When Did You First Choose To Be Gay Or Hetrosexual?

[Jon8503]

Bush seems to think we choose our sexual orientation. Just in a dumb mood: Feel good about the debates and Kerry's chances.

[dogtag]

1. I haven't decided yet. Don't rush me, please.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

22. I'm waiting to see how this whole "Amendment Thing" pans out

Pretty much the only thing separating me fromt the gay lifestyle is that I can't get married and, believe you me, the minute it's legal I'm going to ditch my wife of fifteen years and my two kids and get me some of that sweet beefcake.

I hear that Urkel guy from "Family Matters" is still single.

[swag]

2. When the Falwell-following pastor showed me what was what.

[freetobegay]

3. Other

I didn't choose, I came premade.

[kskiska]

5. Rev. Dobson was just on Hannity & Colmes

When asked about Kerry's remarks on Mary Cheney, he said that what bothers him even more than Kerry's "outing" of Mary Cheney ("who's to say she even "outed" herself?," he says) is the way it was assumed that her lifestyle was genetic. He says there's absolute proof that there's no gene that causes homosexuality.

[freetobegay]

6. Did he go to Liberty University?

[AntiFascist]

11. Wait a minute, wasn't Lynne's novel filled with....

lesbianism in the Old West, or something? You can't tell me she didn't at least fantasize about it.

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. Nothing about recruitment?

I was impressed by the promise of travel and the education benefits.

[eridani]

21. Why did you leave out bisexual? n/t

[Syncronaut Seven]

7. Neither, I imprinted on a box turtle.

During my sexual impression stage. It can be socially awkward at times.:cry:

[Jon8503]

8. Some Good Shit From Andrew Sullivan

This was taken from AmeriBlog
Andrew speaks. And it's good. Some excerpts from his blog today about Marygate.

Mary Cheney isn't private. She ran gay outreach for Coors, for pete's sake. She appears in public with her partner. Her family acknowledges this. She's running her dad's campaign! Whatever else this has to do with - and essentially, it has to do whether you approve of homosexuality or not - privacy is irrelevant....

It's legitimate to threaten every gay couple with the removal of their basic rights, but it is not legitimate to point out that Cheney's own daughter will be directly affected? By what twisted logic?....

Both Bush and Kerry oppose civil marriage for gays. True. But Kerry supports giving gays every single right that civil marriage has - on a state and federal level - and just wants to call it something different. Kerry also believes that the individual states should decide what their own policies should be. Bush opposes civil unions, and has supported a constitutional amendment that would forbid any state from granting the "incidents" of marriage to any gay couple. Kerry: 100 percent of the rights of civil marriage. Bush: none. I'd say that's a pretty huge difference, wouldn't you?...

Victimize? All Kerry did was invoke the veep's daughter to point out that obviously homosexuality isn't a choice, in any meaningful sense. The only way you can believe that citing Mary Cheney amounts to "victimization" is if you believe someone's sexual orientation is something shameful. Well, it isn't. What's revealing is that this truly does expose the homophobia of so many - even in the mildest "we'll-tolerate-you-but-shut-up-and-don't-complain" form. Mickey Kaus, for his part, cannot see any reason for Kerry to mention Mary except as some Machiavellian scheme to pander to bigots. Again: huh? Couldn't it just be that Kerry thinks of gay people as human beings like straight people - and mentioning their lives is not something we should shrink from? Isn't that the simplest interpretation? In many speeches on marriage rights, I cite Mary Cheney. Why? Because it exposes the rank hypocrisy of people like president Bush and Dick and Lynne Cheney who don't believe gays are anti-family demons but want to win the votes of people who do. I'm not outing any gay person. I'm outing the double standards of straight ones. They've had it every which way for decades, when gay people were invisible. Now they have to choose....

http://americablog.blogspot.com /

Jon

[hatrack]

9. I remember it vividly - it was February 23rd, 1973

At exactly 1:43:22 PM (during Mrs. Bradley's English class), I decided that I would be attracted to the opposite sex. And ever since I've chosen the hetero lifestyle, I've never looked back.

