From: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org (goths-digest) To: goths-digest@smoe.org Subject: goths-digest V3 #104 Reply-To: goths@smoe.org Sender: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-goths-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk goths-digest Sunday, May 16 1999 Volume 03 : Number 104 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: goths-digest V3 #103 [Heather Loresch ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:50:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Heather Loresch Subject: Re: goths-digest V3 #103 > being gay, or straight for that matter, is NOT a choice!! It's been > scientifically PROVEN that you are BORN gay!!! It's not genetic, but a Perhaps you could site your sources? As far as I have heard, there has been no definitive proof either way. It's a a theory. > years old?? How else would you explain that you can tell certain people are > gay by their looks, by their natural mannerisms + tone of voice?? Those are > not choices, but the makeup of who they really are!! How about gay people How else could you tell that I'm an opera fan, because I don't wear fur and talk very pretentious? There are a lot of choices you make that aren't visible. I'm not saying that it's not a choice or that it's not genetic. Honnestly, it doesn't matter. Your logic is incredibly faulty though. If you are going to atempt scientific or logical argument, make sure your statements are fact or at least make sense first. > BULLSHIT because it HAS been proven otherwise!! And, the whole church's > beliefs are totally bogus too!! I mean, gay teenagers commit suicide every You are overgeneralizing. Not all denominations of Christianity are anti-gay. Some are actively against it, some are very neutral, and some (such as unitarian) are supportive. I grew up in the Lutheran denomination and never heard a word one way or the other about homosexuality in church, even though there were two in our congregation. Saying that the church is anti-gay is like saying that all gay people lisp; over-generalization and unfounded in reality. Again, before arguing something, try research first. If it's an issue you really care about, it's worth researching the facts. - -Heather - -- "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." -James Joyce ------------------------------ End of goths-digest V3 #104 ***************************