Thank You Jesus!
Ramblings, Religion, General Idiocy, Humor, Logic June 27th. 2007, 10:13amIt’s about time! Finally, someone has offered to help the seriously afflicted, like Jackie Chan, and Margaret Cho, and maybe part of Soledad O’Brien (who knows? I mean, really).
Thankya Jeeesus!
“Curing” Ted Haggard in three weeks, instead of the usual 4.5 years, has emboldened Christians, and they now have the balls to think they can counsel the genetics right out of you. I can’t wait to see the first success story!
Actually, to be honest, the billboard above was probably changed to illustrate the fact that homosexuals don’t choose to be gay any more than Asians choose to be Asian. Both people who read this blog are already aware of that fact, so I’ll refrain from pulling out the multiple sources that show it’s a natural ‘phenomenon’. That’s a moot point anyway.
What really needs to be done is to get people to stop thinking solely in terms of sexual activity when it comes to homosexuality, as if that’s all that matters in a homosexual relationship. A lot of people, especially those that have a problem with it, think of it as a kind of hedonistic orgy of rebellion and sexual hegemony, but never bother to consider any other kinds of attraction that two people can have between each other. Their problem with homosexuality isn’t that two people are emotionally, psychologically, and physically attracted to or in love with each other. Their problem is that they act on it, like any heterosexual couple would, by having sex.
In other words, it’s okay for two men (or women) to love each other, as long as they don’t have sex (or get “married” in the eyes of the state). Sure they’ll find a euphemism for their motive, like “traditional family values”, but to those that have a problem with it, it’s all about the sex. And as long as that is allowed to continue, homosexuality will be brushed off, subjugated, and easily classified as less genuine than heterosexual relationships. And people like those in the Truth Ministry will continue to think it’s something to be cured.
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June 27th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
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July 14th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
So, I’m not hated by the über-religious because, even though I like men, none will give me the time of day? That’s cool. That I’m hated, that is. The whole thing about being undatable kinda sucks.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:19 am
im sorry but i have been hearing this whole “homosexuality is genetic” thing for far too long, so now i ask you will you politely give me a few of those “sources” that show that homosexuality is not a choice?David
October 25th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Clearly, the length of time you’ve been hearing something is grounds for its dismissal as fact
One: “Bagemihl begins with an overview of same-sex activity in animals, carefully defining courtship patterns, affectionate behaviors, sexual techniques, mating and pair-bonding, and same-sex parenting. He firmly dispels the prevailing notion that homosexuality is uniquely human and only occurs in “unnatural” circumstances. As far as the nature-versus-nurture argument–it’s obviously both, he concludes. An overview of biologists’ discomfort with their own observations of animal homosexuality over 200 years would be truly hilarious if it didn’t reflect a tendency of humans (and only humans) to respond with aggression and hostility to same-sex behavior in our own species. In fact, Bagemihl reports, scientists have sometimes been afraid to report their observations for fear of recrimination from a hidebound (and homophobic) academia.”
Two: “Homosexual behavior has been observed in barnyard animals (bulls, cows, stallions, donkeys, cats, rams goats, pigs), 18 species in captivity (including rats, antelope, elephants, hyenas, monkeys, apes, rabbits, lions, porcupines, hamsters, mice, porpoises). For example, two female macaque monkeys were observed giving each other orgasms. Homosexual behavior has also been observed in several species in the wild– anolis lizards, mountain sheep, seagulls, langurs, bonobo chimpanzees.”
Would you like me to continue? Or have you familiarized yourself with Google yet? Or perhaps a library?
EDIT: added this link, more for my own reference
November 29th, 2007 at 11:26 am
I agree that for a lot of religious people being homosexual is only about the sex. My own mother thought I had AIDS and was sleeping with every guy I could get my hands on, until I was able to sit her down and explain that being gay does not mean I have AIDS or have an urge to randomly hump people in the street. But why do they dwell on the sex part so much? Is sex really that important to Christians?