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To: Oreo Kookey
"It's a choice."

If it was a choice, as you claim that it is, then you and I would have had to make the choice as well.

Did you have to make the choice?

I know that I was naturally attracted to individuals of the opposite sex from the moment that I first experienced sexual attraction.

If homosexuality is a choice, do you recall the moment that you made the choice NOT to be a homosexual?

31 posted on 11/28/2004 5:50:22 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
"I know that I was naturally attracted to individuals of the opposite sex..."

Just another phrase to say you chose heterosexuality. I'm so glad you did.
33 posted on 11/28/2004 7:07:54 AM PST by Oreo Kookey (How, indeed, do we click our tongues at beheadings and look the other way from abortion? I weep.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
If homosexuality is a choice, do you recall the moment that you made the choice NOT to be a homosexual?

Tens of thousands of former homosexuals do recall just that.

IMO, stating it's a choice, no matter what side of the debate you're on is probably the wrong word to use. Is the attraction issue a choice - it's complicated. But it's always a choice to engage in homosexuality (behavior). And tens of thousands of former homosexuals testify that homosexuals can change.

Even Dr. Robert Spitzer changed his mind on the issue, and now states homosexuals can change.

40 posted on 11/28/2004 8:32:10 AM PST by scripter (Tens of thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
If homosexuality is a choice, do you recall the moment that you made the choice NOT to be a homosexual?

Yes, Exactly 2/1000 of a second after the concept was brought to my attention! (Classmates at school were discussing the topic.)

45 posted on 11/28/2004 9:11:44 AM PST by DirtyHarryY2K (Perversion is not a civil right.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
If homosexuality is a choice, do you recall the moment that you made the choice NOT to be a homosexual?

How about we agree there is a continuum. With the vast majority attracted to the opposite gender. And among those attracted to the same gender there are strong attractions and weak attractions. And for those on the cusp, how they fall may well depend on recruitment and on home situations. I can accept this. I still don't have to accept open homosexuality in public.

62 posted on 11/28/2004 11:02:14 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom (Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez; Oreo Kookey; scripter
If homosexuality is a choice, do you recall the moment that you made the choice NOT to be a homosexual?

I don't believe that everyone has to "make a choice" regarding their sexual preference.. just those with the tendency (or generational sin) of homosexuality.
Just like the children of many alcoholics.. they absolutely have the tendency toward alcoholism. They make a choice to take that first drink, and they find themselves in a lifetime of recovery.. or not.
I on the other hand don't worry about becoming an alcoholic because it is not the sin nature that I have a weakness to. Now.. chocolate, Ice Cream.. french silk pie.. I never should have had that first candy bar! I'm looking a lot like my mother, and her father, and his mother..
My point is that everyone struggles with different weaknesses.. and that is absolutely undeniable. God said many times throughout the old testament that the sins of the fathers are passed down to the second and third generation. There is a pivital point for all of us to follow that line or break it.
70 posted on 11/28/2004 12:30:26 PM PST by ljswisc
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