OK let's say I was born a bank robber, or a murderer, or a rapist. Does that mean everyone else just has to accept me as I am and let me "do what comes natural" without saying or doing anything?
It is POSSIBLE a person is born with a predisposition to act or be a certain way. This goes beyond sexual preference. For instance, some people are predisposed to become alcoholics. Some are predisposed to become artists or whatever else. But it takes decisions and conscious acts for them to move from being predisposed to be something to actually becoming that something. You may have gay thoughts, but until you act on them you're only thinking about it.
If people are born gay, why do people who have been happily married end up divorcing and turning to a gay lifestyle?
If people are born gay, why do people who experimented with a gay lifestyle decide it's not for them, turn to heterosexual, and settle down to a "normal" life (I put that in qoutes to prevent people from calling me prejudiced or whatever).
Studies, which recently have been questioned for probably being too generous, indicate that at best about 8% of the population is gay. Other studies suggest it's closer to 3 or 4%. This does not mean we should turn our backs on gays or mistreat them. But they don't deserve special treatment either. Take marriage. Gays are claiming discrimination because they cannot get married to one another. BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS OF MARRIAGE ANYONE ELSE DOES ALREADY! Think about this: I am an unmarried guy. I can marry any unmarried woman who will have me. I cannot marry another guy. Every unmarried woman I know can marry any unmarried guy who will have them but they cannot marry another woman. Same with gays. Any gay unmarried guy can marry any unmarried woman who will have them, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US UNMARRIED GUYS. Any unmarried gay woman can marry any unmarried man who will have them, JUST LIKE ALL OTHER UNMARRIED WOMEN. Will someone please explain to me how on earth gays think they are victims of discrimination WHEN THEY HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME RIGHTS, AND EXACTLY THE SAME LIMITATIONS, WITH REGARDS TO MARRIAGE AS ANYONE ELSE DOES?
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