I am truly sorry to go off topic but i have read through this entire thread and I just had to address this.
thewaever said:
purely based on the fact that there is so much sarcasm being thrown about on this thread I cannot tell if you are being serious or not, and your closing sentence is making me lean more towards the latter. I would like to think that anyone who took that much time to write an argument would be serious and if that's the case and if you really are gay then by god man, you really need to educate yourself and think things through.
your first two arguments, though really being a very similar point, do make sense. Your third argument has some issues with it, but I can forgive that seeing as you stated that it has been a while since you researched it and because its not the main point i want to address.
your fourth argument misses the point entirely, and the first half of it is the same point being made over and over again. Your rather long rant about the logical misstep in Christian's saying that "homosexuality is a choice, and therefore wrong" completely misses the point, your counter argument states that:
"Christianity, by definition, MUST BE A CHOICE. But, Christianity isn't "wrong" despite being a choice, so why is homosexuality?"
This argument implies that people who are homophobic are so because it's a choice. The people who use this argument Don't go against homosexuality BECAUSE its a choice, they are against it because of their dislike of the nature of being homosexual. They use their "choice" argument to further demonize homosexuals by basically stating that: "Its bad enough that they are gay, but they CHOSE to be that way".
Also, as a self proclaimed homosexual, how can you say that its a choice? It hasn't yet been fully proven but it is firmly believed in the scientific community that being gay is not a choice. Even outside of the scientific data I know a few gay people who hate the fact that they are gay and have tried to force themselves to be straight. People who try by force to change their sexual nature either end up leading a lie and later down the road have an emotional breakdown resulting in them true selves coming out (pun not intended) or they realize that it cant be done and come to accept who they are and get on with it, and both of these paths cause serious psychological damage to the person.
If it was, in fact, a conscious choice for you to turn gay then please, by all means, share with me the day that you were attracted to women with no sexual attraction to men whatsoever, decided that you were going to become gay. In my opinion, the only choice one makes regarding their sexuality (and I don't mean just gay or straight, i mean specifically what a person is attracted to) is whether to be open about it or not.
I am sorry if this has come across abrasive in any way i just wanted to get my point across. and i applaud the fact that you are proud enough of your sexuality to stand up and defend it but if I, an extremely proud homosexual, can find flaws in your argument, you can bet your ass that the homophobic bigots will, and they will be a hell of a lot more ruthless than I am