# If conservatives think being gay is a choice, what do they think are the benefits of being gay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 21, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-conservatives-think-being-gay-is-a-choice-what-do-they-think-are-the-benefits-of-being-gay/1006014 "2024-08-21T20:39:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 37
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-conservatives-think-being-gay-is-a-choice-what-do-they-think-are-the-benefits-of-being-gay/1006014/37 "2024-08-22T05:48:54Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > The notion that stereotypical conservatives think sexual orientation is a choice is absurd. It’s also true. Both in the sense that it’s what they actually believe, and that it’s the stereotype of them. Calling it a choice gives them the excuse to label homosexuals as willfully evil and persecute., beat and kill them. Just as labeling it a mental illness gives them the option to _medically_ persecute, torture and kill homosexuals. All that changes it what excuse they prefer to use to justify and enable their fundamental bigotry and malice - the core values of conservatism, in all times and places. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-conservatives-think-being-gay-is-a-choice-what-do-they-think-are-the-benefits-of-being-gay/1006014)._