I've been in a quandary about this; I've read articles claiming it is a choice and others that say it is not. I lean to believing that people are not born with this aberration.
Could it be true that environmental factors, even from an early age, may be the cause? That wouldn't necessarily point to a conscious choice.
Although we read that homosexuals make up a very small part of the population, in recent years too many of them try to push their unnatural lifestyle on others. As a result, I think they may be influencing our young people to view their same-sex partnerships as just "different" but equally acceptable as heterosexual relationships.
That is so false and tells us a lot about their shame and insecurity. Yes, it is sad.
The choice IS made some time between 13 and 16 years of age.
I used to teach teenagers, high school, then college.
I have never met any homosexuals who try to push their "agenda" on any others but the homosexuals I have known were all a bit older and not stupid.
Youngsters who would be influenced by homosexuals would have to be around them...and why WOULD they be? There are only .5 - 1.5% homosexuals, very few. And, they are in the mid-late teens to begin with. How would youngsters even KNOW what they were? That requires more than an ordinary amount of sophistication. How many youngsters are that sophisticated? None that I ever saw.
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No need for a quandary. Children are NORMALLY protected by their parents. Children are not always even aware of sexual mis-orientation.
Parents WOULD be around when their children are 13-16 years of age, supervising them, we would hope, so why the worry.
The ones to worry about are the plethora of FATHERLESS boys! They are the BANE of our society and our prisons are STUFFED with them for proof.