I don’t think so.

Chris, good read.

The answer to your question: It is not genetic or choice, it is a medical condition however.

Another thing, i think those gay camps are absolutely ludicrous and offer nothing but emotional scarring for the subject.

(note to my gay readers: this week, is being a gay a lifestyle choice or biological? I always forget)

I actually ranted a little about this last week.

Does it matter?

I actually think that brings the count of things we’ve agreed upon up to four or five now… the world is a scary place.

Bingo. It’s either “curable” or it isn’t.

I said “or treated.” Plenty of incurable diseases (say, hemophilia) are still treatable. My point was it would still be viewed by anti-gay folks as “a bad thing,” and they would still try to do away with it. Only their method and rhetoric would change, their goal would remain the same.

Brutal Hugger:

Great comments!

Xrlq, I sagree that men are, on average, more promiscuous. I disagree that men are, on average, more likely to want lots and lots of sex.

However, I’m not judging, not in a moral way… the only point I’ll stand by is that over-indulgance in anything is biologically unhealthy. Like my aunt’s dog, he eats too much and he’s fat. No arguing with that. No judgement either. On the other hand, I think you can link biological health and happiness, and most people want to be happy, so there’s a recipe there.

I’ve never understood the stereotype about women being less into sex than men. Women are into it. They’re insatiable. You can’t beat them off with a stick– it just turns them on. I know a lot more women that participate in orgies than men. Every time one of my lesbian friends starts a relationship, she spends 24/7 in bed with her new girl. I know more women who are in touch with their seriously kinky side than men. And in every straight couple I know of where one partner wants more frequent sex, it’s the woman.

The only way women differ from men is that they have standards. Women fit sex into a larger social framework. Most of the lesbians I know who regularly jump into orgies do it within a loose group of people that know each other.

Truth be told, I would not take it very well if I found out, down the road, that my son was gay. That would be very difficult for me. I would still love him and accept him as my son, but I’d probably take a while to get over it. Argh!

There is a natural advantage, as far as I can tell, to being straight: Men and women want different things, and to different degrees, out of relationships. Hence, they tend to restrict the behaviors in each other that can get out of control otherwise. e.g Men over-induldging in sex, and women over-induldging in their emotions, neither of which is healthy. Sex and emotions are of course healthy, but too much of either and you burn out. The few gay men and women I’ve known were serious over-induldgers in sex and emotions. I bet there are exceptions, but it’s simply easier for heteros, because we don’t have to try.

I’m not gay, but I’m guessing it’s a little of both.

Uncle: stop the presses, Tgirsch and I agree on something. Two things, really, if not being gay counts as expressing an opinion.

And I’ve never really understood why it matters anyway. To the anti-gay folks, it will make no practical difference.

Ah, but it does, as your own quote goes on to illustrate:

Homosexuality is either an aberrant lifestyle choice that should be condemned, or a horrible genetic disease to be treated and “cured.”

Bingo. It’s either “curable” or it isn’t. That matters.

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this week, is being a gay a lifestyle choice or biological?

I’m not gay, but I’m guessing it’s a little of both. And I’ve never really understood why it matters anyway. To the anti-gay folks, it will make no practical difference. Homosexuality is either an aberrant lifestyle choice that should be condemned, or a horrible genetic disease to be treated and “cured.”

I also know a lot of gays that thought they were straight. A close friend of mine didn’t come out until after college. When I first met him, he was dating this incredibly hot girl and they had extremely loud sex 24 hours a day.

Another friend of mine was convinced she was bisexual. Now she thinks boys are icky.

Maybe we should reinvent gay camp as a place where we help people realize and admit they are queer. The long journey from confused to gay comes with a ton of grief along the way.