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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:09 AM Original message |
Why The Rel. Right Has To Believe Homosexuality Is A Choice |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. they 'beleive' its a choice because... |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. But Gay Marriage Is Only A Very Recent Hot Button Issue |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ever hear of Manicheanism? |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "Not beyond Falwell...to believe Satan created homosexuals" |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. let's extrapolate on that |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ay, there's the rub, huh? |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. or the day their heads |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. In my experience... |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. You assume that the Frothing Radicals would acknowledge science |
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sans qualia (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Interesting that you should mention them |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Religion is a Choice Too |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. I agree with you |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Your reasoning is sound because it exposes the fundies' -- |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. you'll never be able to prove to them |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I agree that they will as long as they can get away with it. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. Why ?? |
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satireV (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Def: "Fundamentalism" (fund) to give cash, (amentalism) without a mind. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Good one! |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. They believe the act of having homosexual sex |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. are you saying that the act of having sex isn't a choice? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. While there is evidence suggesting it's born of sexual abuse |
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OrlandoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. To justify the GOP's position on gay rights, they also must believe: |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I agree |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. "Homosexuality is contagious" |
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OrlandoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. God created everything, but Satan created evil. |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. And they don't want to consider that their genes contributed to this |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. To me, the correct response to their assertion it is a choice: |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. That Doesn't Work For One Fundamental Reason |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. They have a right to believe whatever the fuck they want. |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think a lot of them insist its a choice |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. Lust is not a choice, but who you sleep with is. |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Did I say I cared one way or the other? |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. To those who believe it's a choice |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Why does it matter? |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Granted, a lot of people can't be argued with |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Ha. It doesn't matter what science can prove. |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have torpedoed many a RWer with this; it's an easy shot |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I did stand-up for a while and did a bit based on this. |
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libertypirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. If you want the real answer read... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm convinced that those who say it's a "choice" are themselves |
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sans qualia (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
40. Maybe because |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. Because it would affect their view of the Bible |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. That, and the threat to demographics homosexuality causes religions. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. One more reason (or an extension of this reason): |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. And one last thing: |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I'm don't I agree that biological origin precludes hate. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. I think most of them haven't really thought it through. |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. My experience with religious rightists is different. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. The group of fundamentalists that I wound up knowing, mostly, |
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