Hi stifferd,
You made a series of statements. Please note that you didn’t ask any questions. You made statements. Can you substantiate them? Do you feel that you’re an expert on this subject? Are you aware that a lot of scientific research has been done on these very subjects? Are you aware that the American Psychological Association has taken positions on most of these issues, with plenty of scientific research to back up its positions?
Just one small example.
It depends on what you mean by “proof. “ There’s a mountain of scientific evidence that homosexuality is irreversible, and little or no proof to the contrary. Even “reparation therapy” groups (the guys who claim to be able to “cure” homosexuality) admit that all they can do is help a willing homosexual “function” as a heterosexual (i.e., become capable of sexual relations with the opposite sex). But the homosexual will still continue to have homosexual desires–nothing can be done about that. The “reparation therapy” groups admit this.
At this point in time, it’s pretty much accepted as an axiom by anyone who cares anything about the subject that homosexuality is not reversible in any true, meaningful sense of the word. The only people claiming that homosexuality is truly reversible are hard-core homophobes.
So what’s your story, stifferd? What’s your basis for implying that homosexuality might in fact be reversible? Are you just ignorant of all the research on the subject, or are you aware of that research but deliberately ignoring it?
And so it goes with the rest of your post. Much of what you said is out of line with current scientific research.
If you’re just ignorant of the research, then why are you making statements? Why not ask about all the issues you raised?
If you’re really “searching for the truth,” why don’t you take the first step and do some reading on the subject? Search up Esprix’s “Ask the Gay Guy” message threads on this message board and read through them. Use the search function on the Straight Dope Message Board to search up other threads on the subject. Go to the American Psychological Association’s web site and read up on what they have to say about homosexuality. Go to the gay and lesbian issues portion of your bookstore and pick up some books on the subject.
I sympathize with what you said about homosexuality not being wrong or a sin. But much of what you stated elsewhere in your post was, in fact, incorrect in one manner or another. As such, I’m curious what basis you had for posting all those statements. I’m not pissed at you and I’m not trying to stop you from posting. I’m not assuming that you’re hostile to gays and lesbians, and I’m not feeling hostile toward you in any way. In fact, as a pro-gay-rights poster myself, I would welcome a live-and-let-live ally like you.
Mainly I’m just curious. Are you just in the habit of posting personal opinion as fact, or do you really think you have a solid, factual basis for everything you posted?