Opinions on Homosexuality

[KnowYourRights!]

What is your opinion on homosexuality? What are your beliefs and why?

I personally believe that homosexuals should have the same rights as heterosexuals. If an attraction to the same gender makes someone happy who are you to tell them that it's wrong? If it makes them happy why do you want to interfere with that? Just because someone may have a different preference than you do that doesn't make them wrong. For those of you who oppose homosexuality I have a question for you. How would you feel if being gay was the "normal" thing and homosexuals were discriminating against you and telling you that your preference is wrong? Put yourself into their shoes and just consider what they go through. Homosexuals are people too and they deserve every right that a heterosexual has. Let them be together, let them get married, let them raise children, and let them be happy.

 

[Kali]

Right now the vote is tied and what dummies still in this day and age have a problem with this Equal Rights Issue? I mean it is disgusting that people in the year 2012 still feel as if all humans are not created equal.

 

[Black_Zawisza]

Most people are fine with homosexuals getting due process. Fewer are okay with them serving openly in the military, same-sex legal marriages existing or laws against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. This poll really needs more nuance to be useful.

 

[Dicentra]

Why is it an issue at all? Gays should be able to have the choices that every other American has.

 

[taxigirl]

If everyone is honest with themselves they will realize that someone else being homosexual will not affect their own life. People need to get over themselves and if their "mission" in life is to save the souls of "sinners", let them save themselves for judging.

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

I support equal marriage and kinship rights for homosexuals, and for age-of-consent laws to be equivalent for heterosexual and homosexual sex. Beyond that, I can't think of any other "gay rights" that gays require or that I would support.

But I'll confess, I have yet to see a "gay pride parade" that didn't make me long for the days of attack dogs and firehoses. There are always hundreds or thousands of respectable men and women marching in decent clothes with their partners-- and a bunch of goddamned perverts running around naked, or wearing S&M gear, or just generally being offensive to moral order. And the decent family queers put up with them because they're "fighting for the same cause".

 

[Kali]

I support equal marriage and kinship rights for homosexuals, and for age-of-consent laws to be equivalent for heterosexual and homosexual sex. Beyond that, I can't think of any other "gay rights" that gays require or that I would support.

But I'll confess, I have yet to see a "gay pride parade" that didn't make me long for the days of attack dogs and firehoses. There are always hundreds or thousands of respectable men and women marching in decent clothes with their partners-- and a bunch of goddamned perverts running around naked, or wearing S&M gear, or just generally being offensive to moral order. And the decent family queers put up with them because they're "fighting for the same cause".

Big Whoop. You can see worse on Burbon St. in Nola during Mardi Gras or at a Bike Rally during Bike Weeks in Myrtle Beach, S.C:roll:

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

Big Whoop. You can see worse on Burbon St. in Nola during Mardi Gras or at a Bike Rally during Bike Weeks in Myrtle Beach, S.C:roll:

You seem to think that I'd be more tolerant of those things because they're not queer. You're mistaken.

 

[digsbe]

Am I for SSM and homosexuals being able to adopt? Yes.

Am I for taking away the rights of states to define marriage? No.

 

[CriticalThought]

Am I for SSM and homosexuals being able to adopt? Yes.

Am I for taking away the rights of states to define marriage? No.

The problem is whether it is the domain of states to define marriage. If marriage is a civil right, then it is protected by the federal Constitution and a state cannot arbitrarily pass a law to discriminate on the basis of sex who is worthy of that right. If marriage is a privilege, then it is absolutely within the domain of the states to regulate it as they see fit. It will ultimately be up to the courts to decide that fact one way or the other.

 

[Kali]

You seem to think that I'd be more tolerant of those things because they're not queer. You're mistaken.

Nope. I was just pointing out to you that straight people showboat too. Get the hell over it. Or do not go there during those times.

BTW, I know you seem to hate everyone, every group that does not meet your standards and every single little thing does not pass your muster.. But.. You need to really get the hell over it for your own health and mind. Using hate terms does not help your argument.

 

[LaughAtTheWorld]

Homosexuals qualifies as humans. Therefore, they should have the same rights, and duties as everybody else.

I can't understand why so many people are so opposed to granting fellow humans such basic rights that they themselves enjoy and would be outraged if taken away from them

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

Nope. I was just pointing out to you that straight people showboat too. Get the hell over it. Or do not go there during those times.

Or how about they stop acting like ****ing freaks in the middle of the street, in the middle of the day, when decent people and their children can see them? Remember when people used to care about that?

 

[German guy]

My religion tells me that living out homosexual feelings is wrong, and marriage can be between a man and a woman only. It's one of the few teachings of my religion I don't understand.

That said, I believe religion is a private matter. I respect this religious rule and feel obliged to respect it and not engage in homosexual acts myself (which is pretty easy for me, as I don't have the desire to do that anyway). But it's not up to me to tell others, including people who are not part of my religious community, how to live.

Just like I insist on the freedom to live my life as I please, including my religious practize, I believe others who don't share my belief have the same right to live as they please, as long as they don't harm others.

 

[mpg]

I wish every state would allow SSM and I want DOMA repealed, but I don't believe that SSM is a Constitutional right.

 

[MadLib]

I wish every state would allow SSM and I want DOMA repealed, but I don't believe that SSM is a Constitutional right.

If straight marriage is, then SSM is.

