Leia

I created this topic, because I want to know your opinions about this subjet: Homossexuality.

Sometimes, I speak with (religious) people and they talk about homossexuality like it was disgusting. I ask "what do you think about sexuality?" and, usually, the answer is "that's not normal, that's not our nature, it's sickness!" and I'm like "wtf?"... Yes, my opinion is that homossexuality is a choice and not a sickness! We must respect different choices, like we must respect other races, other opinions, etc. Why can't homossexuals marry? Why can't they adopt children? (in my country, I don't know about yours) They have feelings, they're not aberrations! There are so much children who are suffering from their parents, who don't give them love, etc. and if homossexuals like children and want to have a son(s) why can't they adopt? Don't tell me because they are homossexuals they can't love...

About "our nature"... there was always homossexuals, but before it was a shame to families and people around. In the 70's, 80's and 90's, there were more and more and more homossexuals... how's that? The world changed, my friends! People became different... more liberal...
Still, there are a lot of people who don't understand this choice... and I think it's a shame, because we're on the XXI century!

In Germany, a pair of homosexual penguins adopted a little penguin, because his mother didn't want him. What about "our nature"? If animals make their own choices, why can't we?

Homossexuals are very brave to confess who they are, knowing like our society is... and I can say:
HOMOSSEXUALITY ISN'T A SHAME, OUR SOCIETY IS!

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RAKESH.R

I think people must be allowed 2 do whatever they want unless it harms others.
And I agree,religion banning homosexuality is totally baseless n is always motivated by fundamentalist motives.
Actually,the problem is that there r no ample proofs n studies 2 suggest that homosexuality exists.hence people think its abnormal.But,maybe with passage of time,things may improve 4 them.

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dusio

You know, the whole discussion about this is very "awkward". Myself I'm more homo than hetero, so I do know how it is to be "weird" by that.

Yes, homosexuality is not a disorder or a disease (you may even check it in DSM-IV or ICD-10, you won't find it there).

It is not only about the choice. It is also scientificaly proven that homosexuality is in some part inborn. But we still cannot say why, and in what is responsible for that. Of course, we may say that it's against nature, but it does not change anything. Havin' a cancer or 6 fingers in one hand is against nature too, but it does not make the person bad or lesser than the others.

I cannot agree about adoptin' children. It's very, very complicated matter. You know, every child wants to be the same like their peer group. Havin' two moms or two dads can be hard for a child. It can cause several problems in their relations with such "parents", mutiny, misunderstandings, etc.

Marriage of convenience is the other thing, but not such controversial. If such marriage does not incure anyone, why not? If homosexual couple do need a paper, I don't see any problem with that.

Leia

I agree with you about adopting children, it can be very tough for them.
If they went to school, the other children would make fun of them, because their family is different from the others and it could traumatize them. But let's see... inside their family they're happy! How much heterossexual parents don't beat their children, don't make fun of them, don't pay attention to them,...? In anyway, they're traumatized. When your own parents are bad to you... you start to ask you if you're doing something wrong or if you're a good son. You even have scared to come home and facing your parents! You have an empty space inside... and it's probably one of the worst feelings you could have.
If our society accepted the fact that there are people with different choices (I don't like to say "different") this would be more simple.

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dusio

The complicated realtionships always (sooner or later) come to life in a family. And now try to add some problems with the acceptance of such a weird ( for a child) situation of havin’ “different” parents. I use this word to show how do children see such things. They are just too small to understand that there is homo and heterosexuality. It’s hard to make them feel ok in such a state of facts. It’s not “sometimes” hard. It’s always hard in such cases. That’s why I think adoption is not the best idea. When a homosexual couple decide to be together, they do not harm anyone. But when there is a child involved there will always be something that will come up against.

sajalarora

Homossexuality is fine if those guys keep away from me. I've been approached by gay guys (age 18 to 60) about 5 times. I get irritated by them. I'm straight and I'm happy, but when those guys approach me, I get real pissed off.
I enjoy boys company more than girls company but it doesn't make me a Homossexual. I'm sexually inclined toward girls.

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What you think about the other members

Leia

Why do you get irritated by them?

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