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Originally Posted by AeWingnut
you don't have to act on impulses. You could just fake it like Da... I tease.
I prefer to believe in free will and that it isn't a genetic thing. Some believe it insulting to say that homosexuality is like being autistic.
I don't remember being 4 yrs old but I find it hard to believe that 4 yr olds are sexually attracted to anything. I'm sure NAMBLA would disagree 
I'm not gay so I'll take your word for it.
So what now.. over turn democracy? if we throw out the votes you don't like can I throw out the ones I don't? |
Ok, I'll bite... "don't act on impulse"? And if someone said to you, "don't sneeze, don't blink, don't breath - don't FALL IN LOVE", could you/would you do it? It's not an impulse, it's something within my core being, it is who and what I am - the same way as I have black hair and brown eyes - sure, I could dye my hair and wear blue contacts but I'd still be a brown eyed brunette at my core. Do I be true to myself and live comfortably (because I am very comfortable in my own skin and secure in who I am) or do I try to change myself so that others are more comfortable with me? Where really is the threat in someone gay? Why do people get so bent out of shape by it? It's not contagious, me loving my wife will not make anyone else love their wife any less, and most importantly - why is who I love any business of yours? (ok, besides the fact that I told everyone I love a woman... but besides that
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As for overturning the law, the constitution protects the rights of the minority, the majority can not impose it's will on the few when it violates their right to equal treatment. It's about minority rights vs. majority rule. That is why the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the minority in cases like Brown vs. Board of Education and Loving vs. Virginia – each of us has constitutional rights that the majority can not take from us – and that even includes the Supreme Court overturning the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns – the Constitution says we get to own guns! Laws aren’t always right which is why lawmakers can’t pass laws and the people can’t vote to take others rights away once the Supreme Court has said so – and that is what is wrong with Prop 8, the California Supreme Court said same-sex couples had the Constitutional right to marry. The only thing Prop 8 did was delay the process until the U.S. Supreme Court makes a ruling. I’m betting on the Constitution.