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Are Gay People "Abnormal"?

Are gay people "abnormal"?

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theplaydrive said:
Do heterosexuals choose to be attracted to people who are least beneficial to humanity?
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This has nothing to do with the fact that there is NO CONCLUSIVE study on the origins of homosexuality.
 
mac said:
This has nothing to do with the fact that there is NO CONCLUSIVE study on the origins of homosexuality.
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Right, but that's not what we're talking about right now. You base your assumption that heterosexuality is not a choice partially on that fact that it has benefits for humanity. Unfortunately, heterosexuals choose partners who do not have apparent benefits for humanity.
 
mac said:
They certainly choose to mate with those not entirely beneficial to society. Attraction is unprovable anyways, and is possibly nothing more than a sub-conscious response to learned information. Stop quoting yourself, I'll get to you in time. Kids are so impatient.
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I like big butts and I cannot lie.

The women of my family tend toward that characterstic. Pretty much all I saw growing up with 6 older sisters. Maybe I associate posterior voluptitude with acceptance and affection. You may be onto something.
 
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LuckyDan said:
I like big butts and I cannot lie.

The women of my family tend toward that characterstic. Pretty much all I saw growing up with 6 older sisters. Maybe I associate posterior voluptitude with acceptance and affection. You may be onto something.
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I read a study once that said men are attracted to women that smell like their mother...seems to work on rats, too.
 
theplaydrive said:
Right, but that's not what we're talking about right now. You base your assumption that heterosexuality is not a choice partially on that fact that it has benefits for humanity. Unfortunately, heterosexuals choose partners who do not have apparent benefits for humanity.
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No, that's not what we were talking about. That's what you began talking about.
 
mac said:
No, that's not what we were talking about. That's what you began talking about.
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Actually, that's exactly what we were talking about? Here are the two original posts:

theplaydrive said:
What lead you to the conclusion that homosexuality is chosen while heterosexuality is not?
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mac said:
Heterosexuality is the main and normal orientation of the human species and has obvious benifits to our species.
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Oh well.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Honesty is a double-edged sword.
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Sometimes a little white lie is called for, I think. Especially when talking about the general funk of one's own ancestor.
 
Abnormal as in not the societal norm? Yes.

Abnormal in a clinical sense? Maybe to some degree, but this does not make it abnormal in a bad way, just out of the ordinary.

Abnormal as in wrong according to my religion. Yes.
 
mac said:
Ok, "the urge to" fly off the handle. More clearly put to you?
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Please describe the formation of the urge using choice as a context.
 
mac said:
If homosexuality and heterosexuality were "the same" or "on the same footing" than it stands to reason that the would present in more equal numbers than they do. You can't show that people are born homosexual so the possibility that they are not is valid.
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Not necessarily. There are plenty of physical and/or innate differences that are not numerically equal, yet at the same time are on equal footing. Handedness, hair color, eye color, the enjoyment of certain foods or smells. Just because there is a larger percentage of one over the other does not mean that both do not have the same intrinsic value. Your comparison is invalid because you are trying to compare numerical equivalency with worthiness equivalency.

Lastly, it is not my objective to prove anything either, but to explore the subject.
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That's pretty funny, mac, but you really need to put some sort of smilie after you make a joke.
 
mac said:
The urge to have sex is a primal emotion, the urge to have it with Joe or Jane is not.
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Sure it is. One does not just have intercourse. There needs to be someone else there.
 
mac said:
This has nothing to do with the fact that there is NO CONCLUSIVE study on the origins of homosexuality.
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Nor is there ANY CONCLUSIVE study on the origins of heterosexuality. Everytime we debate, you run into this problem.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Nor is there ANY CONCLUSIVE study on the origins of heterosexuality. Everytime we debate, you run into this problem.
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OT but just curious: Is there a strait mod on these boards? Or at least one who leans strait?
 
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