You proved your point. You are definitely an ass.
Of course I proved my point...
I always do as my points are always founded in immutable reason.
Just as you, who claim to possess high intellect, never fail to miss the point.
Homosexuals CHOOSE to be homosexuals... a person can THINK about having sex with those of their same gender, all day, every day... and until they have sex with a person of their same gender... they are not a homosexual.
Just as a person can THINK about killing another human being for their belongings... or some other unsound moral justification, they are not a murderer, until they act and take the life of another absent valid, sound moral justification.
Thus, homosexuality is a CHOICE.
First you say you are "reasonable" then you say you can choose to be "gay". Obviously, you are speaking from "experience". So tell us oh grand wizard, are you truly happy that you never acted on your "feelings"? Are you in a "straight" relationship that you "chose" over a gay one? Is it as "satisfying"?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Good one.
Yeah I'm pretty happy that I never succumbed to any temptation to engage in sex with my buddies... yeah... I'd say that such would be a big affirmative.
Being straight is as much a decision as being queer... what's the big deal? People are people, so it's an option right? And I don't give a flyin' **** WHO THEY ARE... if they've been around long enough they've had a flash of some twisted shit come over 'em at one time or another... and they either went with it, or they didn't... and if they did... they're "QUEER"... and if they didn't... there's a reason for it; and 'it's flat out wrong' is the reason.
But you bet, there's a ton of things I'm glad I didn't do... I'm glad I didn't burn down the pawn shop that sold my first Rolex out from under me... that I didn't kill about 20 people over these nearly 50 years, who severely needed it; I'm glad I didn't buy GM@52 or run that train crossing that time... and many many... MANY other ideas which, at the time, seemed like a way to go.
Now let me just explain this to ya sis... As noted above I'm nearly 50 years old and that all began in the 60s... through the 70s in my formative years and I've hit it everyway it can be hit; everywhere it can be hit; cars, trucks, trains, planes... Single Engine, Prop... while pilot in command... Single Engine, Prop, as passenger, in both AFR and IFR conditions... Multi-engine... prop... Single engine Jet, Co-pilot... IFR... Multi-enigne jet... passenger cabin and lavatory... while flying and on the tarmac... Elevators, escalators, Resturant, at the table, on the table, in the kitchen; Retail store off hours, retail store peak hours; movie theater, in the seat, in the aisle, behind the concession, in the projector booth... Warehouse... front office... security office...; on the beach, in the water, in the beach (not as cool as it sounds...) in a boat; on a boat; in the woods, in a tree; on a river, in a river; in a tent, motor home, travel trailer...; on a horse; in a golf cart; on the course; Front 9 - Back 9... tees and greens...; in the mountains, in the valley, top of an office building, football stadium, baseball stadium... Aerial lift... 28', 36' and 42'... on two continents... and for the sake of space... we'll leave it at that... suffice it to say that I'm fairly locked in, on the whole sexuality thing...
But I'll tell ya this much... if I ever did succumb to such idiocy, I wouldn't be marching in Washinton DC to demand that the world accept debauchery, just so I might feel better about my sad self. Ya see, there's a ton of thing's I've done that I regret doing. I regret them because THEY WERE WRONG... I was WRONG to do them... and despite whatever rationalization I was leaning on at the time; I knew I was wrong when I did 'em.
And I don't stand upon a single one and make claims that the world needed to accomodate my stupidity and accept that behavior, because I'm an otherwise nice guy who just wants to go along to get along... or because I dress nice... or because I have bills, a house and kids just like them. I fucked up... made bad choices and GO FIGURE it came back to kick my ass.
So while I appreciate the whole gay-shame thing... I've never understood how it was suppose to work? Men aren't afraid of being queer... we're just against it, that's all.