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"FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"


  

          

Last week, I was watching an episode of "Sally Jesse Rapheal", titled; "Gay to Straight". This subject was very interesting to me. I have never really seen this issue of homosexuality, discussed in such a manner. The guest that she had on her show, talked about homosexuality, as if it were, "alcoholism!!! I really like to know, if it is just that simple??? I always thought that it was something within a person from birth.

I just, really would like to know what your opinion as to whether homosexuality can be put in the same category as alcholism??? Can a person truly go from gay to straight??? Are they just kidding themselves???...Personally...I don't think so, but I could be wrong???


*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

Here is a link for yo :

http://weblog2000.com/barneyskidspag/flash/Iloveyou.html



















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Subject Author Message Date ID
a little while back
Apr 09th 2001
1
huh
Apr 09th 2001
2
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 09th 2001
3
You sound very logical....
Apr 09th 2001
4
      among other things
Apr 09th 2001
6
           I believe this is very possible...
Apr 09th 2001
7
           what I'm saying
Apr 09th 2001
8
           Sullivan's essay???
Apr 09th 2001
9
                as far as I know
Apr 09th 2001
21
           RE: I believe this is very possible...
phrase8
Apr 09th 2001
35
                I really can
Apr 09th 2001
47
                     *error*...I really can'
Apr 09th 2001
48
                          RE: *error*...I really can't see myself....
Apr 09th 2001
49
           stop tv hating :)
Apr 09th 2001
39
                the day i found out that
Apr 09th 2001
40
i have a friend whos tangled
SheRise
Apr 09th 2001
5
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 09th 2001
10
I'm not sure about these finding's...
Apr 09th 2001
13
RE: o.k.,............
Apr 09th 2001
17
      What about the mind???...
Apr 09th 2001
50
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 09th 2001
23
i agree.
Apr 09th 2001
45
bullshit
Apr 10th 2001
65
that's why i said..
Apr 10th 2001
75
      falling in love....
Apr 10th 2001
76
      RE: falling in love....
Apr 10th 2001
85
      so,
Apr 10th 2001
97
      Course not
Apr 10th 2001
101
      NO...LOL..i was merely using your word to make a point..which you obviou...
Apr 11th 2001
111
      you just summed up
Apr 11th 2001
119
      RE: that's why i said..
Apr 10th 2001
84
      tempted by things....
Apr 10th 2001
100
           c'mon now..
Apr 10th 2001
103
                I'm still a breeder
BlackAdder
Apr 10th 2001
105
                     i didn't say ..
Apr 10th 2001
106
                          hmmm
BlackAdder
Apr 10th 2001
108
????
BlackAdder
Apr 10th 2001
78
i hear ya, but..
Apr 10th 2001
98
GRANNIE!
Apr 10th 2001
83
      I'm addicted to dick.
Apr 10th 2001
86
           RE: I'm addicted to dick.
Apr 10th 2001
91
poppycock
Apr 10th 2001
68
ummmmm.....sterility is abnormal. its a defect....
Apr 11th 2001
129
      how do you know?
Apr 12th 2001
146
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 10th 2001
107
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
kflow
Apr 09th 2001
11
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
butiful1
Apr 09th 2001
12
I have noticed that gay guys...
Apr 09th 2001
14
oh my lord not many
Apr 09th 2001
15
I have noticed that women
Apr 09th 2001
22
ok
Apr 09th 2001
56
lmao n/m
Apr 11th 2001
120
evolutionary changes, free will, curiosity, and choices*
Prizm from Chicago
Apr 09th 2001
42
i dunno...
Apr 09th 2001
46
I have met quite a few....
Apr 09th 2001
54
RE: i dunno...
Apr 10th 2001
88
Say no to hairdressers...
Apr 10th 2001
102
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 09th 2001
18
C'mon
butiful1
Apr 09th 2001
19
RE: C'mon
Apr 09th 2001
20
i'm not attacking you, but...
Apr 09th 2001
25
RE: i'm not attacking you, but...
Apr 09th 2001
34
      here, i quote:
Apr 09th 2001
60
      RE: here, i quote:
Apr 10th 2001
92
      thanks
Apr 10th 2001
104
           RE: just so you know......
Apr 11th 2001
109
           thank you sir
Apr 11th 2001
113
           RE: just so you know......
Apr 14th 2001
153
           OBNOXIOUS???
Apr 11th 2001
114
      RE: the answers.
Apr 21st 2001
161
      Are you sure???
Apr 10th 2001
90
      RE: positive im not.
Apr 11th 2001
