Quote:love is a drug we willingly relish and when it wears off are confused and dismayed that it has not lasted. Straight or gay, it's the same state-of-mind and state-of-the-body.
I am only partly with you here. I think love is a matter of will. We will our minds and hearts to love an object of value (something we see as Good), and perhaps this object is not always acceptable to society as a love-object. Chemistry has a place, of course. We are drawn to that person by sight, smell, sense. The commitment, however, comes in joining our love to that person, and we WILL our love to him or her. I see this as a decision, not something that "happens" to you.
The morality of loving a certain person must be considered here. If I am attracted to an unsuitable love object, is it my decision to back away or be drawn in?
This is surely an issue for certain groups who think that homosexuality is a "lifestyle choice." I do not see it that way because I think that humans are born on a broad spectrum of sexuality, from super masculine to super feminine. There is a long line from one end to the other, and there are surely many people hovering in the mid-range of that spectrum.
There are many issues here that can be talked about.
