Posted on 01/13/2005 8:00:33 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
Consenting adults should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as no one's rights are infringed upon. If you can find a clergy member who will marry you and your brother, in a free country, you should be able to do it.
Did I say that? I wrote what I wrote to another poster who had written: "no one ever said that parents abuse their kids." And I brought up that someone had said that very thing on this thread. So what's it to you?
"They stand out in a crowd."
Not in San Francisco, they don't...
I have never heard that comment, but I think I like it. Whoever said it is correct.
Summary of research studies on this issue. Perhaps "many of the people who believe that homosexuality is caused by molestation" read these studies.
Only the Larry Kramers of the world believe kids seek out these "experiences" because they "innately know" that they are homosexual. (Kramer lies to himself to justify unexcusable child abuse.)
There are standards for studies involving peer-review and publication in a reputable journal (not a vanity press) that must be met for consideration. I know there are lots of people who've read studies and essays and reports that match with what they already believe, but I don't think they're experts in the field.
There's a double standard for "science" people want to believe and science people don't want to believe. The same people who find a study saying that homosexual men die at age 40 (44 without AIDS) would also say, without any background, that "more study" is needed before they'd given a second thought to accepting the theory of evolution or global climate change.*
*which, by the way, is happening. The open question is how much humans have contributed to it and whether there's anything that can be done to stop it, which is why Kyoto is essentially a waste of time and an albatross we're well rid of. There's way more unanimity about climate change and evolution than there is about whether homosexuals are all child molesters.
To put it simply, if I read a study defending evolution, would that mean every creationist FReeper would have to bow to that?
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