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Gay Men And Lesbians Choose To Romantically Love Persons Of Their Same Gender.
There has always been hate in the world for homosexuals in tribes, countries, societies and other groups of people; fortunately some of them including the American Indian tribes of past history gave a spiritual high place in their culture. Strangely, most people believe that individuals preferring same gender choose to be identified with the most hated people in the world.
 best4write  14 Jan 2008 01:39
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I agree date who you please
 
 discochick  11 Jan 2010 18:48
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I agree with kenzie13
 
 greenday  18 Dec 2009 04:52
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Im for it becuase people can love who they want and they shouldnt have to love a different gender if the same makes them happy and loved.
 
 kenzie13  17 Dec 2009 19:58
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Yes.

What else would they be.

Attracted to Guinea pigs??
 
 caityjaney  18 Jun 2009 17:11
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YES!!!! GO GAY PEOPLE!!! :) (lol! I'm not gay but they should be able to love one another!) RAINBOWS!! (((
 
 -_-  22 Apr 2009 00:39
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 lol, why tell us you are not gay with that additional message? you are afraid of being classified as gay people. who cares?? That's hypocritical.
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 22 Apr 2009 14:34
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True. No gay gene has been found.
I would say there is a level of conditioning from the environment, a perception the person has received, whether morality plays into it or not etc. There are various factors.

Me on the other hand. I am straight. I cannot explain.

Why- because it was natural for me to like girls.

But this is a dead argument since gays see it natural to like same sex. But normal for humans is much different from humans contaminated by sin. And that is what we are. Contaminated fighting for what we believe, and we believe all different things. And self talk is important.

It is complicated and not what anyone wants to hear. But there is a degree of choice. Sometimes people tease gays and convince them they are gay. This happens and is way sad. I hate when people tease people being gay or into being gay. And it depends how they were brought up. Some maybe gave it a chance and were like, "hey I like this". By accidentally falling into it, but who hasn't accidentally sinned?

It doesn't matter. Relationships are never black and white. Sigh. So I have a compartment that is original, I would say that I am still straight but I have incapacities in many other areas.
 
 gottfried  15 Mar 2009 08:06
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 So tell us why you don't choose to be romantic with a boy. Tell us about the degree of temptation that you overcome with your choice. Then we will be able to understand where you're coming from.
by  justsumguy
 19 Apr 2009 19:33
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My teacher brought up this subject today:
"If you brought into this world by gays, what would you think, do, and what would you think the outcome would be?"

I personally believe that when people say that at the "so called" begining, God created man and women so that they could be together and created other people.

When people say that gays/lebsians shouldn't act upon their choice of being homosexual, I think that's wrong, because when you have a feeling...it's obviously not a choice it's just there.

When homosexuals choose to have children or adopt children, maybe they should consult them, I don't know. But if I were someone with gay parents...I wouldn't mind what-so-ever, I would just want parents to love and care for me!
 
 imright20  03 Oct 2008 00:51
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 Your last paragraph demonstrates that you understand the importance of loving and supportive parents. I do not believe that most children with gay or lesbian parents are worse of than other children. Some argue they may be teased and picked on, but all children can be teased and picked on regardless of who their parents are. If a child is well adjusted, something that is instilled and fostered by loving parents, they are unlikely to be bullied. Kids pick on the children who lack the self esteem to stand up for themselves. Being different is less of an issue than being an easy target due to insecurity and a lack of self esteem. I grew up with a mom and a dad and I did not know how to stick up for myself until high school. My parents were very loving and devoted, but my mother did (out of love) come to my defense too often, resulting in my lack of the knowledge to fight my own battles and command respect from others. I do not mean that in a physical or violent way. As I got older and matured, I realized that I liked myself and was able to communicate my feelings in such a way that I did command respect. I know what it feels like to be bullied. It is not a good feeling, but it does not matter if one's parents are gay or straight in this regard.

