"I didn't choose; I was chosen": Gay Rights. | Teen Ink

Contents:

• I DIDN’T CHOOSE TO BE GAY
• NO, I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE GAY
• WHY WOULD PEOPLE 'CHOOSE' TO BE GAY?
• I DIDN’T CHOOSE TO BE GAY
• "I DIDN'T CHOOSE; I WAS CHOSEN": GAY RIGHTS.
• IS ANYONE BORN GAY?

I DIDN’T CHOOSE TO BE GAY

No, you are not born gay. I do not hate gay people.

But I thk the ia of "beg born gay" is ridiculo!

NO, I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE GAY

I believe gayns is a thg one velops durg adolcence and the early teen years.

I don't believe that people make an active choice one day and ci to be gay or not. That was also when I intified myself as “gay.

There wasn’t anyone I uld talk to about this area of my life—not my fay nor my iends—so I looked onle for lol muni of people who were gay, and I found some. I distctly remember the first time I chatted onle wh another gay person; I was very nervo and exced. Bee I hadn’t gone to church sce I beme a Christian primary school and wasn’t discipled God’s tths on sexualy, I mistakenly nclud that was okay wh God for me to pursue my gay sir.

WHY WOULD PEOPLE 'CHOOSE' TO BE GAY?

I tried many ways to look for a gay relatnship and, regrettably, also fell to sexual s wh other guys many tim. Though I no longer intify myself as “gay, ” I still experience attractn to men. I know you don’t feel this way right now—not when God jt told you to stop pursug a gay relatnship.

In the thick of our disagreement that night, God planted this thought my head: “Your belief that Christiany is patible wh homosexualy is based on the borrowed arguments of others who hold such nvictns. People choose to be gay.

I DIDN’T CHOOSE TO BE GAY

Government should protect gay people om discrimatn bee homosexualy is an unalterable aspect of their inty. “Beg gay is bad.

"I DIDN'T CHOOSE; I WAS CHOSEN": GAY RIGHTS.

How wonrful is that nobody has to be gay! “Homosexual behavr should be allowed to take place. Perhaps sexual preference n be changed – and people have the right to engage gay sex and have homosexual relatnships if they choose to do so.

(The fourth optn, that gay people have no choice but to be gay, but should be punished for anyway, is morally unthkable. A gay man is more likely than a straight man to have a (blogil) gay brother; lbians are more likely than straight women to have gay sisters. In 1993, a study published the journal Science showed that fai wh two homosexual brothers were very likely to have certa geic markers on a regn of the X chromosome known as Xq28.

This led to media headl about the possibily of the existence of a “gay gene” and discsns about the ethics of abortg a “gay” fet.

IS ANYONE BORN GAY?

Your culture affects your views on homosexualy.

In some societi, homosexualy is accepted, others, is owned upon but tolerated, yet others, is a ser crimal offense, possibly punishable by ath. Male homosexual behavr was expected ancient Athens. Today, rual male homosexualy plays an important role some cultur New Guea.

What you have learned about homosexualy as you were growg up will affect whether you nsir engagg homosexual acts to be sirable or disgtg.