It seems as though those on the pro-gay side often make the case that homosexuality is somehow genetically predisposed or, for some other reason, innate. The argument being that they "were born that way" and can't help it.
Ah, damn. If only decades of psychological research didn't help to suggest that it is genetic. Damn. Damn those scientists to hell! Those anti-god commie loving bastards. Who the hell cares about the human genome?
Now, if we turn the tables, could it not also be that those who are averse to homosexuality are "born that way?" Shouldn't gays be tolerant of their views as well?
Not really, seeing how an opinion (which is what you are describing) is developed through thought, albeit less logically based in this case. No one is born predisposed to be a Christian. It is through their nurturing that they develop their morals and ethical beliefs. If your parents are Christians, it is likely that you will be Christian, or some offshoot there of (granted there are always extenuating cirucmstances).
Why should gays be tolerant of a view that advocates violence, segregation, and "separate but equal?"
That's almost synonymous to asking the Blacks to be tolerant to the KKK. Not likely to happen.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I personally feel a strong innate aversion to homosexuality. Seeing gays make out in public or thinking of the acts in which they engage I find innately offensive and unnatural. Where is the tolerance for the way I was born? Why am I labeled with the pejroative PC term homophobic because I have a natural aversion to homosexual acts? Why should I be made to feel guilty for this?
You know, I don't particularly enjoy watching Men make out on the side of the street. But if they want to do so, then who should stop them? Lately this America, has become the "land of the free" only if you agree with my views. If you find what they do disgusting, then turn your head. No one is forcing you to watch.
Sorry, but you are trying to erroneously draw conclusions that you were born with a certain mindset in place. Seeing as there is no psychological or physiological evidence to support that opinions can be dissemenated by your parents or through other means (biologically speaking from mother to child while the child is still in the womb), you are speaking out of your ass. There is no evidence to support your claim that you can be born with a skewed view of the world.
Are racists born hating those of color? Was Hitler born hating Jews?
The answer to that question is a resounding NO.
Why shouldn't you feel guilty for abjectly labelling a perfectly fine group of people as "fags and queers?" Why don't we go around calling people with brown hair, "shit heads?" How would they feel? Sub-human?
Muchless, I don't have a problem with you expressing your opinion. I do have a problem when people like you, try to circumvent every ideal that this country was founded on and try to "protect the sanctity of marriage" by introducing a federal US amendment. I have a problem when people like you try to "convert" gays to see the "light" of Christianity. I have a problem when kids like Matthew Shephard are drug and beaten through the streets by people who hate fags.
Why? All in the name of their sexual orientation? How is that just? How is that right? How?
Personally, if people want to engage in perverse sexual acts and support/promote gay behavior, that's their business, but I think I should have the right to follow my natural instincts and voice my opinion without being labeled a bigot or intolerant.
Unless you change the definition of a bigot or intolerance, then you will be labelled one.
You have the right to voice your opinion, which YOU WERE NOT inherently born with.
Definition of a bigot:
Main Entry: big·ot
Pronunciation: 'bi-g&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, hypocrite, bigot
: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices
Definition of intolerant:
Main Entry: in·tol·er·ant
Pronunciation: -r&nt
Function: adjective
1 : unable or unwilling to endure
2 a : unwilling to grant equal freedom of expression especially in religious matters b : unwilling to grant or share social, political, or professional rights : BIGOTED
Either change your views, or continue to be labelled as a bigot.
Circular logic and a lack of basic knowledge about biology nail this argument shut.