There are certain things that can turn a person gay for sure, such as being raped and feeling a mistrust for a member of the opposite sex might turn them to comfort from the same sex, but Gay pride parades don't turn people gay.
If they experiment and find they enjoy being with men more then women, they would have discovered it later on either way, thats how they are.
I firmly beleive that only in certain circumstances can someone "turn" gay, and usualy it involves something tramatic with the oppsing sex, You are straight because you feel the need to reproduce with a woman... how do you know that being gay is a choice?
don't judge a book by it's cover or judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. What i'm trying to say here i guess is that.... You don't know anything about gay, being gay, or anything like that, I don't pretend to either, I've never met someone who I knew was gay but i've heard stories from people such as one of my teachers who was friends with a gay man, she learned a thing or two from him, for one, she learned that being with another gay person is just as romantic and loving as a heterosexual couple(sp?), and not all gay sex is anal intercourse.
Gay men and women take their relationships just as seriously or even more then straight folk and make it romantic. I'm not trying to change your mind about gays, just opening your eyes a little, beyond the fact they have sex with other members of the same sex does not mean they are anyless human, and they certanily ARE human.
There one day will be a time I can forsee where we will accept gays as normal in society and they will mingle and be around others free of or subject to little persecution. EVERY single ethnic group has been persecuted at one point or another, Black men and children were used as slaves, Jews were once almost wiped out of europe and even the christian faith many of you cling to as your guide to condeming gays were persucuted for their beleif in "one god"
the point here is, again, keep your opinions to yourself and don't worry if your neighbour is gay, it's none of your businees what he does behind closed doors.
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Inter arma silent leges
[This message has been edited by Grant (edited April 29, 2004).]