Why The Rel. Right Has To Believe Homosexuality Is A Choice [View All]

[MostlyLurks]

Please excuse if this is so basic and fundamental as to be obvious. Wouldn't be the first time I was way behind the intellectual curve.

I was wondering why the idea that homosexuality is a choice is such a big deal to religious right conservatives and why they chafe so quickly and extremely when it's argued that homosexuality is biological.

I suspect it's because, if it is biological*, this would force them to accept that God made homosexuals and therefore CANNOT righteously condemn them for being what they are. If not that, they would have to admit that God made homosexuals in error, meaning God is not infalliable. The most radical response would be to say that Satan made homosexuals, which equates Satan with God. All three of these, which I think are the only possible responses to a biological imperative for homosexuality, throw Christian catechism into utter and complete disarray. It's no wonder they border on apoplexy when the subject comes up.

* = I frankly don't care one way or the other, which is why I say "if". Haven't thought about much, don't care regardless of the answer. Somebody else's sexuality has nothing to do with me whether their choices are driven by biological or personal imperatives.

Just a random, bedtime thought.

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