quote:Originally posted by BettyAnn:
People are most certainly not born gay. It is a lifestyle choice - one a lot of people fight and overcome. That is just some people wanting attention by saying they were born that way. Are people born prostitutes or drunk? No - unless they are withdrawing from alcohol the mother drank during her pregnancy.
I would love to know how you know this? As a gay man, I feel that I was born gay. I had feelings of attraction to the same sex before I even understood what sex was. So tell me, I assume you are not gay, so how can you make such a statement when you haven't lived in the body of a gay person?
I also find it puzzling when people like you casually say it is a choice. If it was a choice, why on earth would someone choose it, knowing that there were people out there who condemned you on a daily basis, discriminate against you, threaten you with physical harm and attempt to make you feel like an outcast?
There are kids out there today who wrestle with these feelings and they are wondering why they are the way they are. I know because I experienced those feelings myself. I never said to myself one day, "oh I think I'll be gay" - what a ridiculous notion! I'm glad that today's kids are exposed to positive role models today because I didn't have them growing up.