This past Wednesday in my Psychology class that focuses on Personality Behaviors of Humans, had an hour and fifteen minute discussion about the stereotypes of homosexuals, both of men and women. The list was so easily written out by all the students in the class; flamboyant, dress differently, hang around more of the opposite sex rather than the same sex, etc. Having a homosexual guy friend, listening to all of these stereotypes was so difficult, because so many people in the class probably have a fear of homosexuals and don't really know that they are just people like you and I.
Sitting there in silence for the longest time not wanting to act upon what the assignment was, listing stereotypes of homosexuals, was killing me on the inside, I just had to speak up. Once I did so everything just poured out of me at once. Homosexuals are people just like you and I. They live, eat, breathe. They go to school. They love. They shop for necessities and luxuries. Some are rich and some are poor. The only difference is that instead of liking the opposite sex, their hearts fall for the same sex. Although some of the stereotypes do apply to some homosexuals, both men and women, not all of them do. There are probably many guys sitting next to you at a baseball game getting wasted off the nine dollar beer and five dollar peanuts just like you, yet they’re “gay”, but would you have ever known that unless they told you, most likely not. And the same with women, there may be a girl shopping in a name brand store just like you and talking to her girlfriends about her hair and make-up just like you do with your girlfriends, but would you ever know she was a lesbian unless she told you, most likely not.
I get that homosexuality is such a huge controversial subject, especially with the religious aspect of it all. I completely respect the people who just can’t come to grasp that people fall for the same sex when the Bible tells them that love comes from the opposite sex or all else it’s a sin. But respect them for who they are and not who you think they are. They’re human beings who God had created and purposely placed on this planet just like you and I, and they deserve all the same respect that everyone else gets.
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Amen man! Plus, people need to recognize that just because a person doesn't act on their homosexual feelings doesn't make them less gay.
You're right about everyone needed to respect everyone.
But it's not just the bible that says being gay is wrong. Nature of human beings shows that it's wrong.
You reproduce by have sex with the opposite gender, that's just the way it is.
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There's love, and then there's reproduction. Humans have sex to reproduce, but they also have sex for enjoyment. Having sex does not require the result of reproduction and loving another person does not require having sex. Ergo, loving another does not require the result of reproduction.
-- quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
...is really not that supportable. Modern psychology considers same-sex attraction to be perfectly natural, and the trait has been observed most species that are known to engage in sex for pleasure (of which humans are but one). In fact, homosexuality is found throughout a great many species and in virtually all fellow primates.
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