Posted on 03/05/2015 6:51:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
On Wednesday, perpetually controversial conservative Ben Carson told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that being gay is “absolutely” a choice.
I agree, kind of. Last week I wrote an essay for the Washington Post in which I talked about wanting my daughter to be gay—implicitly and explicitly challenging the idea long advanced by gay rights advocates that being gay is not a choice. I’m not saying being gay necessarily is a conscious choice for many queer folks today, but I am saying it should be able to be a choice—and one that is “equally desirable to being straight.”
In other words, for me, the idea that people might be able to choose to be gay is a natural extension of eliminating the second-class, lesser-than status of gayness in society.
This is, however, not the case for Ben Carson. Mr. Carson is most definitively not endorsing the full moral and social equality of gayness.
Asked why he thinks being gay is a choice, Carson said, “Because a lot of people who go into prison, go into prison straight—and when they come out they’re gay. So did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.”
Yes, obviously they all met Alex Voss and, bam, they were gay. If orange is the new black, prisons are the new women’s colleges. This, incidentally, is literally the only potentially positive twist on America’s atrociously skyrocketing rates of incarceration over the last 50 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
You aren’t “gay”, Sally. You are a self loathing sodomite hell bent on spreading your inner deranged rage on the rest of us.
One sick twisted sister.
You can’t fool me. That’s Anthony Andrews.
The author of this article claims that 2/3 of the population supports same-sex marriage. I don’t believe this is true. (I read some time ago that the country was split 48%/48%.) It just doesn’t make sense to me that the concept — which has no historical precedent — could gain such widespread support in one generation. Maybe people who are asked about this are afraid to give an honest answer. Maybe they’re afraid of being called bigots. There’s been a real campaign against traditionalists regarding this matter. This includes the “outing” of people who contributed to Proposition 8 in California. In such an atmosphere, how can people be honest?
>>Odd eh? Then again, it looks to me that Dr. Carson is wishy washy on subjects that are “somewhat” controversial. Kinda like his wishy washy stance on the 2nd amendment. If you have to keep amending your thoughts or position, then you ain’t qualified. It’s not brain surgery or rocket science.<<
Hey, I was just making a note — as you said this isn’t rocket surgery...
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