The belief that some people hold regarding a child raised by homosexual parents and that child "learning to be gay or lesbian" is laughable.(that is a weird way to phrase that, but I'm so tired my vocabulary seems to have left my head right now) People do not make a choice in their sexual orientation, for the most part. There are likely some who do. I say that because of the number of girls my kids tell me are lesbian or bi. I think these girls are simply acting on something that they believe will make them stand out or appear more appealing to a male fantasy, not truly aware of their true sexual orientation yet. It appears, in the area that we live in, that there is a trendiness for girls to say they are lesbian or bi. These are rather young kids, so I would imagine many of them are curious or wish to stand out. I believe the majority of them will realize that they are straight as they grow. The ones who do not are truly homosexual, but again, they did not choose to be attracted to a member of the same sex. Someone who is straight doesn't have an attraction towards those of the same sex. Most importantly, I highly doubt that most individuals would choose to be gay with the knowledge that they are going to have to deal with narrow minded and ignorant people intent on tormenting and bashing them.

Sorry...I'm wordy due to my mental fatigue. Just wanted to comment because I liked what you had to say and felt you are mature and have an open mind.
by  my2cents2u
 20 Apr 2009 04:22
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Society is simply wrong to impose it's views on all. If people took an honest look at themselves they would see that they do not conform to society in some way. We are all different in some way so we should not degrade others for being different.
 
 boy2girl31  30 Sep 2008 23:00
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Gay men and lesbians are those few people in our society who are born with a different sexual orientation and they do not react in the way as other people do. Though they are very normal in their each and every activity but they just differ from us in one single way and that is they choose to have a romantic association with the person of their same gender. They can not be blamed for such a reason because science has proved that it is a hormonal matter which makes them different from others in sexual orientation and they can not help it anyway. Gay men get attracted and fall in love with men of their type and the same happens with Lesbian women who choose their romantic partners who are women like them and they live happily with each other.
 
 sudipa  10 Feb 2008 12:53
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I believe that homosexuals chose to have those feelings. Ask me why.
 
 taffy4jc  18 Jan 2008 00:41
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 ...then say why. That's what a debate is: supporting your opinion.
by  best4write
 18 Jan 2008 05:40
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Well yes and no.
They choose to love same -sex partners for the same reasons that heterosexual people do , because they are attracted to them and doing what nature has meant them to do, select a mate.
We do what our bodies and minds tell us to do and sometimes we make very considered and structured choices, at other times, emotions get in the way and we are attracted to people who turn out to be wrong for us. No difference between homo or heterosexual people here.
I don't think anyone would benefit from homosexual people choosing heterosexual partners, unless this is as a friend because it would lead to unhappiness and conforming for the sake of it. Many families have been split and made very unhappy by people pretending to be something they aren't for the sake of conformity.
Why shouldn't gay people choose to romantically love same gender partners? That's what nature designed them to do and whether other people approve or not is irrelevant to how they are.
We need to show understanding and tolerance here and work towards acceptance of differences in sexual orientation.
Many young people experiment with their sexuality and eventually find what is right for them. Nothing must be more sad in a relationship than to pretend you are something or somebody you're not just to satisfy the stereotypes in society. Better to choose a partner of the same sex than many people to be hurt at sometime in the future when perhaps children are involved and this opens up many more issues.
 
 Skypie  14 Jan 2008 07:39
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 A PERFECT ANSWER. If only all people and all religions were as understanding and ACCEPTING as you are. God Bless You.
by  best4write
 18 Jan 2008 05:37
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You dont choose who you fall in love with and also not all tribes reject homosexuality in Sparta it was encouraged
 
 WelshyRhi  30 Jun 2009 13:51
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That's so BS. Some men and women just like other men and women. They don't choose to be gay. They aren't like "well hey I
'm bored with women I like men now" It doesn't happen like that.
 
 pebbels  20 Apr 2009 01:43
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Sexual orientation is not a choice.
 
 Lazar  20 Apr 2009 00:11
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No i have a gay friend and he's always liked buys so.........
 
 tayhunay  01 Feb 2009 05:45
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Why would anyone choose to be something which would include getting bashed and discriminated against.
 
