Some can, some probably can’t.
REALLY tough question.
Note that the question implies that you must answer that either ALL can change or NONE can change.
I’m not sure that there is a simple Yes or No answer to this. My gut feeling is that for most the answer is probably “No”, but that there are some who are enough “in the middle” that they can kind of go in either direction.
Do you think alcoholics can stop drinking if they want to?
It’s a dumb poll. Why would they want to change if they like what they are doing? It should have said “do you believe homosexuality is hereditary or is it learned behavior?”
Insanely stupid wording.
Could they clap their hands and change their orientation? No. Is homosexual behavior a product of environment and mindset, as opposed to genetic inheritance? Largely yes. Can a mentally healthy person refrain from homosexual acts? Absolutely.
Homosexual acts are wrong. The lifestyle is wrong.
Could CNN report unbiased news, if they really wanted to?
Ask a gay person if they are willing to give up their way of life in exchange for being straight. The answer is usually a resounding 'no'. However, it is also a resounding admission that they have a choice.
NEEDS FREEPING!!
Pro-gay sites are voting in droves on this poll.
They need to hear the other side.
Correct me if I am wrong, but is this not a religious question?
Well gays seem to think that straights can change, that’s why they are always recruiting.
I hate that use of the word ‘gay’.
I REFUSE to let a bunch of perverts hijack a perfectly good word!
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I don’t see any indication of the vote total moving in response to a vote.
They can change their behavior just like any other sane humans.
Who knows? And I don’t think it matters.
If you’re homosexual, that’s your business. But don’t demand that government jump through hoops in an effort to tailor-fit you with special rights so you feel good about your particular proclivity.
Wrong question.
Could gay people have orgasms with members of the opposite sex?
Could gay people refrain from sex with people of the same gender
Could a gay person “fall in love” with a member of the opposite sex?
The answer to all three of those is YES. Falling in love is not restricted to members of the opposite sex. Gay people have the same physical reactions to stimulation as straight people. Gay men have had children with wives.
So there is no reason a gay man couldn’t fall in love with a woman who he was not “physically attracted to”, but still have sex with her and be physically satisfied, and refrain from sex with men (just like millions of unmarried people refrain from sex with all people, and millions of married people refrain from sex with any other people they are physically attracted to).
We lose the argument when we accept the false notion that people have some natural right to have sex with anything they are attracted to, or that it is essential that people be allowed to be joined with people they are physically attracted to.
Ask Anne Heche.
behavior is a personal choice...