You're confusing sexuality with performing the acts. Performing the acts is a choice; the sexuality is the attraction itself, and is not a choice.CatBus said:You're nonsensical. Of course it's a choice.
I don't throw down and mount every woman that I'm attracted to. I may feel attraction to them but that does not take away my social learning, moral compass and choice in the matter. I may be attracted to a woman physically but think she's a ***** and not worth getting involved with.
"To make the choice to openly admit their orientations and pursue relationships". Again, that's not sexuality that is the choice here; it's whether to be open or not about it.CatBus said:Homosexuality is a choice, that's why it's more prevalent now than it was in the past. The social stigma and opinion of homosexual behaviour being amoral have slowly receded, allowing more homosexual people to make the choice to openly admit their sexual orientation and pursue relationships with other like-minded people.
I have never truly seen this "incredible respect" I'm supposedly being afforded. Never. I've been slurred and threatened openly, but never afforded particular respect.CatBus said:I dislike this strange culture we have where we must be incredibly respectful of anything which is not "the norm", as though being a minority somehow affords you special treatment. Fuck that.
You're not speaking "the truth"; you're merely repeating mistakes others have already made (and been corrected on); conflating sexuality with the actions themselves; and contradicting scientific and psychological consensus.CatBus said:Being homosexual is a choice, it's not even a completely natural occurrence. I've just explained two of the ways in which homosexuality has become more prevalent and both of them were societal influences, not natural ones. If you (as a homosexual, whoever is reading this) don't like that then it's tough shit. You are what you are and I won't mince my words to make the lie seem happier and more appealing than the truth.
It occurs in hundreds of animal species. Of course it's natural. If you can't see the blatant reason for the greater prevalence of open homosexuality in modern society (spoiler: It's not that more people are gay), then you need to take a closer look at your own arguments.