The clash between gay activists and proponents of traditional society seem to grow more heated with every headline. While those in the gay and lesbian community insist that their way of life is perfectly natural and entitles them to equal rights, there are others who contend that the homosexual lifestyle is merely a choice that can be overcome, or even cured. Is same-sex interest a learned trait, or is it all in the genetic makeup?
Gay and Lesbian Activism
We always ask the question are people "born gay"? However, I think you have look deeper than that to even scratch the surface of this question. There are not just two camps, one same-sex loving and one opposite-sex driven. Instead, there is a continuum of sexuality onto which people fall at different levels.
Some gay-identified men and women have never been with a member of the of the gender, and have never had the first desire to do so. Others, equally gay-identified, have been with the other sex, with varying degrees of success and enjoyment. Then there are bisexual-identified people who find both genders to suit their palate. When looking at this situation, we have to look at the full spectrum. I would argue that when we do, there is far more reason to assume that the full slate human desire, strong and true, is far more logical to see sexuality as the product of who we are as people rather than as who we have been "nurtured" into being.
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-Jeremy
Jeremy Hooper
Good As You
www.goodasyou.org
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