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It's my opinion that people should not use the bible as an argument against homosexuality. They are using an ancient book (which may or may not be accurate) to avoid having to look bad for hating people who are different from them. Its just an excuse.
Being gay/lesbian/bisexual is just as normal as being heterosexual. Its not going to go away.

Okay, I apologize for my absence, it seems things got a little heated while I was gone.

Rioku: Chill out, this place is for discussing things, so it's perfectly logical for someone to validate your statements. If you don't wish to do so, just say so.

souloe: It's a belief of mine that nothing can be proven absolute, and that everything we have can be flawed, criticized, and so forth. It's mostly about just arguments and logical deductions based on what we've measured thus far. There is no such thing as absolute proof, just what we can guess from our reasoning capabilities.

this is simple, people believe what they are taught (on average, some do not...) a child brought up in christianity, believes christianity, a child brought up islamic, there islamac, a person brought up in pure hatred of same sex relations...hate same sex realations, people brought up around same sex realations, see nothing wrong with it..(now again, there are a few who go against what they are taught) i am one who was brought up to believe what i want, I am a bisexual, and proud to admit it, if anyone has a problem, i shall ask "why do you think that", many say it is against the bible, so i ask if they like the fact that they are allowed to practice their religoin in this country, they would say yes, then i ask if they agree that freedom of religon is good?, many also say yes, so then i bring up that buhdism condones same sex realations...by saying that some one can not practice their religon, then they are saying they dont want to practice theirs....some say it's just wrong, so i ask if they believe in love being blind...and if so, then why should it matter on what physically lies between their legs......there are those who can not be attracted to the same sex, just like their are people you just couldn't date, and that fine, but do not hinder my way of thinking, just because i want to date that person.....

You're cutting a pretty thin slip here. People typically don't "beleive" what they are taught. It's closer to a 50/50 split in America. A child brought up christian will either accept it or defy it completely. In islam it's more than religion it's thier entire societal structure so even the ones that don't "beleive" still accept it as their cultural standard.

As for the implications on approval or dissaproval of same sex couples... that's hardly relevant. I have 3 brothers. One is a born again christian who accepts gats but does beleive they're wrong but he's the only christian I've ever met who actually approaches it for an actual christ-like stance of just accepting them in love in the hope that that will draw them to God. He never questions or judges them. Then there is me, I work at the Rocky Horror Picture Show. A good number of my friends are gay or lesbian. I've never had any question about my own tastes though. My next younger brother is very anti-gay. He calls people f*****t as a derogetory term. He's constantly using homosexual references as insults. We're also pretty sure he's gay. The next one is very homophobic. Just very bothered by gays. If a guy with a lisp talks to him he practically has a panic attack.

Sexual preference is something that developes. Sometimes it's innate. Sometimes it's circumstantially established. Sometimes it's conscious. The same can be said about how people feel towards such things.

Some people aren't naturally racist but they naturally fear unknown practices so other cultures cause emotional responses of confusion and anxiety. Over time this can easily become racism. This process is almost the same as towards gays and lesbians.

Nothing proven, but it's a a definite belief within the scientific community that there may be more to homosexuality than just upbringing. Not saying that there's a specific gene attached to it, but a variety of different innate factors, such as chemicals in the brain and other physiological differences that may make someone gay.

I do beg the differ, the only reason america seems to be a 50/50 socitey. is because we "allow" it, i am talking soley upon those who push family raditions, you hit up the deep south, and you can see what i mean, all run, opperated, and controlled by tradition, if a gay/bi is not wanted, he will not be born there, now as i said, some will do so...but only to be different......

I agree, I'm straight but I get so angry when people reject theses beings.
I mean if the whole world was gay and you were the only one straight, how would you feel if you were rejected?
I mean they are people! Just people! Just they have a different preference.

No problem. People are afraid that by having gay people, they are going to threaten the straight people's heterosexuality or something weird like that. Everyone's so scared that they're going to be raped by someone of the same sex that they'd rather beat them to death than shake their hand.