Originally posted by Eternal RSXness
None of the gay people I know "chose to be gay". Unanimously, if they could be straight, they would. It'd be easier for them, easier for the people their families, easier for society. Why the f*ck would anyone choose to be gay? Just explain that.
The point is, no one can explain homosexuality. It's been taken off the list of psychiatric diseases around the world (most recently, China declassified homosexuality as a psychiatric problem), it's not caused by a virus, there don't seem to be any social issues that all gay people relate to (although a significantly higher number have come from broken homes or been assaulted as a child, it's still not universal.), and science still hasn't found a gay gene.
However, to slide it away as a choice is ludicrous. Describing homosexuality as a choice is like saying heterosexuality is a choice. You choose to be heterosexual and you choose to like girls (or guys, if you're a chick). With some of the attitudes shown in this thread, some of you couldn't even picture yourself in a homosexual relationship. Think maybe the gays feel just the opposite? People like what they like. It's not always a choice. Do you one day have the hots for Pamela Anderson and the next day CHOOSE to get all bothered by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg? hell no.
why the f*ck would anybody choose to be gay? thats a gooooooooooood question. but they do. they've been exposed to heterosexuality all their lives too unless they've been locked up in some cage their entire life.
i'm pretty sure that every biology textbook i've ever had has refered to the "sexual organs" as the REPRODUCTIVE organs. now, i dont claim to be a doctor, but i'm pretty sure f*cking another dude in the ass isnt gonna reproduce anything except for disease. you dont choose to be heterosexual, thats just the way life works.
The day science finds this gay gene, i will eat my words, but that day will never come because that gene does not exist.
offering one of the few conservative opinions on this thread, i've put my $0.02 in, so i'm done.