Posted on 08/11/2023 6:43:18 PM PDT by NetAddicted
Who says that everyone isn’t wired this way?
Genes are one thing which “wires” people. Epigenes are another. Epigenes are not “hard wired”. We can change them at will.
From 1967, at age three, I grew up with a dear (male) childhood friend, Kerry, who was hilarious and extremely intelligent but always had a “soft edge” to him, like a sister in a boy’s body. After high school, he came back to visit from his first semester at the prestigious Acting Academy and admitted what I had long suspected. No matter, I loved him just the same as a big brother from a lady who was like my second mom. As we grew older (1980’s), we talked more about his homosexuality and he said “Billy, I wouldn’t wish this on anybody! I can’t tell my parents, or most friends, and certainly not my (3) brothers. I can’t hide it in Hollywood because they can see through it, and accept it, but they won’t hire me because I’m now a ‘type’ as soon as I audition.” He firmly believed he was hard wired that way, and I accepted that because I damn well was/am a hard wired flaming heterosexual womanizer. Sadly, my friend Kerry had the sad infamy of being one of the first dozen citizens to be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and later died in 1990. I’ve since learned to believe that any perversion can be acquired as sin, evil, and madness can result and manifest in literally any abhorrent act. However, when I see these very few conservative out-of-the-closet gay pundits on TV, I see my friend Kerry, and hold a lot of empathy and compassion for their “wiring”.
But please note. Trump was "gay friendly" in 2016. No politician is immune.
He is young and inexperienced. Our hormonal production capability is genetically determined, however, it can be altered. Sexual attraction is to a large extent determined by hormonal levels, but as a responsible person we must be in control of our “urges”.
The Supreme Court says that ain’t needed. He was born here
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