tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post8288404607057330329..comments2024-03-15T18:52:48.143-06:00Comments on Ethics Forum: Activists Likely to Target Ex-GaysAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post-57984756778200873032008-05-26T01:01:00.000-06:002008-05-26T01:01:00.000-06:00Very interesting take on this, Bob. Homosexual cul...Very interesting take on this, Bob. Homosexual culture is a religion in itself with I and myself at the center.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post-59620009402408662942008-05-25T23:27:00.000-06:002008-05-25T23:27:00.000-06:00This item points out something I think is often ov...This item points out something I think is often overlooked. Homosexuality in many ways resembles a religion of its own. It doesn't look that way because it so often embeds itself in sympathetic religious structures that are already predisposed to weirdness. Hence, it blends in so very well with the Episcopal Church. It is just about an article of faith that gay is good. Not "acceptable", not "tolerated", but it SHALL BE BLESSED. If you don't, you are a heretic. If you say you *were* and now *aren't*...Well, see what happens to a Muslim who tries to quit THAT Mafia. This is precisely a religious issue. The homosexual is a convert. Yes, he/she may have "felt different" all their life. It may seem natural. Lots of things feel natural. To say you were and now aren't still makes you an infidel. And it means everything being an infidel always has.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17536079575268346168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post-28196322981169726792008-05-20T14:58:00.000-06:002008-05-20T14:58:00.000-06:00You were born in 1978. There are generational diff...You were born in 1978. There are generational differences within the gay community. I think what yo are saying is more true wity your generation, but many who came out in the 60-80s are less tolerant of people who once lived a homosexual lifestyle and have turned away from it. <BR/><BR/>"...the problem happens when ex-gays say that all gays can shift their orientation, and if they can't, they should stop dating anyway. Especially when they are then spotted in gay bars after working the anti-gay circuit."<BR/><BR/>Hypocrisy exists in all groups. It is part of being human and it is universal. This article is not speaking of hypocrisy, but rather about the fear of some ex-gays, a fear justified by experiences of intolerance from gay activists, especially of the older generation.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222625281347419787.post-80031209772946513122008-05-18T23:41:00.000-06:002008-05-18T23:41:00.000-06:00This is way overblown. The vast majority of gays c...This is way overblown. The vast majority of gays completely respect personal decisions on sexuality. Why do you think gay groups are inclusive of bisexual, transgender, and questioning individuals?<BR/><BR/>Most gays do not dispute some people experience a shift in their orientation, or that gay people should have the right to not date if they choose.<BR/><BR/>I think the problem happens when ex-gays say that all gays can shift their orientation, and if they can't, they should stop dating anyway. Especially when they are then spotted in gay bars after working the anti-gay circuit.<BR/><BR/>And by the way, there are ex-ex-gays too. (And I'm sure there are ex-ex-ex and ex-ex-ex-ex)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com