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Is it OK to abort a gay baby?

Gay baby

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 45.5%
  • No

    Votes: 42 54.5%

  • Total voters
    77
Situational bisexuality is not reminiscent of repressed desire.

I said latent desire. Perhaps we all have it.

They have no other sexual outlet aside from other men. Practically all of those men in prison would jump at the chance to be with a woman if given the choice, even if the male option were more attractive.

Sounds like a bisexual with a preference for women.

If any heterosexual person was put in a situation where the opposite sex was not present, over the long term they would consider sexual pursuits with those in their surroundings.

You just proved my point.

It's similar to why a lot of gay men in the past couple of generations ended up having wives and families. The social norms were so strong and opportunities for fulfilling same-sex relationships so few, that they forced themselves to pursue heterosexual relations. It's situational bisexuality.

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual. Humans are just sexual.
 
Please demonstrate some evidence of your position.

We've had this discussion before. I maintain that there is no substantive difference between sexual orientation and preference, the former being a construct of the mind. Humans are, quite plainly, sexual.
 
We've had this discussion before. I maintain that there is no substantive difference between sexual orientation and preference, the former being a construct of the mind. Humans are, quite plainly, sexual.

No no, the Captain asked you to show some evidence of this position. And since this is the first i've heard of it, too, i'd LOVE to read a scientific journal or a psychiatric study that shows what you are saying to be true.

I'm not ragging on you, i'm just curious because i'd love to read such a paper to understand where you're coming from. I'm assuming you didn't just make it up, right?
 
No no, the Captain asked you to show some evidence of this position. And since this is the first i've heard of it, too, i'd LOVE to read a scientific journal or a psychiatric study that shows what you are saying to be true.

I'm not ragging on you, i'm just curious because i'd love to read such a paper to understand where you're coming from. I'm assuming you didn't just make it up, right?

I don't have an answer you'd find acceptable.
 
Try me. I can accept a lot of things, provided there is scientific of psychiatric evidence to back it up.

I'm arguing against a certain position based upon its lack of sound reasoning. I don't know how to show evidence of such a thing; I can only explain the logic behind my position.
 
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We've had this discussion before. I maintain that there is no substantive difference between sexual orientation and preference, the former being a construct of the mind. Humans are, quite plainly, sexual.

Yes, we have had this discussion, before. And I still disagree with you, I still say that the difference between sexual orientation and preference is semantics, and I still say that there is no evidence that the folks we are discussing are repressed bisexuals. I'm not sure if you are arguing from a "sexuality along a continuum" position, ala Kinsey, or not. If you are, your position does not fit that theory. If you aren't, I've been asking you to clarify.
 
Yes, we have had this discussion, before. And I still disagree with you...

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I still say that the difference between sexual orientation and preference is semantics...

I thought that's what I was saying. That there is no substantive difference between the two.

Sexual orientation is a construct of the mind, not something based upon empirical evidence.


...and I still say that there is no evidence that the folks we are discussing are repressed bisexuals.

The fact that said prisoners were previously exclusive to females before having sex with men under stressful circumstances seems like some pretty strong evidence that these individuals had a repressed or latent sexual desire for men, i.e., that they were repressed bisexuals.

I'm not sure if you are arguing from a "sexuality along a continuum" position, ala Kinsey, or not. If you are, your position does not fit that theory. If you aren't, I've been asking you to clarify.

I'm simply saying that humans are sexual, and that our sexuality is not absolute, which makes concrete concepts like "orientation" arbitrary and capricious.
 
Well this post is made by someone who doesnt understand genetics at.Secondly i would like to think people love their children and dont just see them as a means to pass their genes.
 
Well this post is made by someone who doesnt understand genetics at.Secondly i would like to think people love their children and dont just see them as a means to pass their genes.

Children aren't just a gene pass on method, but also legalized slave labor for 8-10 years.
 
The only reason I would vote yes is because parents who would even think about getting rid of a child because he/she is gay would be such idiots that they don't deserve to be parents and the child would be better off not being born at all than to be born and raised by such morons.
 
The only reason I would vote yes is because parents who would even think about getting rid of a child because he/she is gay would be such idiots that they don't deserve to be parents and the child would be better off not being born at all than to be born and raised by such morons.

Punish the child for the sins of the parents?
 
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