Homosexuality…my two cents
Bloghopping landed me at The KajauanaShow this morning. This particular post got my attention and of course I can’t help but spill my two cents on this issue.
So is homosexuality something you are born with or a development of life experiences? My answer is: both. I think it varies for some people. I know people who say they knew at such and such and age that they were attracted to the opposite sex. Then others have had some type of “encounter” and never looked back. Is one lying versus the other? Who the hell am I to say? I believe in both scenarios.
Here’s my thing: labels. Hate them. They are stupid and pointless and are the creation of a closed minded individual. “If a person is attracted to the same sex then they are gay.” “If a person has sex with the same they are gay.” “If they are attracted but don’t act on it, they are still gay.” Hold up, stop, wait a damn minute. Why are people so insistent on putting a definition on someone’s sexuality? Are you telling me that I have to be gay because I am attracted to men and women? Well what if I only sleep with one of them. Hell what if I sleep with both of them. What does that make me, gay? Straight?Bisexual? Trisexual? Come on, stop that!
How about this? How about people stop worrying about frivolous things that don’t relate to their own life and take car of themselves and their families. Last time I checked homosexuality is not contagious. Being around someone of an opposing sexuality will not “turn you gay”; just like being around someone of the opposte race or gender will not turn you either. You are who you are and they are who they are. Being around any other person that is different from you is an enlightening experience. They have the same morals, goals, joys, and pains as the rest of the heterosexual world. And if it isn’t then you are doing yourself an injustice. Take them out of the box you have been trying to fit them nice and neatly into and see what you can learn from them.
I’ve been trying to figure out why I was so offended by that discussion on the email list. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. Or that I’m just offended by intolerance in general.
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It annoyed the hell outta me for that very reason - intolerance. There are too many “differents” around us to be intolerant. Suck it up or shut the hell up.
Comment by Cristy — October 30, 2005 @ 5:26 pm
amen!
Comment by landon — November 28, 2005 @ 7:50 pm