My thoughts on homophobia

[Rhianne]

Originally Posted by buttless

The other side of this coin would be the gays and lesbians who hold their sexuality out as their identity. If their orientation is all they have to offer the world that is just plain sad. If this makes me a bad person so be it.

I know what you mean, but look around any town, especially on a weekend evening, and you'll see that it's not just the gay folk that are like that.

[JBKlyde]

I thinks it's just a stupid thing to do.. you don't see animals who are homosexual.. and in case you haven't noticed sex is on of the things that's separates animals from humans.. humans are the only species who have sex for fun.. taking it to the extreme and having gay sex is just plain wrong in the nature of the animal kingdom. So what makes it right in the human race?? Honestly I don't know and don't care to know. It's S-T-U-P-I-D

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by JBKlyde

you don't see animals who are homosexual.. and in case you haven't noticed sex is on of the things that's separates animals from humans.. humans are the only species who have sex for fun.. taking it to the extreme and having gay sex is just plain wrong in the nature of the animal kingdom. So what makes it right in the human race?? Honestly I don't know and don't care to know. It's S-T-U-P-I-D

W.R.O.N.G.
Wiki link to show how widespread evidence is that you are WRONG. It's not a tiny footnote in a biologicial journal - it's a LONG article on Wikipedia about 24 species which are just cited as examples.

And no, of course Wiki is not a credible source. But I knew about lesbian tendencies in bonobo apes and gay giraffes (9/10 pairing are male/male) off the top of my head, so I figure the article leans towards accuracy.

Petter Bøckman, the scientific advisor of the exhibition Against Nature? in 2007, speculated that the true extent of the phenomenon may be much larger than was then recognized:

No species has been found in which homosexual behaviour has not been shown to exist, with the exception of species that never have sex at all, such as sea urchins and aphis. Moreover, a part of the animal kingdom is hermaphroditic, truly bisexual. For them, homosexuality is not an issue.

And that's just Wikipedia.
Imagine how much more WRONG you would be if I started looking for official scientific links.

Oh, at least now I get why gay sex is so very tempting that people need to be wary of it.
Sex for fun is humans enjoying themselves.
Take it to the extreme...? Gay sex apparently.
Gay sex = netrosex PLUS!
Yup, it's a temptation alright.

I don't know why gay people get out of bed at all!

[buttless]

Originally Posted by Rhianne

I know what you mean, but look around any town, especially on a weekend evening, and you'll see that it's not just the gay folk that are like that.

OK.
My choice of words could have been better. Much better.

An example would be a guy I know who will twist any conversation he gets involved in to the issue of gay rights. Somebody could be discussing a carburetor rebuild and Jerry will some how find a connection with gay rights.

I hope this makes more sense.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by JBKlyde

I thinks it's just a stupid thing to do.. you don't see animals who are homosexual.. and in case you haven't noticed sex is on of the things that's separates animals from humans.. humans are the only species who have sex for fun.. taking it to the extreme and having gay sex is just plain wrong in the nature of the animal kingdom. So what makes it right in the human race?? Honestly I don't know and don't care to know. It's S-T-U-P-I-D

I wasn't going to tackle this, as Sundae did such a bang up job already but...

Where did you get this notion that humans are the only species to have sex for fun? Or that there are no gay animals outside of humankind?

I see you over here in the philosophy section, railing against whatever state of knowledge or morals that you are apparently in, posting thread after thread of your search for truth and understanding.

Here's some advice for free: step away from the bible-class handouts and read some proper fucking books about proper fucking stuff. Read some biology and some history. Some natural history and anthropology. It's all there. If you don't fancy reading it, watch a documentary or three. Given what there is generally available about this stuff, it would take an act of will to remain this ignorant.

I don't want to see one more fucking word about your search for truth when you've stapled leadlined blinkers to the sides of your head.