Originally posted by Big RICHARD
You implied here that you didn't CHOOSE to be straight or gay, it just happened.....
Just like it just happens that some people are homosexual.....
Also, you do not remain straight or become gay! You are born gay or you are born straight! Also there is absolutely nothing abnormal about being homosexual. IIRC the the ancient Greeks were known to partake in homosexual acts.
If you want to use historical examples, you could have used the Romans and the Japanese also. However, you have to make the distinction between having a homosexual relationship to confirm a patronage (which is the case
mostly for the Greeks, Romans and Japanese - these people have heterosexual relationships with their wives and lovers) and having a homosexual relationship purely as a form of 'love' and being the only form sexual relationship.
As to the point regarding whether we have a choice to be straight or gay... I know that I didn't make a choice to be straight, because for me I haven't deviated from my biological, genetic and psychological norm. I would assume that you haven't had to make such a decision either. However, who are we to say whether gay people have made a choice or not? For most gay people, there's a process of 'discovery' - meaning that many of them initially thought they were attracted to the opposite sex, but somewhere a long the line, they found that they're not and in fact sexually attracted to the same sex. I'm question what factors drive these people to be homosexual. It is an innocent question - just because you and I haven't been forced into such a position doesn't mean others have not such experience. I find that rather narrow-minded.