Sure wrote:groupielove wrote:[quote=jasonhill]
This is a very shallow way of looking at things. If Brits protect those that are persecuted and discriminated due to their sexual orientation, it is in no means telling you to divorce and become gay. I do wonder what makes some people let the hell loose whenever homosexuality is mentioned as if it is a religion seeking converts. If you arent gay. . . live and let live...otherwise pilipili usiyoila, yakuwashiani'?
Think of the moral implication of your argument. If the homos are around to do their thing openly with impunity, youngsters are likely to experiment. I did experiment with lesbianism in highschool because others were doing it openly. If it takes persecution to stop a vice from spreading, let it be. You exterminate a few wayward citizens for the greater good to the society. That is why lynching is a virtue, as far as the victim was the culprit. Others who would have dremt of a career in thuggery, homosexuality and the likes wuld be dissuaded.
Groupielove, your name sounds interesting but not very encouraging.
This is what I call misconception. But Let me clarify some nortions people think about Homosexuals here:
1. Sexual orientation can not be caught or taught "fears of catching homosexuality, or of being recruited at school or elsewhere are utterly without scientific foundation."
~ Dr. Jack Weinberg, President American Psychiatric Association,
October 6, 1977.
2. Sexual orientation is not a choice. Sexual orientation is deep-seated and not something one chooses to be or not to be.
~ Dr. Alan P. Bell, senior author of "Sexual Preference", Bell, Weinberg & Hammersmith, Indiana University Press, 1981.
3.Research suggests that the homosexual orientation is in place very early in the life cycle, possibly even before birth. ~ Taken from the American Psychological Association Statement on
Sexual Orientation, July, 1994.
4. It is believed that there are several factors which determine sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is likely to be the result of several different factors, including genetic, hormonal, and environmental. None of these factors alone are responsible for determining sexual orientation. Psychological and social influences alone cannot cause homosexuality. "There is evidence that parents have very little influence on the outcome
of their children's sexual orientation under normal upbringing conditions."
~June Machover Reinisch, Ph.D. (Response from brochure) "Why is My
Child Gay?" Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays,
Inc., 1988.
5.Gays & lesbians discover their sexual orientation. They are not recruited or brainwashed into the "gay lifestyle". Gay and lesbian children are often aware of being different at a very early
age. They generally become aware of their sexual orientation during adolescence or early adulthood.
~ R.R. Troiden, "The Formation of Homosexual Identities", The Journal
of Homosexuality, 17, 43-73.
6. Homosexuality is not a mental or emotional disorder. The research on homosexuality is very clear. Homosexuality is neither mental illness nor moral depravity. It is simply the way a minority of
our population expresses human love and sexuality. Study after study documents the mental health of gay men and lesbians. Studies of judgment, stability, reliability, and social and vocational adaptiveness all show that gay men and lesbians function every bit as well as heterosexuals.
~ The American Psychiatric Association and The American Psychological
Association, July 1994
7. Efforts to change sexual orientation are ineffective and can be harmful. Research findings suggest that efforts to repair homosexuals are
nothing more than social prejudice garbed in psychological accouterments. ~ Taken from the American Psychological Association Statement on
Sexual Orientation, July, 1994.
8. No scientific evidence exists to support the effectiveness of any therapies that attempt to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals.
~ John C. Gonsiorek and James D. Weinrich, eds., Homosexuality:
Research Implications for Public Policy, Newbury Park, Calf.: Sage, 1991.
9. All attempts fail when gay people try to become heterosexual. ~D. C. Haldeman, "The Practice and Ethics of Sexual Orientation Conversion
Therapy", Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, p.221-227, 1994.
10. "Groups who try to change the sexual orientation of people through so-called
conversion therapy are misguided and run the risk of causing a great deal of psychological harm to those they say they are trying to help."
~Dr. Raymond Fowler, American Psychological Association Executive Director
11. Clinical experience suggests that any person who seeks conversion therapy may be doing so because of social bias that has resulted in internalized homophobia, and that gay men and lesbians who have accepted their sexual orientation positively are better adjusted than those who have not done so.
~American Psychiatric Association
(All sources cited in full)
Who would wish to be gay when the whole society downlooks upon them, when it so risky to do so, and when it is condemned in every almost all cultures and religions? What if majority of people were gays and you just find yourself attracted to the opposite? This is exactly what they gays are. . . they simply don't get sexual attraction from the opposite (being homosexual is an orientation not a practice - so there are gay virgins, nuns priests etc). Gay and lesbian people are just as capable of being good parents as are heterosexual parents.