 

[Wake]

This dead horse has been cremated and made into fabulous nail polish. My thoughts? I think it's a sin. Before you rage, the Bible states to hate the sin and not the sinner. I have a gay male cousin and a bisexual female cousin; oddly, they don't storm and rage against me for my opinion. As for gay marriage I've been against it for quite a while, but now I no longer oppose it 'cause we're not a theocracy. What really pisses me off is when people call me a hateful bigot in that nasally socially-liberal voice simply for thinking it's a sin. Those are the people that need a lesson in logic. According to Traditional Christianity, if it's as sinful as the Bible says, we're gonna be screwed in the afterlife; all this modern social views aren't a part of the "straight and narrow path" to heaven, IMO. :shrug: Oh yeah, and I like Elton John's older music, lol.

 

[DaveFagan]

This dead horse has been cremated and made into fabulous nail polish. My thoughts? I think it's a sin. Before you rage, the Bible states to hate the sin and not the sinner. I have a gay male cousin and a bisexual female cousin; oddly, they don't storm and rage against me for my opinion. As for gay marriage I've been against it for quite a while, but now I no longer oppose it 'cause we're not a theocracy. What really pisses me off is when people call me a hateful bigot in that nasally socially-liberal voice simply for thinking it's a sin. Those are the people that need a lesson in logic. According to Traditional Christianity, if it's as sinful as the Bible says, we're gonna be screwed in the afterlife; all this modern social views aren't a part of the "straight and narrow path" to heaven, IMO. :shrug: Oh yeah, and I like Elton John's older music, lol.

I've always viewed marriage as a legal contract, not a religious event. When you get to divorce court you know that it is about legalities. Ergo, if gays want to marry, fine, it's just a legal contract. Who gives a rat's ass. If they want to marry their dog, sheep,or whatever, that's a somewhat different matter. After all, who would represent the animal in court?

 

[Jerry]

Do you support gay rights?

I think the only 'right' I do not support gays on is marriage, otherwise I'm completely on their side.

What is your opinion on homosexuality?

Born-homosexuality is a naturally reoccurring birth defect like any other. Chosen-homosexuality is very often a sex-related stress disorder.

.....and why?

That's how I interpret the data and digest the conversations we have here.

I personally believe that homosexuals should have the same rights as heterosexuals.

They do.

If an attraction to the same gender makes someone happy who are you to tell them that it's wrong?

Today, gays enjoy full and complete access to free association. I have no problem with that.

If it makes them happy why do you want to interfere with that?

I don't necessarily, but would encourage every couple of every kind to work on deeper issues of faith, finance and living. Love is not enough.

Just because someone may have a different preference than you do that doesn't make them wrong.

That would depend on the preference. Without 'going there' I'm sure you and I would agree that certain preferences are off the table regardless.

For those of you who oppose homosexuality I have a question for you. How would you feel if being gay was the "normal" thing and homosexuals were discriminating against you and telling you that your preference is wrong?

My family didn't approve of my wife, and her family of me, so gays aren't alone here. You know all these uber-religious folks who go around saying gays are going to hell for being gay? Those same people tell me, personally, that I'm also going to hell for supporting gays in the military, gay adoption, and for just not worshiping exactly like they do in their church. So I don't think my views would change very much.

Put yourself into their shoes and just consider what they go through. Homosexuals are people too and they deserve every right that a heterosexual has. Let them be together, let them get married, let them raise children, and let them be happy.

Heteros can't get married to the same-sex, so gay marriage shouldn't even be on the 'equality' table. Also, the 50% divorce rate isn't something you want to join.

 

[taxigirl]

This dead horse has been cremated and made into fabulous nail polish. My thoughts? I think it's a sin. Before you rage, the Bible states to hate the sin and not the sinner. I have a gay male cousin and a bisexual female cousin; oddly, they don't storm and rage against me for my opinion. As for gay marriage I've been against it for quite a while, but now I no longer oppose it 'cause we're not a theocracy. What really pisses me off is when people call me a hateful bigot in that nasally socially-liberal voice simply for thinking it's a sin. Those are the people that need a lesson in logic. According to Traditional Christianity, if it's as sinful as the Bible says, we're gonna be screwed in the afterlife; all this modern social views aren't a part of the "straight and narrow path" to heaven, IMO. :shrug: Oh yeah, and I like Elton John's older music, lol.

You are assuming people believe in the bible and sin, which is what your religion tells you, but yet you get upset that

people call me a hateful bigot in that nasally socially-liberal voice simply for thinking it's a sin.

. By insinuating that christianity (hah hah spell check thinks I'm wrong because I didn't capitalize christianity) is THE way to think you are condemning people who do not believe what they do-- same thing that is done to you.

Oh yeah-- I like Elton John too. :2dance:

 

[obvious Child]

I'm against the concept of government marriage period.

Convert marriage to civil unions for all and let people define and value marriage on their own. The way it's suppose to be.

I honestly feel that many people who are against gay marriage on the argument of sanctity define their marriage's value by what society tells them its worth, not what they put into it. And honestly, those people shouldn't be married in the first place.

 

[Jredbaron96]

Why would I grant one group a privelage but deny it to another?

 

[Jerry]

Why would I grant one group a privelage but deny it to another?

You can allow polygamy if you want, but this thread is about homosexuality, not marital status or free religious expression.

 

[Jredbaron96]

You can allow polygamy if you want, but this thread is about homosexuality, not marital status or free religious expression.

I fail to see how polygamy relates to my statement.

 

[Your Star]

I fail to see how polygamy relates to my statement.

It doesn't.