Can you imagine being born homosexual and unable to express your sexual desires? I do not believe that gay people deliberately CHOOSE their sexual orientation.
Can you imagine being born a heterosexual and unable to espress your sexuality because you never marry? You seem to desperately want to elevate the cross of the homosexual above all others. What about the war vet who comes home paralyzed and can no longer express his sexuality with his wife? Or married couples who must abstain because a spouse has AIDS? Those of us who are living a chaste life (celibate in some cases), can attest that “expressing our sexuality” is not the end all and be all. In fact, being free of the need for this type of expression is liberating and allows for spiritual growth that might otherwise have not been achieved.
Yes, it is a sin to carry out a homosexual act. In many ways, I view it more as a handicap. People born with birth defects are never insulted for their handicaps, but the homosexual community is. I’m grateful I wasn’t born a gay man in today’s society because not only is it an ‘outcast’ culture, but I can only imagine the temptation I’d go through and who knows if I’d fail miserably?
I think you must be stuck in the late 70’s because in my world (which has the second largest population of gay people) the insult is directed at CHRISTIANS who oppose homosexual behavior. On TV, in film, in all forms of media, the homosexual is completely normalized and even, in some cases, celebrated. The “outcast” culture today are the Christan conservatives who dare to speak out against this indoctrination.
Gay people have no more chosen their sexual preference than a blind person has chosen his eyes to not see or a deaf person has has chosen his ears to not hear. I don’t for one minute believe that gay people ‘choose’ their sexual orientation and feel that anyone who assumes that is practicing ignorance.
As someone who was in the lifestyle, I can testify that there are many “gay” people who have, in fact,
chosen to pursue same sex relationships. I chose to be with women as an alternative to men after feminism brainwashed me into believing all men were dogs. My older sister, influenced by my example, chose, in her late 30’s, to be with women after many failed relationships with men. Every gay man I have ever known (with only a few exceptions), has experienced opposite gender attractions and relations. Several gay friends were engaged to be married to woman when they decided they preferred being with men. Two former lesbian friends were both engaged to men when they decided they preferred women. “Preferred” is the operative word here.
God hates sin but loves each and every one of us. There is a line that society needs to tow in regards to homosexuality and so far they have dealt with it from one extreme to the other, IMO.
Then what do you suggest society do? We already have one state that has completely redefined marriage and several more that will continue to try to legislate for the same. Our children are being taught that having two mommies or two daddies is simply an “alternative” family arrangement. MTV, the cesspool of pop culture and a favortie among American youth airs dating shows for lesbians, gays, and bisexuals. So what is your solution?