Posted on 09/16/2007 10:13:37 AM PDT by wagglebee
The data was not "announced" in World Nut Daily. It was presented at a professional conference. Try reading the article next time.
You say it all right there. :-)
A famous artist I know professionally received an award from a particular group in which I was invited to attend. My email address was given for this reason. Since that time my email is flooded with constant fund raising emails and political, award oriented, and support of gay and lesbian artists and issues. Wow. It was just an award show for a professional contact and friend. Talk about a violation of privacy and getting sucked into a black hole just because I know and work with a gay artist. It really upset me.
I know for a fact this person hates Christians and the whole concept of Christianity to him is a joke. I am sure he would not appreciate getting literature from my Christian artist gatherings and you know what? He won't as I realize my Christian beliefs are mine. Talk about lack of tolerance. These organizations, groups and peoples (generally) are an example of the height of hypocrisy.
True,peer culture made those things acceptable-drugs,rebellion,violence,etc.
So are you saying had I been around GAY peers,they might have seduced me into their vortex?Just as they got me to accept weed and mescaline?Right now I tend to think”no way”but who knows?
We like to think the best of ourselves.Yet I will concede its possible.
Maybe its all a front then.I truly don’t think most WANT to change,however.They just can’t seem to break away from the culture.
I saw a guy wearing a T-shirt once that said,”How dare you assume I am heterosexual?”
Around these parts,you can’t!
Thank god homosexuals don't suffer from abnormally high levels of depression, anxiety, or self-destructive behavior. ;)
It 100% matters for politics.
If it born and unalterable like skin color then they can claim immutability under the law.
If it can change like all other destructive behaviors then personal responsibility for the deathstyle consquences ensue.
What about alcoholics?
What about sociopaths?
Both of them are probably "born that way".
And what do you mean by "immutability under the law"?
I'm not proposing doing anything against gays using the law, nobody is.
I'm just saying that refusing to change society to accoodate them has zero to do with how they got that way.
Who cares if these people are now heterosexual, unless they REMAIN heterosexual? Isn’t that the true measure of success for these programs?
That's a question raised by many and it's a good question.
I've been following the homosexual agenda for years and lately I've been following the growing ex-gay population. Over the years I've realized that sexuality is far too complex to limit to black and white answers.
That is, environment is a very important factor in how we look at sexuality. Environment doesn't play a small part, rather, environment plays a large part. This means for some people sexuality is more fluid for them than for others. This doesn't mean it's fluid for everybody but it's more fluid than most realize.
Loboinok provided some great links. My profile contains a lot of links on the subject as well.
People can and do permanently leave the homosexual lifestyle and we need to give ex-gays the recognition they deserve. Many mock ex-gays or deny their existence, making the struggle for those who wish to leave the lifestyle all the more difficult. Some do this out of ignorance, some for political power and perhaps some for other reasons. The politics surrounding homosexuality really grieves my spirit. It's too bad we can't study homosexuality without interference from those pushing an agenda. Any agenda.
There are numerous factors that would determine deviant behavior but it is widely accepted the younger a child is, the more susceptible he is to “learn” new things.
There is a reason children are schooled so young. Children are taught social skills early because the earlier they are taught the more likely they are to take.
Why do you think homosexuals groups what gay friendly curriculum in grade school? If a kid is susceptible to deviant behavior, the earlier the kid is taught the more likely the kid will learn the behavior.
Funny thing is that I wasn’t even aware of sex till I was around 12 and didn’t know what homos were till around 14.
If my first grade teacher was talking about the so called joys of Gay Love I think she might as well have been explaining brain surgery for all I would have understood on the topic.
“Aren’t these same “dangers” perpetrated by heterosexual people, too?”
Sometimes. Inasmuch as they are, I oppose them, too.
I believe in giving children a childhood without all this BS. I found it strange that the school my child attends will not tell them about the drills they have for terrorism. They call them rainstorm drills so they don't scare them.. Shaking my head & I never want to hear it takes a village to raise a child again...
Very true! Having had an Uncle who was a homosexual, and was very forthcoming about his "life-path", it is a complex issue,
However, suffice it to say, early life experiences play a substantial role in sexual orientation. The growing push in education to "inform and instruct students concerning homosexuality" is yet another liberal "feel-good" debacle!
My Godson,6, goes to a private Lutheran school,where,as the saying goes,”they don’t play that gay stuff”He is safe there,I can assure you.
My elementary years were in the bad old Fifties.No sex education at ALL.Parents kept silent so all I got were the lies told by my peers.Pretty distorted.
Gays were universally scorned.No one wanted to be a “punk”.Yet some of the more effiminate boys later”came out”as adults.
Engaging in homosexual acts is a type of behavior. If one doesn't engage in homosexual acts, it makes little sense to call them a "homosexual".
People who insist that homosexuals "can't change" seem to be calling homosexuals animals, who are not capable of changing their behavior."
Worth repeating.
jw
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