feel, it's how willing you are to live a lie.

[RaleighNCDUer]

28. And what choice are bi's suppressing?

[liontamer]

30. bi people who identify as bi

are choosing to live as themselves. bi people who identify as either gay or straight, are choosing an identity that feels more comfortable for them.

[amandae]

10. I'm really enjoying all of the studies coming out

that are linking homosexual feelings with genetic make-up. It provides proof (not that the religious right listens to science) that it is a lot more than merely a "choice" on how to live life. I would love for a study to come out and conclusively link the two (genetics and homosexuality) so that it can be easier to pass laws benefiting homosexuals (discriminations, marriage, etc.) and outlaw the inflation of statutes that are being enacted to keep homosexual people from being able to be accepted in this "free" society.

:hi:

[liontamer]

12. of course once you can do a quick and easy test for the defect

mothers can abort any disfunctional children they have and spare society the burden.

(never underestimate hatred)

[amandae]

15. I see your point ... I'm trying to be optimistic

but you're right that it could be used against the child. Although one study that was on CNN this morning (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/13/homosexuality.study.reut/index.html) discussed the gene and the maternal connection. The study was interesting. I'm wondering how likely a child is of being gay from a particular mother if the gene is linked to the X chromosome, ya know?

I know that we need a change in society. I'm just hopeful that if a genetic link is found that society will get off of this issue as being only about choice. Maybe the courts will better be able to protect the interests of homosexuals also.

:hi:

[RaleighNCDUer]

27. There are dangers there, though.

Involuntary sterilization of those who might produce homosexual offspring?

Personally, I believe there is a mix of choice and no choice in the population, and its safer that way. If there's a way for the bigoted to further identify gays as 'the other' instead of a part of the greater whole, it would make them even more dangerous than they are.

[Pert_UK]

11. Yes...and it's the choice of a new generation....

I joke of course.

P.

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. Are you nuts?

What sane and rational person is going to freely CHOOSE a sexual orientation that puts them in a position of having to maintain a long-term relationship with a member of the opposite sex, whose behaviours and thought processes are quite often impenetrable, confusing and maddening? Much less one that's probably going to saddle them with the headache of offspring? It is not a choice one would make if one were free to choose.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. its quite possible i am nuts

but i think the rest of the world is crap...better nuts than crap!

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. That's okay, though.

All the interesting people I know are slightly insane. Nothing wrong with it. Heh.

[RaleighNCDUer]

26. LOL!

[MissMillie]

14. People are attracted to the people they're attracted to

I don't know how one would go about trying to find a different type of person attractive.

[dr.strangelove]

16. I didn't choose to act like a blabbering idiot whenever a girl is around

I am one of those geeks who has no idea how to talk to women. Lucky for m,e my wife was attracted to my tongue tied mumbling.

I don't think anyone chooses who they are attracted to and who they desire.

[jukes]

17. i believe i'm as open

as any1 to alternatives, but have only ever felt the desires i feel.

on a physical level i respond as programmed.

[Phillycat]

20. Do you think I would choose to put up with men when I could have

a nice woman to share my life with?

You must be out of your mind.

I date men because I love the dick. Can't help it. The rest of the body that's attached to the dick--well, my current one's pretty great, but prior ones - yuck.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. as already declared: i am nuts!

[chiburb]

21. Yes, but not a sin unless you act on it...

:-)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. lol!!

that was funny :P

[liontamer]

24. but true "we all have feelings for are girlfriends

we don't have to act on them"

[miss_kitty]

25. Heterosexuality is a CURSE

I mean, who would CHOOSE to be heterosexual?:eyes:

[ismnotwasm]

29. When I was 15 or so

I was a teenager from hell. Chronic runaway, street rat, involved in all kinds of rotten behavior. The fact that saved my ass, was I was also what is endearingly known as a fag-hag, or a fruit fly. My best friends were the young homosexual male prostitutes on the street.(This was the 70's, and they are almost all dead from AIDS) They took care of me, and protected me from a lot of the consequences of my actions. Nontheless, I witnessed, or heard about, all kinds of interesting variations on what people actually DO to each other sexually. (Even more interesting is what they pay for)I came out solidly hetrosexual from that enviroment. Not a choice, I firmly believe I am naturally that way. Could have came out just about anything.

[arcane1]

31. hell no it isn't

just like how one finds certain people attractive (regardless of one's orientation) and others un-attractive. No choice there either. Nobody makes that choice