Thread: Homosexuality...does it cause harm???

I read in another thread that someone was certain that down the road they would be 'Harmed" by allowing homosexuals equal rights?? This came as a shock to me. What possible harm could my partner and I cause, I wondered??

We both work and have worked all our lives, though I am nearing retirement. We keep our house and yard nice and neat, pay our taxes, support our church, help out the kids when they need us (big wedding coming up), spoil our grandsons as much as we can, love spending weekends at our river property......


What harm are we causing??? I am at a loss to come up with an answer. Any thoughts???

Couldn't imagine what you're doing wrong.

Originally Posted by Gaymom

I read in another thread that someone was certain that down the road they would be 'Harmed" by allowing homosexuals equal rights?? This came as a shock to me. What possible harm could my partner and I cause, I wondered??

We both work and have worked all our lives, though I am nearing retirement. We keep our house and yard nice and neat, pay our taxes, support our church, help out the kids when they need us (big wedding coming up), spoil our grandsons as much as we can, love spending weekends at our river property......


What harm are we causing??? I am at a loss to come up with an answer. Any thoughts???

River property? Can you adopt me?

Seriously, I have no idea or answer, so...I'd say ignore people but that's impossible, so just pity them that they aren't as happy as you.

Originally Posted by Gaymom

I read in another thread that someone was certain that down the road they would be 'Harmed" by allowing homosexuals equal rights?? This came as a shock to me. What possible harm could my partner and I cause, I wondered??

We both work and have worked all our lives, though I am nearing retirement. We keep our house and yard nice and neat, pay our taxes, support our church, help out the kids when they need us (big wedding coming up), spoil our grandsons as much as we can, love spending weekends at our river property......


What harm are we causing??? I am at a loss to come up with an answer. Any thoughts???

Nothing, the rabid religious right has been keeping America back for decades.

No harm being done.

I have two friends, a gay couple, both professional people who have been together for nearly 25 years. One was my doctor for three years. Both have spent most of their professional lives living and working in developing countries. They have recently been posted to another developing country, Myanmar.

I am proud to call them friends.

Homosexuality...does it cause harm???

No. The problems are with those who too narrowly define and fear others.

And those who pursue, persecute, bully and discriminate against homosexuals to the degree that they set-off neuroses within themselves and others should be disregarded overall. They are the ones doing mankind the greatest disservice of all.

Originally Posted by Gaymom

I read in another thread that someone was certain that down the road they would be 'Harmed" by allowing homosexuals equal rights?? This came as a shock to me. What possible harm could my partner and I cause, I wondered??

We both work and have worked all our lives, though I am nearing retirement. We keep our house and yard nice and neat, pay our taxes, support our church, help out the kids when they need us (big wedding coming up), spoil our grandsons as much as we can, love spending weekends at our river property......


What harm are we causing??? I am at a loss to come up with an answer. Any thoughts???

You are expecting conservatives to use common sense.

That is where the problem lays.

Originally Posted by Gaymom

I read in another thread that someone was certain that down the road they would be 'Harmed" by allowing homosexuals equal rights??

I suspect that person was a fearful bigot.

This came as a shock to me. What possible harm could my partner and I cause, I wondered??

No harm whatsoever. Homophobes and those biased against homosexuals DO NOT have fully logical or valid reasons to what they express as concerns. People are learning more and more each day, that such illogical people are making things up.

We both work and have worked all our lives, though I am nearing retirement. We keep our house and yard nice and neat, pay our taxes, support our church, help out the kids when they need us (big wedding coming up), spoil our grandsons as much as we can, love spending weekends at our river property......

In the minds of "homophobes" you are nevertheless, unworthy of FULL acceptance and privilege. That's what homophobia combined with bigotry does to people's heads.

What harm are we causing??? I am at a loss to come up with an answer. Any thoughts???

You cannot answer such bigoted illogic. You CAN stand proudly and FIGHT (legally AND politically) for EQUALITY. And make no mistake about it, you WILL have to be READY fight, or those homophobes and bigots WILL run all over you. Essentially, the laws which allow certain people to feel 'comfortable' and 'right' discriminating against homosexuals, have to be changed over time. That is a political and legal battle that will NOT end in our lifetimes.

"Homosexuality...does it cause harm???"

nope, except to homophobes, to them it causes a irrational fear

Originally Posted by Gaymom

Homosexuality...does it cause harm???

It drives homophobes and bigots crazy.
Actually, that may be a good thing.