 Chethought  25 Jan 2009 00:13
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 I think the term would be masocists.
by  justsumguy
 25 Jan 2009 00:26
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I think this is wrong, in that you don't have to want to live with some one, let alone have sex with them to adore the person.
 
 keepmindok  21 Oct 2008 10:58
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There was a study fairly recently (saw it on TV you'd have to look it up if you want to know more) tha suggested homosexuality in men could be caused by a gene that in a woman would make them extra attracted to men (good evolutionary sense).
A person has their genes from the word go. They are (currently) immutable and uncontrollable, therefore, one cannot choose such an outcome.
 
 Shinsetsu  30 Sep 2008 18:03
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 I know you did not make this up but this specious finding is actually a sneaky attack on women’s sexuality. Let me tell you why. It implies that men naturally have a much stronger sex drive than women. It also implies that an equally strong sex drive in a woman would be the result of an abnormal gene. That's offensive! In reality, on average, men and women have roughly the same strength of sex drive. In women, it is held in check and blatantly discouraged by society's strictures, fear of reprisal from men, fear of rejection, and a dearth of visual stimulation in the media. In men, it is endlessly fostered and encouraged by a society sexually geared to men’s tastes and not women’s. Did this finding also say that lesbians might have an abnormal gene, which, in men, would make men extra attracted to women? Oh, no, it would never say that, even if it were true, because that would be saying that being extra attracted to women is some kind of anomaly. That would be insulting to men’s sexuality. We must never have that, must we?
by  tinseldove
 22 Apr 2009 01:53
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I'm against this the same gender should not love each other i t is disgusting!
 
 soccerchic  27 Sep 2008 21:02
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 You are a retard. I really hope you come back on the website sometime, I just thought I'd let you know that you are an idiot. This response doesn't relate to the debate at all. Plus you can't form proper sentences and if you don't like the same sex don't have a relationship with the same sex. You don't have to be involved, you know no gay people and have no education. Plus people can't help who they fall in love with, get a life. I really can't stand ignorant screw ups like you, I doubt you will ever see this but I really hope you do so you can think on how thick you really are.
by  kddan
 19 Apr 2009 19:10
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Who would decide to be gay if they had a choice? Not gay bashing here, but honestly be realistic.
"ya know I would really like to be discriminated against in every aspect of life . Sounds like fun!" I don't think all of the gays and lesbians are rebels against society.
 
 Specter87  29 Aug 2008 16:16
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You can't choose your sexual orientation, although you can be aware of it.
 
 DayBee  18 Aug 2008 10:21
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It in my opinion is not a choice, they have a hormone imbalance, and something missing in their brain, from the "norm" however people shouting "equal rights" "I'm out and proud" i don't give a dam who is what, but end of the day, it is a mental disorder.
 
 caroline28  27 Jul 2008 13:03
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 So you think gays are mentally ill?
by  Damian
 18 Aug 2008 12:29
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Why would someone choose to be discriminated against, hated, even disowned from their own parents? No one would. But homosexuals have no choice. It's a sad, sad world sometimes.
 
 asphyDrake  13 Jul 2008 20:18
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When someone is born, they don't choose what gender appeals to them. Like me, I'm heterosexual, but when I was born I didn't get some sort of ballot along with my birth certificate saying "what will your sexual orientation be when you get older" and I didn't mark the metaphorical box that said "Heterosexual". I think its just that a person is attracted to what they are simply attracted to.
 
 JessicaR  05 Jul 2008 01:43
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I think that this is worded poorly, so my answer could go in either box, but I'm going to put it in this one since the wording you used is similar to a lot of anti-gay arguments I've heard.

You don't choose who you're attracted to, or even who you fall in love with. (Me and pretty much all of my friends either can or know people who can attest to this, and give examples of people falling in love with people they REALLY don't want to fall in love with, at least not consciously)

Who you're attracted to is a matter of genes combined a bit with social. Which gender depends on genes and social prejudices, just as preferences of race, hair color, eye color, weight distribution, etc. Depends partially on genes (well, predispositions towards a certain look do), social pressures/norms, and environmental factors.

So no, you don't choose whether to be attracted to someone your own gender, and in many cases you don't choose whether or not to fall in love with someone.
 
