While I don't believe your friend is correct in acting out against the gay friend, I do not believe homosexuality is a naturally ocurring event and is therefore wrong. Specifically, as a Christian, I believe it is wrong because it is stated as being wrong in the Bible. Without using my moral beliefs as a basis for the argument, however, I believe it is NATURALLY wrong because it does not add to the procreation of a species.

It doesn't bother me at all. As long as I don't view any sexual things that they do. Otherwise, I'm not a homophobic person, or have any hate directed towards them. Most people who are homophobic either feel that they may be seen by outsiders as "gay" if they speak to a gay person of befriend one. Seems to me that most homophobes are afraid that people may find out that they are secretly gay themselves. It's a weird thing, and some people are afraid of just not being masculine, or afraid of all things feminine.

Yes, I know, it's a sin to "lie with another man" in the Bible. I have no objection to that, and I feel that gays should just either stay in the closet or consult a psychiatrist, because the homosexuality problem is either a genetic or mental problem.

I'm homophobic.

I understand alot of peoples views on Homosexuality are based on the Bible. I am a Christian myself, but I disagree with alot of things which are said in the Old Testament, alot of views in it are sexist and sometimes absurd.

I believe that everyone should be treated equally. If God thought that homosexuality is wrong, then why would he make homosexual people? So that biggots would have someone to hate?

As well as God is meant to be all-loving. If he is not, then to be honest I don't want to worship him.

Saying this, I don't want to seem like I am knocking your views. They are what you believe in and I am no one to say that you are wrong.

i am fine with homosexualty. just because some book thats over 2000 years old says its wrong doesnt meaan that it is. the way people act and think and what is moral have changed alot over that amount of time, hell even in the past 50 years people have changed there views on whats right and whats wrong. people should just adjust because there are more and more people who are gay

obsessedashfan Wrote: I understand alot of peoples views on Homosexuality are based on the Bible. I am a Christian myself, but I disagree with alot of things which are said in the Old Testament, alot of views in it are sexist and sometimes absurd. I believe that everyone should be treated equally. If God thought that homosexuality is wrong, then why would he make homosexual people? So that biggots would have someone to hate? As well as God is meant to be all-loving. If he is not, then to be honest I don't want to worship him.

I agree with this 100%. A lot of people seem to act like it's a choice one has to make...It's not. People get no say-so in this matter. Homosexual Males/Females are born that way, they don't just wake up one morning and decide "HEY! I know what I'm gonna do...I'm gonna turn around and choose to be something that most closed-minded people hate, and live out the rest of my life fearing that someone will find out and I'll get beaten or worse for it....yeah that sounds like a plan." Pink_Ranger, I am very sorry to hear that such horrible things happened to your brothers, and for no reason.

I used to be a homophobe, mainly because pretty much everyone I knew said anyone or anything they didn't like was gay. Than a few years ago I found out one of my friends was a lesbian, and she influenced me to really open my mind on the subject. Now I believe there's nothing morally wrong with homosexuality (I'm agnostic, so what the bible says isn't an issue for me); in fact, from what I've read there's nothing naturally wrong with it either. Hundreds of animal species have been observed in homosexual behavior, including man's closest genetic relative, the pygmy chimp, or bonobo. Actually, every bonobo eveer observed by scientists has been bisexual. Anyway, the abundance of homosexuality in the animal kingdom suggests that there is an evolutionary purpose for it to exist. Perhaps, particularly in the case of humans, it's a method of population control; the human population on earth is over 6 billion, and its maximum capacity for humans is estimated to be about 14 billion. That may not be as far off in the future as it sounds, since the larger the population, the faster it grows.

Anyway, I believe gays deserve to be respected as human beings, and that they deserve the same rights straight people have, including the right to marry; however, I don't think churches should be forced to perform gay marriage ceremonies if they believe it's wrong.

Um, no. We are not having this discussion. It's already brought religious references into the discussion, which is banned, and I'm not risking debates on it with the chance someone gets offended and this turns into a flame war.

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