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Nice justification but the Bible came before the US
And hominids climbing trees to stay safe from predators came before the Bible.
Nice justification but the Bible came before the US
Nice justification but the Bible came before the US
Do you have anything at all to back this up. I find it very hard to believe. I am sure it is true for some percent of the population but I bet it is fairly small. While I have zero issues with homosexuals and support gay marriage, just the thought of kissing another man grosses me out. I find absolutely nothing attractive with another man and know plenty of other straight people that feel the same. I grew up in a family that never had issues with homosexuals so the idea that I have learned to suppress feeling seems like utter crap to me.The reason I have for voting 0.1% - 2% is that almost no one is 100% gay or 100% straight. (The question was worded in a way that only 100% gay individuals could be considered.)
Strictly speaking, almost everyone is bisexual, with about half leaning straight and the other half leaning gay - both to various degrees. The only reason we appear to have a more heterosexual population is that most people learn to ignore or even suppress their gay tendencies. I suspect it will be a long time before that aspect of social conditioning changes much.
Do you have anything at all to back this up. I find it very hard to believe. I am sure it is true for some percent of the population but I bet it is fairly small. While I have zero issues with homosexuals and support gay marriage, just the thought of kissing another man grosses me out. I find absolutely nothing attractive with another man and know plenty of other straight people that feel the same. I grew up in a family that never had issues with homosexuals so the idea that I have learned to suppress feeling seems like utter crap to me.
Unless you have some sort of proof of what you claim I am going to have to just go ahead and assume it is complete make believe.
There is no reason to give such a small percentage power or special rights
While I appreciate the link did you actually read it.Read up on Kinsey.
I'd say ~5%. And even though it's not included in the question, I'm also inclined to point out that I also think ~5% of the population is straight. I suspect that most people, when stripped of denial or ignorance, are somewhere in the middle.In your estimation, what percentage of the population is gay?
I say "...in your estimation" because, as someone else said in another thread, not all gay people are willing to admit it (for reasons of their own), so the best stats we have are most likely incomplete.
Note also, bi-sexual, bi-curious, etc., are not included in the question. Straight (pun only slightly intended :mrgreen gay only.
There is no reason to give such a small percentage power or special rights
Changing laws and using federal courts to interfere in states legislation. The feds are abusing their power
While I appreciate the link did you actually read it.
According to your own link most of his work seems very suspect to say the least including him purposely making false claims.
If this is what you are basing your opinion on it seems pretty weak to me.
Just not buying it
Then let gays stay away from pastors and ministers that stand on their faith when it comes to marriage. Jesus said marriage was a man and a woman`
1. Grammar fail.
2. Show me the EXACT chapter and verse where he said this.
Matthew 19:4-6New King James Version (NKJV)
4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made[a] them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?[c] 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
I understand what you're saying .. but Gallup may be the best we have, so that's what I used: http://www.debatepolitics.com/polls/207661-your-estimation-percentage-population-gay-8.html#post1063899910.I didn't vote.
That kind of information would have to come from a scientifically and statistically created/controlled poll or research....and since no one can tell if someone is gay by looking at them (it's a joke if people think they can always or even often tell)...an individual really cant do anymore than 'guess.' And I'd bet that that guess was heavily colored by their personal bias. Just IMO.
While I have not researched this in the past, my own personal experiences that disagree with that research along with the link you passed me seem to be very very suspect and not just by me but experts in the field so let's not pretend this is some definitive research that leaves no reason to doubt it. Anytime someone purposely misrepresents any part of his work it really makes all of it in doubt and shows a rather deep bias.I'm not implying that it's the gospel truth, but it's been very valuable to research into sexuality over the decades. If you "don't buy" the body of research out there, I can't help you.
There is no right to marriage in the constitution. That means there is no link to a website that asserts that there is a right to marriage granted in the constitution.
When the constitution was written in the late 1700's marriage wasn't a concern of the government. Marriages were granted by churches. State issued marriage licenses didn't become a function of government until the early 1900's. The authors of the constitution had no idea that such a thing would ever be considered.
an accurate recitation of history
the customary “banns” (public announcements made in church), used in the old country to notify family, friends, and neighbors of an impending marriage, were unsuited to the widely dispersed settlements in the colonies. Some historians claim that marriage licenses, issued by county clerks, developed to replace the banns. By the late-17th-century, the use of license spread northward to the Middle Colonies.
While I have not researched this in the past, my own personal experiences that disagree with that research along with the link you passed me seem to be very very suspect and not just by me but experts in the field so let's not pretend this is some definitive research that leaves no reason to doubt it. Anytime someone purposely misrepresents any part of his work it really makes all of it in doubt and shows a rather deep bias.
When you have nothing attack the poster. Typical liberal tactic
Using models that are flawed and biased leads to bad conclusions. Such as that the majority of people are attracted to both sexes and are just repressing those feelings.I never said that Kinsey's research was definitive, nor do I believe it is. It just happens to contain models that have served as the basis for dozens of other research efforts since then. Also, I place no stock in any one person's "own personal experiences." Science requires a lot more than just one data point.
Using models that are flawed and biased leads to bad conclusions. Such as that the majority of people are attracted to both sexes and are just repressing those feelings.