 FoxFire  25 Apr 2008 16:00
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It's not really a choice, you can't really choose who you're falling in love with. Okay, some, because of various reasons, incidents, experiences choose to date only people of the same gender, which of course raises the opportunity to fall in love with one of them. In some cases it is as simple that they do not feel a single ounce of attraction towards the opposite gender. But yeah, in the end, really not a choice.
 
 BobLobster  07 Apr 2008 21:08
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I find anyone who thinks it is a choice should have their brain seriously tested. For some I'm sure it is a choice - oh wait - these people are called bisexuals. For those who don't have a choice they are straight, gay, or a-sexual.
Gay gene been proved -no
Chemical attraction been proved - yes.

Naturally i prefer my neon to react with copper. Shame it's not possible.
 
 Damian  23 Feb 2008 05:49
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NO! Homosexuals, if given the choice, i think, would be strait. What person would want to make life harder on themselves? You don't choose who you find attractive.
 
 muin13  22 Feb 2008 00:15
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 uhm....what you said is VERY wrong, if we had a choice, we would stay as we are because we like it. some might want to change, but when you made that comment you were speaking for all of us. I'm glad I'm a lesbian....I'm happy. but one the other thing you said was right, we don't choose to like who we like, it just happens
by  pride135
 22 Feb 2008 19:13
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In all honesty, I don't know what box to put this in, but I think that homosexuals have the right to be together in any way they want to be together. What 2 people do in the privacies of their bedroom is their buisiness not mine. I just hate it when people bring religion into this. That is just another way to exploit people's ignorance. The religious people, you were rasied to believe that gay marriage is wrong. I was raised Apostolic and those are some hard core christians. My thing is, that people say that marriage is only sacred when it is between a man and a woman. So in other words marriage is meant for 2 people in love, and that means that 2 men or 2 women cant get married because they have the same genitals??? There are heterosexual couples that get married everyday, but I guarantee you that at least a good 45-50% of the time it is not for love. People look down on homosexulity, and to be honest, they are the bigger people because they actually have the guts to come out to this judgemental society.
 
 alex34  01 Feb 2008 02:05
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 It's always nice to see a person who was raised in a religion background and can still see that love is possible with anyone. I thank you for not continuing the hate that many religious persons continue to portray.
by  seoems369
 01 Feb 2008 18:53
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I didn't know which to put this in, but in thinking more along the lines of the author, I figure it should go here.

First off, I have always, but more so now, reading all the different opinions on this website about gays and lesbians.... Have found it funny that the only basis people go on when they don't accept homosexuals is the basis from the Bible. No where in the history of the world, outside of the Bible, does it say that homosexuality is wrong. Society that has accepted the Bible as 'the word' has made it that way. Homosexuality is only frowned upon by the people who are afraid of it; and by people who interpret the Bible to make it wrong. The only basis in the world that people have hatred for the gays and lesbians is on the Bible!

I think that people are born who they are. I also don't believe that people are born to love one certain type of person... We are only born to Love and carry on a life with another person, regardless of the race or gender.

If a person is born to love another person, and that person happens to be the same sex of them, then no, they didn't choose that. They were born that way. And as much as the Bible thumping hypocrits might want to think, the gays were born that way.

I think the only choice they have is to act upon it or to hide it. It takes a gay person more strength and courage to come out and stand up for who they are than any other person. It doesn't matter if you agree with the gay or lesbian lifestyle, because there are many things that each of you do that other people don't agree with... Including God.

I wish just once that someone could come up with a better reason to frown upon the gay and lesbians aside from the Bible. And yes, I do believe in God, have a strong relationship with God, but think many Bible thumpers are extreme bigots- a price they will pay for when they pass on- because God doesn't like hate!
 
 seoems369  31 Jan 2008 20:45
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 Applaud.
by  Zman676
 24 Jun 2008 14:00
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People don't choose who they are attracted to. I like women, even though I'm in a serious relationship with a man for the first time. I still can't help looking at women, it's just natural to me!
 
 baconbust  29 Jan 2008 13:36
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Yup i agree
 
 bobbilly  28 Jan 2008 22:36
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