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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:04 PM
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If homosexuality is not a choice and I don't think it is, how about
Bi-sexuals? Is there some latent homosexuality there or is it all experimentation and a total choice? Or who really gives a shit anyway?
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:04 PM
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1. I think bisexuals are just greedy
:spank:
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:05 PM
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2. who cares
religion is a protected class and that's chosen

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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:06 PM
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3. Those who are solid heterosexuals should speak up.....
they don't have a choice either.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:06 PM
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4. Sexuality is a continuum, not an either/or
And no, it's never a choice, not really, although some juveniles may experiment with forbidden fruit before they settle into being who they are.

In any case, it's really none of our business unless they're making a pass at us.
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humanbeing Donating Member (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:07 PM
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5. I think it's like this:
people can be predisposed to be open to finding only males, only females, or both as sexually attractive, it's a spectrum. People who find both males and females sexually attractive, are, obviously, bisexual, but whether they pursue both kinds of relationships is up to them.
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dave123williams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:09 PM
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6. Sure, we're also forgetting asexuality,...people who just don't care.
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rfkrocks Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 06:39 PM
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12. no thats called parenthood
:+
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Nobody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 06:53 PM
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14. It's a real sexual orientation
And unless someone is asking to have sex with you or marry you, it doesn't discussed much.

Some people are not attracted to anyone regardless of gender. There's a huge spectrum of human sexuality and libido strengths. Some people have too much, others don't have any at all.
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Political_Junkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:11 PM
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7. Nothing "latent" about bi-sexuality
Very simply put, sexuality is not black and white, anymore than people are just black and white. Bisexuality is another sexual preference, that is neither heterosexual nor homosexual, while it is both heterosexual and homosexual. There is little room for duality, dichotomy, or two-value logic in something as complex as sexuality.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:11 PM
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8. bisexuals choose the person before the gender
If one can fall and love and be attracted to both genders, then the "choice" is just a matter of who they fall in love with first I guess. Sounds more beautiful to me than homo/hetero sexuality.
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truthpusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:11 PM
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9. Republicans are lie-sexuals
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 05:12 PM
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10. You didn't get the memo in 4th grade?
When I was ten, my entire class was asked to commit to the choice. We could choose hetrosexuality or homosexuality. We had to choose and sign off on it.

Along with each option, the consequences were given. I remember it said that if I chose homosexuality, I would most likely be facing a lifetime of discrimination, lost rights, and possible violence.

I just couldn't fathom why any of my classmates chose homosexuality, but they must have, since several have been homosexuals their entire lives.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 06:26 PM
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11. ROFLMAO!
I was sick that day damn it! Everyone kept talking about "the change" but I thought they were talking about getting your period. Now it all makes sense. :D
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 06:42 PM
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13. I was born a heterosexual
it wasn't a choice, it's the way God made me. I think God made homosexuals too. Why would he hate what he created?

Bisexuals are just greedy though. :P
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