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CNN Poll: Do you think gays and lesbians could change their sexual orientation if they wanted to?
CNN ^ | 6-27-07 | CNN

Posted on 06/27/2007 9:38:10 AM PDT by Arcy

Current vote count:
Yes: 31% No: 69%

(Excerpt) Read more at CNN.com ...


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: exgays; gay; homosexualagenda; lesbian; recovery; transgender
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To: Hot Tabasco
Go into any homosexual bar and you can have sex on the spot..........

Oh, stop bragging.
41 posted on 06/27/2007 10:10:35 AM PDT by HaveHadEnough
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To: Arcy

Should have been a two question poll.

Second question:

“Do you think heterosexuals could change their sexual orientation if they wanted to?”


42 posted on 06/27/2007 10:10:42 AM PDT by M. Dodge Thomas (Opinion based on research by an eyewear firm, which surveyed 100 members of a speed dating club.)
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To: bolobaby

And then you have the “tri-sexuals.” As in, if it’s sexual, they’ll “tri” it.


43 posted on 06/27/2007 10:13:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: HaveHadEnough

A man can shave his legs, put on a wig and a dress, and probably pick up a man at any bar and perform oral sex. Does that make the other man gay, because a gay man performed a gay sex act?

If “gay” was genetic, it would mean people were attracted to something about the chromosone set of a gender, and could detect that regardless of what a person looked like or wore.

If a man instead is attracted to the dress a person is wearing, what does that mean for being “gay”?

Or as I like to ask other gays, is gay sex a choice, or are there just a lot of gay people committing crimes? Because it seems there’s a lot of gay sex in our prisons. If a heterosexual man can choose to be “gay”, why not the other way around?


44 posted on 06/27/2007 10:14:33 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Arcy

This is a ludicrous question. This is like asking beastophiles, pederasts, rapists and necrophiles if they can alter their behavior. We have prisons full of deviants who are there because they can’t or won’t alter their behavior while the rest of society alters their behavior and/or their orientation to stay within the law.


45 posted on 06/27/2007 10:16:43 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot
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To: Arcy

I’m not sure I’d even want a gay to “change back”. I mean, would I date a guy who use to date guys?? Uh, no.


46 posted on 06/27/2007 10:19:03 AM PDT by Hi Heels (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Arcy
My own theory is that there are two types of homosexuals: hardwired and acclimated.

The hardwired homosexual became so in the womb, due to whatever hormones were floating around his mother's system.

The acclimated homosexual is one whose first sexual experiences (either consensual experimentation or by being molested) were homosexual. Like a baby duck adopting the first living creature it sees as its mama, people get imprinted by their first sexual experiences.

The hardwired ones can't change.

The acclimated ones can.

It is my opinion that the majority of homosexuals are not hardwired.

47 posted on 06/27/2007 10:20:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: MrEdd
You nailed it! While it may be difficult, it is not impossible to deny thyself!

My father’s brother is an abstinent “ex-homosexual”. He has found a relationship with Christ and has renounced his homosexuality and calls it what it is... SIN!

48 posted on 06/27/2007 10:20:57 AM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Anyone but Hitlery)
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To: Hi Heels
I mean, would I date a guy who use to date guys??

How do you know you haven't?

;^]

49 posted on 06/27/2007 10:21:32 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good ‘un.


50 posted on 06/27/2007 10:23:11 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Arcy
How well is your gaydar working?

Lifetime Cable Channel Dating Game.

51 posted on 06/27/2007 10:26:28 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Sans-Culotte; dangus
It’s a dumb poll.

Insanely stupid wording.

Two words: CNN

A better question would be: "Would they change if they could?"

52 posted on 06/27/2007 10:27:21 AM PDT by Designer (I think I could DO this job!)
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To: Arcy

They should qualify the question: “If professional mental health treatment was available where needed”.


53 posted on 06/27/2007 10:27:30 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: MrEdd

“It’s pretty much like the question:
Do you think alcoholics can stop drinking if they want to?”

I agree 100% with this and I believe the answer is YES!


54 posted on 06/27/2007 10:27:47 AM PDT by bigcat32 (Smoke'em if you got'em.)
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To: elizabetty
"Could CNN report unbiased news, if they really wanted to?"

LOL! Good one!

55 posted on 06/27/2007 10:28:54 AM PDT by Designer (I think I could DO this job!)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
If “gay” was genetic, it would mean people were attracted to something about the chromosome set of a gender, and could detect that regardless of what a person looked like or wore.

That's interesting. I've never heard that before.

I always have thought of something being "genetic" as meaning that a person's genetic makeup shapes the qualities of the person. For example, perhaps concert pianists have some genetic difference from the rest of us that makes them particularly well suited to that task.

In this case, you are using "genetic" as meaning someone has an attraction for the genes or chromosomes of a person. Very interesting.
56 posted on 06/27/2007 10:33:07 AM PDT by HaveHadEnough
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I guess “knowingly” should have been a part of that sentence.


57 posted on 06/27/2007 10:35:08 AM PDT by Hi Heels (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“Homosexuality is a behavior. It is a learned behavior. It is an addictive behavior.”

Are you saying that homosexuals are actually heterosexual, except for when they are having sex?

I’m not so sure about the “addictive” part. Maybe it’s addictive in the way sex is addictive, but I doubt most lesbians fall into that “lesbian sex is just SO addictive” category. If so, why do they seem to end up chronically monogamously coupled and experiencing what I have heard called “lesbian bed death”?

Sounds more like gay men have lots of sex because men are very driven to have sex, while the women... not so much.

Mirrors complaints I hear in many heterosexual couples.

Guys: She never wants to have sex since we married!!
Women: He just wants sex all the time!!


58 posted on 06/27/2007 10:40:58 AM PDT by JerriBlank
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To: Arcy

I have a better question. Would homosexuals still be gay if they were not sexually molested as children?


59 posted on 06/27/2007 10:44:02 AM PDT by Durus ("Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." JFK)
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To: marvlus

“Probably about as much as heterosexuals could change their orientation, if they wanted to.”

I surmise by your answer that you feel homosexuality is a natural state of sexual being for gays and lesbians. If that is indeed the case, can you explain to me why gays and lesbians want to adopt children? If their natural state is to be sexually oriented in a way that makes it impossible to procreate, why would they have a natural desire to “procreate?”

(JSYK, if you don’t see a response from me until tomorrow, it is not because of posting and running. I will be away from a computer for the rest of the day soon.)


60 posted on 06/27/2007 10:44:11 AM PDT by CSM ("The rioting arsonists are the same folks who scream about global warming." LibFreeOrDie 5/7/07)
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