> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Warning: This may offend if religious > > > Actually, it is. No amount of research has shown for a fact > that you are forced to be gay or not. There has been some
But, no amount of research has shown that you can be forced to be gay or not. "Are" and "can be" are the operative words. The question is whether you are gay at birth or "change" later. I think that most studies agree that there's an aspect to both. As to the term "lifestyle" it's loaded simply because it implies are transient thing: the word "style" implies something that may change at whim. And the word life style was simply an invention that's mostly been used to implie personal choices. The phrase "lifestyle choice" has become cemented with the word "lifestyle". In my opinion neither homosexuality or religion can be considered "lifestyles". Homosexuality because, regardless of cause, most homosexuals feel they have no choice, and religion because (the truly) religious feel that they have no choice. In both cases you can have aspects of "lifestyle" in those people that experiment either sexually or religiously, but that shouldn't then imply that anybody gay or religious has made a lifestyle choice. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
