1 in 20 high school kids label themselves as bi, lesbian, or gay. Its not like they chose their sexuality. I don't understand why who somebody loves is such an issue! I hear people throw around the word normal when i ask them about same sex relationships or marriages. They say "its not normal for a female/female or male/male relationship" yet they cant explain why they say that. Ive heard that its not normal because thats the way society sees it. Me and my brother were having a conversation about this the other night. I told him that society eats so that means people who are anorexic arnt normal right and he said thats right because its a disorder and i said being bi, lesbian, or gay is a disorder? He told me that it was and i said well you have OCD and you are ADD so that means your not normal right? Nobody can seem to have a logical reason that they can use to argue why homosexual relationships or just liking the same sex is not normal. Its not like the way they love another person is any different. They just want to beable to live their lives and i believe that they should. I was reading up on age consent and its different with same sex relationships. In some states its illegal completely. In some states same sex couples can not get married. Jobs descriminate against it and dont hire gay or lesbians because someone might not shop there or they might lose business for other reasons like that. I just wish society would accept the growing rate of bisexuals, gays, and lesbians in society because its not like their just going to go away!
Sexuality Issues?
By kit_the_punk - Posted on March 30th, 2008
I think it is normal...and this is why: it is programmed in us to feel attraction to feel emotionally connected to some people and not others...so those relationships (if they are based on feelings) are normal b/c they are acting on human emotions...what isn't "normal" is that these emotions are for the same sex...but I still don't think there's anything wrong with it...and as for it not being normal b/c of how society sees it I think it depends on where you live...b/c in states like Alabama or Utah where homosexuality is still treated as a crime it wouldn't be normal...but in some places, like my school, it really has become pretty normal...it's all about what you're used to being around.
Well, being any type of homosexual is technically not normal. I mean, the vast majority of people aren't homosexual, and just that makes it not normal. Having ADD isn't normal, as most people don't have it. Being non-normal, however, has shaped itself into a bad things in this world, because we as people are afraid of the unknown, and therefore, the fear of something different has arised. No one, no matter who you are, should be involved in how or who someone else loves (unless of course you are part of the relationship)
I don't think there is any way for an employer to tell you are gay unless you actually go out and say it though. I agree there is discrimination, but as far as the workplace goes, i think its far less than in other places (IE legal)
I also think the issue of gays being discriminated against is ridiculous. I mean a good point is brought up that employers can't really tell...but I don't think that people should have to rely on that don't ask don't tell policy...like the whole deal with gays in the military...I mean when we have soldiers killing them selves and deserting b/c of the disrespect they get and there are people out there willing to serve despite all that why aren't we letting them? I just don't see what the big deal with homosexuality is.