No, you didn’t fix it. You just provided an example of why their activism has become as successful as it has. With extremely rare exceptions, people don’t consciously choose to be gay. The opposite extreme, that they are born that way, is also false. It’s a dysfunctional compulsion brought on by emotional damage too early in life to be thinking about sexual attraction. The choice comes when a person recognizes the compulsion in themselves and makes a choice whether to combat it or embrace and nurture it.
By viewing it simplisticly and dismissing the compulsion itself as a choice, we have missed the opportunity for rational public debate on the subject and motivated homosexuals to entrench themselves and fight that much harder.
That is a superb and thoughtful post.
I couldn’t agree more.
I am not dismissing the compulsion itself as a choice. It is just like drug addiction. The addict believes that he does not have a choice. He has to use drugs. And when someone approaches the addict and tells him/her that it is possible to live without drugs but it requires giving up everything that is deemed important to them, they will reject it. The same applies to homosexuality. While the decision may seem impossible to them, it is still a decision.
So their media campaign wouldn't have worked on the people who don't share their proclivities if those proclivities weren't chosen?
I have to admit though, yours is one of the most elegant renditions of the schoolyard "you think you are, but you're not" I've seen to date.
William you are my new hero. Brilliant point of view.
Great post.
What you say is more true with men than with women. Especially young women. Cultural forces are impacting behavioral choices, and they’re not extremely rare exceptions anymore. I’m seeing it firsthand, and it should alarm every parent.