[vetwife]

10. That was all about calling them on hypocracy..They are ashamed of

their daughter because they feel she will lose them votes with the religious right. Cheney has been talking about it since 2000. They are just liars and hypocrites and don't care if they damage their own daughter implying she was outing for being who she is and that God loves her just the way she is. They are some kind of twisted family. What a mixed message. Are they proud of their daughter or do they put Bush over their flesh and blood?

[TrogL]

12. It's not a choice - get over it

I realize this poll is in jest.

Nevertheless, I chose to be heterosexual in junior high school when my best friend got interested in girls. Then I waited for the "girl thing" to happen to me.


...and waited....


...


...


...um, I'm still waiting.

[Jack_DeLeon]

13. When I was about 10 years old...

I was watching cinimax one night and I had this funny feeling in my pants.

I've been hetro ever since.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

14. I'm heterosexual.

I've always been heterosexual. I guess I'd have to pick choice one.

[phish420]

15. I knew from age 7

I had a crush on my neighbor..even remember the name. Alan Kovaks (dont know if that is spelled right though)...didnt really understand what it meant though until a few years later...by age 12 I knew but was in denial until about age 15. But I kept to myself and led a double life, pretending to be str8 to keep from getting my ass kicked until about 22 when I came out to a few select friends. Then, while keeping some stuff at my dads house that included gay porn, he opened the box and found the porn and my parents have known since. My dad took a few months to come to grips, and we still dont talk about it, but my mom has been awesome from the get go. Needless to say, my mom is a hardcore Kerry supporter, and my dad is a hardcore neocon. Also needless to say, they have been divorced for years. lol.

[ZCFlint05]

16. as far as i'm concerned

i never made the descion for myself. i think thier can be an argument made that homosexuality is a result of psycological affects in very early stages of your life, but it's nothing a person can control. what gets me about shrubya's view is, who would activley say, "okay, i want to be gay" when they can autonomously make the descion, when there are so many gay-bashers out there?

good job, georgie. now go talk to "bob the budget man"

[gumby]

17. haven't decided yet

maybe it will be on the same day that I decide to have an abortion so I can fit into my fab garbs.

[juajen]

18. I'm thinking about choosing to be lesbian tomorrow, or the next day

N/T

[fujiyama]

19. I'm not sure

if the word "choose" is what you are looking for.

A better word might be REALIZE. When did you realize what sexual orientation you were.

I myself realized when I was 8. I had a crush on a classmate. From what I remember, she was pretty cute and friendly.

[Dem2theMax]

20. Here are two interesting articles I've run across in the last two days.

Study links genes, male homosexuality
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Posted: 12:52 PM EDT (1652 GMT)

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Genetic factors, along with cultural and early experiences, influence male homosexuality, Italian scientists said on Wednesday.

Researchers at the University of Padua said the genetic components are linked to the X chromosome which is inherited only from the mother. But they are probably on other chromosomes and could partly explain male homosexuality.

"The key factor is that these genes both influence homosexuality in men, higher fecundity in females and are in the maternal and not the paternal line," Andrea Camperio-Ciani, who headed the research team, said in an interview

-more-

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/13/homosexuality.study.reut/index.html


Study: One in 100 adults asexual
Thursday, October 14, 2004 Posted: 11:11 PM EDT (0311 GMT)

LONDON, England (CNN) -- About one percent of adults have absolutely no interest in sex, according to a new study, and that distinction is becoming one of pride among many asexuals.

The new study was conducted by Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist and human sexuality expert at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario.

It was published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sex Research and is the focus of a report in this Saturday's issue of New Scientist.

-more-

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/14/asexual.study/index.html


As for the poll, I picked the 'don't know yet' choice. ;)
Heck, I've been straight for 48 years. Maybe it's time to switch sides. Why be on the same team ALL your life? BORING. ;)

[obreaslan]

23. I registered Heterosexual, but ...

The volunteer working for the registration group, backed by the Homosexual Agenda, threw my registration in the trash. Typical. Now when I go to...uh, well you know...I'll be turned away b/c I'm not registered.