—”It’s not a preference; it is a mental disorder. Those who suffer from it do great harm to themselves and all around them. A person who suffers from same-sex attraction is not mentally competent to consent to a homosexual act; there is, therefore, no such thing as consensual homosexual behavior.”
While you and I may agree that homosexuality is not normal, you seem to want to arrest & prosecute these people. That is truly bigotry.
Since you’re making a parallel with mental illness, are you also then implying that ALL mentally-ill people should be arrested for acting in a mentally ill manner?
I assume your stance comes from YOUR interpretation of the Bible, but at the same time, the Bible encourages kindness to others.
Where did you get off track?
If you truly believed in liberty, you would not bother the homos except if they exploit underage boys, for which there are laws just like with hetero men exploiting underage girls.
“While you and I may agree that homosexuality is not normal, you seem to want to arrest & prosecute these people. That is truly bigotry.”
The rules here do not allow me to reply appropriately. Your accusation and use of the word “bigotry” are truly vile, and made more so by the utter lack of justification for them. As you must know, because you seem to speak English, nowhere did I suggest that people who suffer from same-sex attraction disorder (SSAD) should be prosecuted and jailed for that alone.
“Since you’re making a parallel with mental illness”
A parallel? There’s no “parallel.” SSAD *is* a mental illness.
“are you also then implying that ALL mentally-ill people should be arrested for acting in a mentally ill manner?”
It nauseates me to see this sort of mendacious nonsense on Free Republic. Back when I used to post on sites that allow leftwads, I used to see it all the time. Not so much here. Disgusting.
“I assume your stance comes from YOUR interpretation of the Bible”
Do you? Do you really? Do you also assume that it comes from “my” interpretation of the numerous scriptures that tell us it is a great evil? Do you have some interpretation by which “abomination” is a good thing?
However, even an atheist has plenty of reasons for arriving at the same conclusion.
“but at the same time, the Bible encourages kindness to others.”
That cries out for a “pining for the fjords” style of rejoinder: Kindness? Kindness? You think it is a kindness to encourage a person down a road that leads inexorably to destruction? How lucky I must be to have you to lecture me on moral philosophy.
“If you truly believed in liberty, you would not bother the homos”
Wow. The same sophistry we used to hear twenty and more years ago. Not a scintilla of progress in all that time.
In the context of right and wrong, liberty has its limits. You are not at liberty to rape and murder, nor should you be. We do not wrongfully impinge upon the liberties of a mental patient when we insist that they either seek treatment or be segregated from the vulnerable.
“except if they exploit underage boys”
Every male who suffers from SSAD was molested or seduced during his pre-adult years.
“just like with hetero men exploiting underage girls.”
Yeah, because those two things are the same.