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Originally Posted by TRC2k11
Nah Seacove... I'm totally fine. Yes I never had a problem with my gay roommate and yes I've had strange public encounters with gays who were quite proud of the fact. A lot? No. Only twice. Not a big deal but it's happened.
As said I'm not going to win any arguments in threads like this. One can look at the poll result and see that... and yes I'm done. Nothing else I need to say although I reserve the right to make rebuttal replies.... LMAO. 
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I think the big issue, here, is that your definition of morality and your sense of what is acceptable in public is different. I don't like egregious displays of PDA, gay or straight, period. When I see a couple lovey dovey kissing and making out in public I always say "get a room."
You had asked if being gay was normal naturally. It is. Other mammals have displayed it too. Dogs have. Dolphins have. So have orangutans and chimpanzees, our closest genetic relatives.
What you have to understand is the vast majority of gay people and bi people are born that way. Their brains are wired differently. It is alien to straight folks and thus is strange and some people react with revulsion and disgust, which apparently you do.
I choose to put myself in their shoes. I see that they are a tiny portion of the population, and historically have been treated very poorly. Further, it's not like they can "convert" to heterosexuality (any church group or other group who claims they have is lying and/or forcing the gay folks to act straight).
Me, personally, I would rather have the state out of the marriage business altogether and treats gays and straights the same and call everyone a civil union, with equal rights legally with respect to adoption, divorce, visitation rights, etc. I just think people who are very religious or have strong opinions about this would be much more accepting of these legal definitions rather than established traditional definitions of "marriage" ... let the churches decide who they want to "marry" and keep it personal.
But it is what it is. I'm glad that gay people now have equal legal rights to straight folks and I just look beyond the word "marriage." That's my impression of your argument against gay marriage, it's the semantics. Silly I think but some people get hung up on it, and that's fine, hence why I think it's smarter to call everyone a civil union.
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You have threatened to leave this thread more than anyone has ever told me how great it was to be gay, which is never. It sounds like you are trying too hard to claim an offense.
