[Taristin]

I agree 100% with you, Scuddie.

And it's that stereotype, that they are perpetuating, that hurts the gay community. I've said it 100 times before, and I'll say it 100 times more.

[icespeed]

from a christian point of view (yes i know i'm setting myself up to get flamed, but i'm not trying to put anyone down here) homosexuality is about on level with kleptomania or sadism or whatever; everyone's born with _something_ wrong with them. so people really have no right to point at other people and say 'he's gay!' because at every point you judge other people, you yourself will be judged (paraphrase from somewhere... book of romans? can't remember)

to me personally, homosexuality is just another thing to hack. doesn't make the person any worse or better than me, or anyone else. so i fully sympathise, andreas, why can't we just _love_ people instead of hating? where is the love?

[Ford Prefect]

Now would be a time at which I say, "In my pants."

[Andreas]

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
It's a valid point. Sexuality is much more complex than most people realize, and it's long been proposed that it's more of a continuum than a categorical system.

Yes, that's what I meant. It just feels crude to categorise people into this and that, aren't things more complicated than that?

Again, I'm sorry that I've made this such a big deal. I just needed to get something off my chest. Thanks for all of your replies. I can be confusing as hell sometimes, even to myself, but I hope you understanded at least something out of my ranting.

Completely un-related: why the hell was HLP so slow for a couple of days? It took me almost a half a minute to load every page. Was it just me? Well, now it's back to normal, fortunately.

Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Now would be a time at which I say, "In my pants."

[Kosh]

from a christian point of view (yes i know i'm setting myself up to get flamed, but i'm not trying to put anyone down here) homosexuality is about on level with kleptomania or sadism or whatever;

Since when did people actually follow that religion 100%? Most people who claim to believe in it only follow the "convient" rules and ignore everything else. The point is, since so many people break the other rules, what does it matter if some people break this rule?

[Carl]

I guess it shouldn't matter to those people who don't care about their own religion.

It's impossible to be 100% perfect, but if you just plain don't care then you couldn't really believe in it.

[phatosealpha]

Yeah, but when the clause used to show homosexuality is wrong is in the same chapter as the guidelines on animal sacrifice, the no-mixed fabrics clause, and the women who have extend mestraution have to burn a bird eight days after they stop clause, one really has to wonder why this one is being followed.

[Kosh]

It might not be possible, but the fact is a great many people truely don't care about their alledged religion enough to even try to follow the rules.

Here is one of the best examples that I heard on the BBC Worldservice:

"40% of americans claim that they go to church every sunday, but when we do an actual headcount that number is halfed."

[DeepSpace9er]

Simple point, if something is right and you know in your gut that it is right, why do you feel you have to justify yourself to the everyone else? And if you know that it is wrong in your gut, why do you not resist it?

Make of this what you may, but its meanings are pretty limited in this context.

[Ford Prefect]

Completely un-related: why the hell was HLP so slow for a couple of days? It took me almost a half a minute to load every page. Was it just me? Well, now it's back to normal, fortunately.

Yeah I noticed the same thing. It was driving me nuts.