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Is It Okay To Be Gay?  
This feature is taken from E.A.9.11, Group 8. See the entire discussion: sexuality.

earache  01:29am Apr 7, 2002 EST  

A lot of our discussions have been leading to big, sensitive subjects, a ton of them, like abortion, leading to others. So I'll stick one out in the open here: what do you guys think about sexuality? I think it is alright to be anything - How can you condemn someone for love?

sentfr0mabove13  12:17am Apr 9, 2002 EST  
I think that someone who is homosexual doesnt chose that. They cannot control their feelings towards someone of the same sex. It isnt their fault. And I think that God can fogive homosexals because if they had a choice I bet a lot of them would wish they werent and I am sure many have them have prayed to God to help them out. Although I find it somewhat discusting , I dont think I would hate someone for being homosexual .

earache  03:31pm Apr 9, 2002 EST  
I don't find it disgusting at all. Some scientists say they have proven that sexuality is determined by genes. I know many gay and bi people, and there is no difference between them and others besides the gender of those who they love. It's scary, though, the hate crimes that have been committed against those who are gay. Like a boy in Texas, I think, was found strung up on barbed wire off in the desert. Because he was gay.

sentfr0mabove13  04:57pm Apr 9, 2002 EST  
Yeah its called gay bashing. and I saw that liek on a reanactment on some show. And its not liek "regular beating up" its brutal and it gets so bad that they kill the person. You'd think that people would get over their differences in this time period, but no. i think that its human nature but not human nature because it is way too harsh .

Shannon  05:55pm Apr 10, 2002 EST  
earache, I think you're talking about Matthew Shepard,who was killed in Laramie,Wyoming. The only high-profile hate crime in Texas I'm aware of was the dragging of James Byrd to death in Jasper because he was black.
Back on topic:
I don't care what sexual orientation anyone has, and I think it's absurd how so many people hate homosexuals for only that reason-they're human too.

earache  03:33pm Apr 11, 2002 EST  
Glad to know there are finally other people who think the same way!!!

Shannon  04:20pm Apr 11, 2002 EST  
Yeah. I don't know what it's like at your school,but at mine I can hear regular compliants/comments about how the media/society is "so liberal and pro-gay". It really gets on my nerves. If being liberal & pro-gay means accepting people for what they are, I'm all for it!

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