Questions about Homosexuality

Then you're in violation of Leviticus 19:19:

"Keep my statutes: do not breed any of your domestic animals with others of a different species; do not sow a field of yours with two different kinds of seed; and do not put on a garment woven with two different kinds of thread."

Treason indeed!

My point there is not to make you feel guilty for wearing a garment woven with two different kinds of thread; my point is that Leviticus, which is often pointed to as a source for "homosexuality is bad", says that a whole lot of other things are bad, too. (A WHOLE lot.)

Momma Angel wrote:

J_B,

Okay. For Betty, her homosexuality was never an issue. She just "was" in her words. Her family was very supportive of her and they just let her be who she is. So, for her, she said it wasn't a choice, it just "was".

But Sue started a homosexual lifestyle (is that the right term?) 12 years ago when she met Betty. Sue said she cannot honestly recall ever having any tendancies or thoughts about this until she met Betty. And, it wasn't a problem for her. She fell in love with Betty and they have been together 12 years now and are very happy.

So, my resources with them are a bit lacking. I know this is not the case for every homosexual. If it were this uncomplicated then there wouldn't be any controversary or problem about it I think.

still waiting.....
You didn't answer my question, exactly what *choices* did Sue make?

I'll be glad to ask my friends if they'd be willing to come here and answer your questions for you. (I think they already have done so and I included that in my original post in this thread.) In the meantime, would you mind answering those same questions about yourself? It will help me better understand your point of view.

That would be wonderful. I appreciate it so much. Thank you so much!

1. When did you first realize you were interested in boys? What went through your mind? Did you think it's ok? If so, why? If not, why? Did you think it's not ok because of others or because of what you feel or believe?

I think when I was in first grade I had my first crush on a boy. All kinds of silly things went through my mind and it made me feel giddy. I thought it was okay, but hetereosexually was definitely considered the norm when I was in first grade. So, my asking these questions of someone who is homosexual has more to do with their feelings of it being against the norm or something. I am having such a hard time with the right words. So, it's kind of like Betty, she just was. I just was.

2. When you decided to act on your interest in boys, what were your main concerns? Did you live your life as you believed it to be or did you just do it to conform to society?

Again, it didn't go against the norm and I'm guessing because homosexuality is against the norm (please forgive my ignorant words here) that the thought process involves more than it does for those that seem to be conforming to the norm?

3. When you consciously decided not to have any interest in girls, what kept you from it? Society, your own beliefs?

Never thought about girls that way at all, so it wasn't an issue with me. Again, fit was the norm for society when I was at this age and I, and maybe ignorantly, think the fact that it is against the "norm" it then involves much more.

Sozobe,

Do you realize just how discriminatory some of this sounds to me?!! I am beginning to see how some of my mindset can definitely be considered discriminatory. I don't like it one bit.

J_B,

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pass that up. What choice did Sue make? Well, I guess the choice she made was to act on her feelings for Betty? She made the choice to no longer live as a hetereoseuxal but as a homosexual? Is that what you mean?

For thousands of years, the Devil has been associated with the left hand in various ways and is normally portrayed as being left-handed in pictures and other images. In the seventeenth century it was thought that the Devil baptised his followers with his left-hand and there are many references in superstitions to the "left-hand side" being associated with evil. As an example, in France it was held that witches greet Satan "avec le bras gauche" or with the left hand. It is also considered that we can only see ghosts if we look over our left shoulder and that the Devil watches us over the left shoulder.

They were transformed into the devil with his red hair and red beard. Red haired women were reputed to be witches and whores and the poppy became the devil's flower.

Sue didn't say she was homosexual by choice. She said, she never had thoughts or tendancies until she met Betty. So, for her, the choice she made was to follow those thoughts, feelings, etc. Now, some will say Sue isn't homosexual but is just engaging in a homosexual lifestyle. It's confusing for me.

sin·is·ter (sĭn'ĭ-stər)
adj.
Suggesting or threatening evil: a sinister smile.
Presaging trouble; ominous: sinister storm clouds.
Attended by or causing disaster or inauspicious circumstances.
On the left side; left.
Heraldry. Situated on or being the side of a shield on the wearer's left and the observer's right.
[Middle English sinistre, unfavorable, from Old French, from Latin sinister, on the left, unlucky.]

Sue just said, "When I met Betty, I just knew I was supposed to be with her."

And, you can't say that either of them would fit the stereotypical "butch" category either. Quite the contrary.