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Born Gay

jbsweet33 • 04/7/08 • 4:13pm

Of course people are born gay. It's just like being born male or female. We don't get to choose how we are born. How could someone choose to be gay? That just sounds stupid. Maybe some people don't want to admit that they are gay only because they don't want to be a disappointment to family or friends. Others might not admit it because they are afraid of being Judged. But i strongly believe that no on chooses to be gay!

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ShadowVariable wrote on 04/7/08 • 4:22pm

Maybe they don't choose to be gay just like some people don't choose to have one wrong x or y chromasome and become mentally retarded. I don't have an opinion on this but most Muslim scholars believe that being homosexual is a mental disorder.

jbsweet33 wrote on 04/7/08 • 4:45pm

I am not a muslim scholar so that is not my belief system at all. I just simply belive that no single person chooses to be gay. And to refer to being gay as a mental disorder is deficient.

ShadowVariable wrote on 04/7/08 • 4:58pm

First of all, you have your view and other's have theirs. Second of all, I'm not stopping you from believing that no one chooses to be gay, that's our opinion and I was just telling you what I was taught as a muslim. And lastly what do you mean by "deficient"?

david wrote on 04/14/08 • 5:38pm

I liked what was said about the x and y chromosome. Gays and lesbians have been part of life probably forever. From what I've seen and know, it's not a choice and it's not a mental disorder. Gay and lesbian indivduals and families are just as healthy as straight folks.

Tim Chambers wrote on 08/10/08 • 4:37pm

Ok....i dont mean to step on anybodys toes, but here goes my opinion...People are homosexual because of experiences in early life, or even up through the teen years. For example-Little girl abused by her father at age of 7 will subconciously tell that girl that she cant have a relationship with males. Either that or She will be attracted to pushy, dumbass guys. if i am wrong or you have opinions about my comment, please tell me, im open.

Mr.S wrote on 10/20/08 • 12:44am

I agree with you for the most part. I just simply refuse to believe that people are born murderers, rapists, pedophiles, etc. Now before people freak out about the comparisons, the fact is that homosexuality is a behavior and not an inherent characteristic like race or gender.

If it is inborn, is it a defect? should we isolate it and remove it from the gene pool?

dwyman wrote on 10/20/08 • 12:49am

Why get rid of it? Diversity is a good thing. I think that it is something that you are born with, children show signs at a young age, and anybody can be gay, of course those comparrisons are wrong. The difference is that homosexuals are just wired that way, and for all those other things you mentioned, it is due to influence, personal choices, and to a small degree natural disposition

Youth Media Ins... wrote on 08/12/08 • 3:05pm

People do not choose who to love and who not to love. We are born as we are, and if it means we fall in love with men, women, or both, it does not change the value of our character. Sure, certain experiences (traumatic or not) may foster a preference towards one gender or another, but people do not simply "turn" homosexual. The root of someone's feelings of attraction are far deeper than that, and the idea the someone can simply "turn gay" is as shallow as can be.

skittles wrote on 09/4/08 • 4:39pm

I don't really think people are "born gay", it happens through an individuals growing process, what society plays on them, and other things related to that.

Kai Flores wrote on 12/4/08 • 11:46am

well, maybe he means, "born to be gay".

Mr.S wrote on 10/20/08 • 12:42am

Do not confuse sexuality with gender. If we wipe away all distinctions between male and female, which is the ultimate end of this argument, we risk absolute social deconstruction.

Reilly wrote on 11/15/08 • 9:00pm

After reading this string of comments as well as the ones addressing the issues of states voting to stop gay marriages I can't help but to feel sad that there are still those who view gay people as an abnormal, odd community. I mean honestly, how can people still act like being gay is a decision, like an outfit you choose to take on and off. When you are walking through a crowd and you see an attractive boy (or girl) to stop and analyze it? Do you question your feelings? Do you wonder what people would think, what God would think, what your parents, friends, teachers would think? No. The answer is you don't think, you feel. Do you honestly believe a gay person had those feelings towards someone of the opposite sex, but stops one day and changes? I understand some people's thoughts that being gay is a subconcious choice, but obviously that would not be the case for everyone, and those who do subconciously turn to their own sex are most likely not gay, just confused. And why would someone "turn gay" in the first place? With so many people shunning them, why would that be a choice? There are just so many flaws in the argument.

dwyman wrote on 11/15/08 • 9:34pm

Well said.