110
      RE: Are you sure???
Apr 14th 2001
148
           RE: Are you sure???
Apr 14th 2001
151
      Foolish foolish.
Apr 14th 2001
150
C'mon
butiful1
Apr 09th 2001
30
RE: C'mon
Apr 09th 2001
55
      RE: C'mon
Prizm from Chicago
Apr 09th 2001
62
      Are you frickin' kidding me?
butiful1
Apr 10th 2001
72
           Uh HUH
Apr 11th 2001
117
                thanks...
Apr 11th 2001
123
RE: C'mon
Apr 14th 2001
152
RE: C'mon
Apr 09th 2001
26
Dis is STOOPID
Apr 10th 2001
89
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
kflow
Apr 09th 2001
32
is this what he told you himself?
Apr 09th 2001
33
Silly
Apr 10th 2001
93
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 14th 2001
147
uhmmmm
Apr 09th 2001
16
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 10th 2001
87
I don't think it's possible.
Apr 09th 2001
24
Bullshit
Marinera
Apr 09th 2001
27
Oh puh-leeze!!!
Apr 09th 2001
31
      Nature vs. Nurture
Marinera
Apr 09th 2001
41
           Yeah, well...
Apr 10th 2001
66
                Gay Gene
Apr 10th 2001
94
                beautifully stated...
Apr 11th 2001
121
                     I agree with you....n/m
Apr 11th 2001
122
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
gnutron
Apr 09th 2001
28
No, it's not....
Apr 09th 2001
29
calm down homeboy...
Apr 09th 2001
36
RE: calm down homeboy...
Apr 09th 2001
37
RE: calm down homeboy...
Prizm from Chicago
Apr 09th 2001
43
I would never say that....
Apr 09th 2001
52
uhh....
Apr 09th 2001
38
RE: calm down homeboy...
Apr 10th 2001
96
i disagree
Apr 09th 2001
51
RE: No, it's not....
Apr 09th 2001
57
RE: No, it's not....
BlackAdder
Apr 10th 2001
81
PUT DOWN YOUR HRC BIBLE!
Apr 10th 2001
95
      first of all...
Apr 11th 2001
115
      My POINT
Apr 11th 2001
124
           RE: My POINT
Apr 11th 2001
127
           RE: My POINT
Apr 11th 2001
133
                RE: My POINT
Apr 11th 2001
139
           I don't think you chose.
Apr 11th 2001
135
      So, you could be str8?
Apr 11th 2001
116
           RE: So, you could be str8?
Apr 11th 2001
125
                should read *isn't* the extent of my sexuality n/m
Apr 11th 2001
126
                I guess that makes sense.
Apr 11th 2001
134
                     RE: I guess that makes sense.
Apr 11th 2001
136
                     Never mind.
Apr 11th 2001
138
                     you aint crazy..
Apr 11th 2001
141
                     wow
Apr 11th 2001
140
                     Put it like this
Apr 11th 2001
142
                          I ain't know you were bi.
Apr 11th 2001
143
                               RE: I ain't know you were bi.
Apr 11th 2001
145
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Lynai
Apr 09th 2001
44
speak the truth! n/m
Apr 09th 2001
53
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 09th 2001
59
bloody f*cking deconstructionists!
Apr 09th 2001
61
RE: bloody f*cking deconstructionists!
Apr 10th 2001
64
Let's talk about choice.
Apr 10th 2001
67
Sing it, Sista! n/m
Apr 10th 2001
99
See "But, I'm a Cheerleader" (Film) n/m
JMello
Apr 09th 2001
58
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 10th 2001
63
This has been a very impressive showing of
CoolV
Apr 10th 2001
69
@ Expertise: I, too, am an ATLien and bear witness to your claims.
CoolV
Apr 10th 2001
70
      Dam.
CoolV
Apr 10th 2001
71
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Sol Artist
Apr 10th 2001
73
      RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
BlackAdder
Apr 10th 2001
74
           That was beautiful...
butiful1
Apr 10th 2001
77
                RE: That was beautiful...
BlackAdder
Apr 10th 2001
80
*sigh*
BlackAdder
Apr 10th 2001
79
You can't change your sexual orientation
Apr 10th 2001
82
great point
Apr 11th 2001
112
      RE: great point
B_FELT
Apr 11th 2001
118
           Yikes
amida
Apr 11th 2001
128
           and a wise man once said..
amida
Apr 11th 2001
130
           Not meaning to be ugly, but
Apr 11th 2001
131
                RE: Not meaning to be ugly, but
amida
Apr 11th 2001
132
                I Cosign!
Apr 11th 2001
137
                Wow!
butiful1
Apr 11th 2001
144
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 14th 2001
149
RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???
Apr 15th 2001
154
Why...
Apr 15th 2001
156
      Surah 109, Ayah 6........
Apr 16th 2001
157
           Thank You
Apr 16th 2001
158
EXCELLENT POINT!!
CoolV
Apr 15th 2001
155
Scared to answer what you feel?
Apr 16th 2001
159
RE: Scared to answer what you feel?
Apr 18th 2001
160

