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Old 04-18-2008, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sunnyside View Post
Just a couple links from a quick google search in case you don't know what I'm talking about.
http://www.livius.org/ho-hz/homosexu...sexuality.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoso...reek_pederasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederas...ancient_Greece

Anyway the point is that a common claim is that people are either gay or not . Simple as that.

However it would seem that in ancience Greece (and Rome as well I believe) homosexuality was extremely common, far more so than current rates. And there as the pseudo institution of Pederasty.

So I guess the question is do you think people can be "turned" gay. Such as through homosexual encounters at a younger age or simply by being surrounded by it in the culture?

Do you think that matters?
I think that gayness is a choice. So basically when I see a person that has chosen that lifestyle I consider it "acting" gay. Now if someone chooses that lifestyle, while I don't agree with the choice I don't want to take away their right choose that lifestyle either.

On another note, I don't believe that because our laws do not allow them to get married (which I think is the right choice) they should be penalized by our tax system. So I believe that some sort of legal arrangement should be able to made that gives them equal rights to tax-benefits, inheritance and visitation that married couples have.
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