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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm convinced it is a choice, but that societal pressures repress many from making that choice.  So while I don't really care about it, I don't think we should provide civil, protected-class, type rights on something that is basically a choice.

And by "choice", what I mean is that there is some homo-hetero spectrum.  Maybe less than 1% are on the extreme homo side where they are solely that way, and maybe 50% are solely hetero on the other side.  But I think a good percentage, say 10-15% each, are close enough to the middle where they could honestly go either way based on circumstances in their upbringing and based on their life experiences.  [/quote]

Have you ever had a family member that is gay?  Did you get to see them grow up?  I have a gay family member.  Let me tell you, I knew from the time he was 5 that he was going to be gay.  For what it's worth, him and his straight brother were raised exactly the same.  It's really not a choice and I can't believe people actually think that.   [/quote]

so every gay person is exactly like your brother?  maybe he is the extreme (1% or whatever) that is 100% homo.  I'm a hetero man, but I'm sure in different circumstances I would have a gay relationship.  Say I was raised in ancient Greece or Rome and it was accepted.  Or say I was in jail with all men for 20 years.  Whatever, a mouth is a mouth.  I just think it is not that obvious, and to say there is no choice just insults gay people even more so.[/quote]

Wow, I guess that everyone else I know with a gay family member is in that 1% too.  DH has two gay cousins.  Their family knew that they were both gay from a young age as well.  My Mom had a cousin and it was the same thing.  Even my friends with gay/lesbian family members knew there was something different when they were younger.  So we are all in the 1%.  I am wondering where that 10-15% are.

I saw a documentary a while ago on gay man who was choosing to be straight.  He went to the church for help.  THey showed him with his family and they told him how proud they were of him for choosing the right path and asked when he was going to find a girlfriend.  He said "I don't know.  I think I may choose to be single forever".   He will never be straight.  You could see the sadness in his eyes.  You could see he was only choosing to be straight because it was the only way he could get acknowledged by his family.  If it truly was a choice, he would have had no problem being with a woman.  He couldn't do it.  He was simply not attracted to them.  It's not a choice.  [/quote]

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