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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
Whether people realise it or not, the whole issue is about whether you're born gay or if it's a so-called "sexual preference" (a simple choice). They are the pro and con sides.
On the one hand, if it's a simple choice, then it's never a hate crime, and it's never disciminatory, and there's never an equality issue.
On the other hand, it you're born gay (like you're born a color), then it's a hate crime, it's discrimination and they are forced to live an oppressed life without the rights guaranteed by their country to equals.
This is the keystone of the entire issue whenever there's a perceived civil rights issue about homosexuals.
There's been 2 issues in the national news recently that brought it to mind. The beating of the transgender girl in mcdonalds and subsequent question of hate crime or not, and a bill in tennessee to ban mentioning homosexuality in sex education classes (author of the bill says, predictably, "why should we allow discussing someones choice?". Again, hinged on the same point.)
This is a private board of course, but I'm just saying.
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I know there are two schools of thought on this subject and you are illuminating both sides. Having said that in my own personal opinion it is an extremely rare case where homosexuality is a choice. I know you are not saying that it is, I just wanted to say that and to go on and say; because there are people out there claiming it is a choice and tacitly approving of violence and discrimination against the GLT community has lead to extremely high instances of suicide among gay and lesbian teens
we need to pull our collective heads out of our asses and approach this subject like grown ups ya know? As for the rules here at GFY... I humble submit to Jedi Eric
