m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 1 Let us assume something- that being gay is a choice.
Just assume that being gay is a choice and that the bulk of humanity is
inherently bisexual. What does that mean in terms of the battle for rights?
Absolutely nothing.
You see, this assumption has a lot to do with something else. Read, sometime
, the Nun’s Tale from Canterbury Tales and what you find is a story full of
anti-Semitic stereotypes. There are tons of anti-Catholic stereotypes in
the works of Samuel Johnson and Johnathan Swift, and up until 1789,
Catholics had few rights in the United States. In 1878, there was even an
attempt to amend the US Constitution to effectively ban Catholicism in this
nation. The thing is, religion is a choice. You are not born Catholic, but
you are born into Catholicism.
Of course, according to people like Maggie Gallagher, being gay is a choice,
and they feel that it is alright to persecute gays like people use to
persecute Catholics. At one time, Catholics had few rights, and could not
practice their religion in what became this nation.The thing is, most people
actually do tend to forget that bisexuality exists, and that bisexuals do
have a choice when it comes to their sexuality. Last year, NOM crowed
heavily over a study that purported to show that being gay is a choice and
that ‘ex-gay’ therapy worked. Brian Brown even stated about one 2011 study
that “Even those who disagree with us about gay marriage (or Christian
sexual ethics) should feel good about this this scientific verification of
the possibility of free will triumphing over desire. We are all more than
our instincts, sexual or otherwise.”
Of course, there is a reason why you should always take a study with a grain
of salt. This study was an extension of a study published back in 2009 that
was, in short order, completely debunked.
Maggie Gallagher is right, though, about one thing. It is not easy to be gay
or lesbian in the United States. It is no easier than being a Catholic was
back in the 1930′s or being Jewish was in the 1950′s. You see, back in the
1950′s, Jews took to decorating their houses at Christmas time with blue
and white lights and Hanukkah bushes in order to fit in because, outside of
certain areas, being Jewish was very risky. It was socially unacceptable to
be Catholic or Jewish right up into the mid-20th Century. This would be why
one World War II Veteran Corporal Melvin Kaminsky would change his name to
Mel Brooks.
Being lesbian or gay is not a choice, of course. There is a lot of
scientific evidence that it is not. The problem, of course, is that
Gallagher and company want to ignore the accurate scientific data for the
ones that support their beliefs.
http://lezgetreal.com/2012/02/should-it-matter-if-being-gay-is- | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 2 It should not.
But in this world, our case will become harder, you have to realize. | m******8
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