Well, it’s also not an intrinsically positive term. That’s one of the many points of my post you seem not to understand.
So by that you mean that it depends on the way it’s being used then, correct?Well, it’s also not an intrinsically positive term. That’s one of the many points of my post you seem not to understand.
The entire point of my post was the context of words. Intrinsic value is one thing; extrinsic & contextual values provide quite different meanings. And “gay” is being imbedded within contexts, which illumine a number of negative aspects.
A person is only gay by definition when they commit the act of gay sex.
No. Whether or not someone is gay is defined by their desires and sexual attractions, not their actions. Definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary:
This is what society teaches, Debora.
So you are saying all people who have had the urge to steal are thieves, by definition?
I agree but as a time traveler from the 1950’s, who had a “gay ol’ time” watching the Flintstones, and would don “gay apparel”, I prefer to hold on to that definition. And I find “homosexual” is universally understood to mean homosexual.
No, because the definition of a thief and a homosexual are different.
I don’t believe that. As you are a Conservative Catholic, I don’t believe you would tell someone you are feeling gay, or that you are a gay person. I think you know full well the problem that would cause.
Oh really - your claim is in the beginning it was just about sex and hey maybe there is a procreation in the process? What would have happened if the first children were ignored or eaten?
Yes and by associating themself with that lifestyle and is active in it. A person who has stoleb but has changed their ways, is no longer a thief. A person who actively steals and is currently a career criminal, is a thief. Same applies to people with homosexual feelings.
Changed? The normal use was happy.
You mean like marriage?
Having homosexual feelings isnt a sin.
No - it is properly called same sex attraction. Homosexuals are trying to play the word game, just like the abortionists did when they started calling it pro-choice.
Sorry, but when you look into a dictionary that’s clearly not true.
A chaste same sex attracted person has no reason to declare themselves to anyone. It is a personal struggle which can remain private, just like other disordered desires.