lol - like I said, it's my own 2 cents. I just see so many people talking about the "gay issue" and completely missing the bottom line. And it's just so interesting seeing so many different perspectives on this list and seeing a real dialogue going instead of the thirty-second sound bites we usually get ;D
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:30 AM Subject: Re: Being Gay: Nature or Nurture? > Thanks for cutting through the bullshit, David. > > > On 3/13/06, David Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *delurks for a moment* > > > > As the resident gay person on this list, I figured I should say *something* > > :D > > > > Reading this thread, I see a lot of different perspectives on this issue, > > and I think it's an amazing thing that society's reached the point where we > > can even have this discussion. > > > > I know that everyone's essentially looking for an answer to the nature vs. > > nurture question, but I think that belies a deeper question that society > > continually drills into us: "How can homosexuality be cured?" How can we > > get rid of this undesirable element so that everyone can be happy and > > normal? This question is pointless; the question should be instead: "why is > > it that my relationship is not protected in the same way as others?" I'm > > not so naive as to think that there are no more second-class citizens in our > > society, but why is it that my relationship -- with the man who I love and > > who completes me emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, and in every > > other possible way -- is not afforded the same protections as the > > relationship between two people who get a shotgun wedding in Vegas as a > > joke? In my opinion, marriage in this country is more harmed by an > > increasingly lax attitude towards the importance of marriage, rather than by > > two men declaring their undying love for one another. > > > > The bottom line is that for whatever reason, I am incapable of forming the > > same kind of emotional and physical attachment with a woman that I can with > > a man, and I don't think I should be looked down on for that. The whole > > nature vs. nurture debate is interesting as a curiosity, but I don't think > > it's relevant on the whole to society. I personally feel that it's a > > mixture of both. > > > > Just my $0.02 :) > > Dave > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200154 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