guerilla_love
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1. "a little while back"
In response to Reply # 0


          

the guy who is the spokesman for this movement was spotted in a gay bar in my neighborhood hitting on a man- he denied it, but someone took pics, so he came back and issued a public apology

the whole conversion movement, in my mind, is based on a lotta self hatred. sad.




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janey
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2. "huh"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

That whole psychiatric genre ("reparative therapy") has been debunked. Take a look at Andrew Sullivan's second book, Love Undetectable. His second essay deals with this in detail and is quite well written.


Peace.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy,
I awoke and saw that life was service,
I acted and, behold, service was joy.

-- Rabindranath Tagaore

~ ~ ~
All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha

|\_/|
='_'=

Every hundred years, all new people

  

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Silky1
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3. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
In response to Reply # 0


  

          

>Last week, I was watching an
>episode of "Sally Jesse Rapheal",
>titled; "Gay to Straight".
>This subject was very interesting
>to me. I have
>never really seen this issue
>of homosexuality, discussed in such
>a manner. The guest
>that she had on her
>show, talked about homosexuality, as
>if it were, "alcoholism!!!
>I really like to know,
>if it is just that
>simple??? I always thought
>that it was something within
>a person from birth.
>
>I just, really would like to
>know what your opinion as
>to whether homosexuality can be
>put in the same category
>as alcholism??? Can a
>person truly go from gay
>to straight??? Are they
>just kidding themselves???...Personally...I don't think
>so, but I could be
>wrong???
>

No, it's not that simple. I tried to go the straight and narrow, when I was 24 didn't work(was trying to please my mother and father, but those dreams and wishes failed when I picked up this kid, and we ended back at his crib and he gave me a mean blow job. I'm talking the rockwilder type blowjob. No joke). It's not that easy, and it's not worth denying yourself. So, it really can't be cured.

Silk.
Peace

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Brownsugar
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Mon Apr-09-01 07:49 AM

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4. "You sound very logical...."
In response to Reply # 3


  

          

But I do wonder, are there any exceptions??? Some of those people on "Sally's" show, sounded very sincere. Do you think that they are just kidding themselves???


*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

Here is a link for yo :

http://weblog2000.com/barneyskidspag/flash/Iloveyou.html



















I LUV U 2!!!

  

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janey
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6. "among other things"
In response to Reply # 4


  

          

The people on those daytime talk shows are often if not always actors. At the very least they are told to put the spin on their story that the show wants to present.

I used to be friends with a woman whose husband recruited people for those shows as part of his business. She was always calling up friends and saying, "Can you be a ....?"

Remember that you're watching television. Television isn't about truth, it's about sales.

Peace.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy,
I awoke and saw that life was service,
I acted and, behold, service was joy.

-- Rabindranath Tagaore

~ ~ ~
All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha

|\_/|
='_'=

Every hundred years, all new people

  

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Brownsugar
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7. "I believe this is very possible..."
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but, most of the talk shows coincide with reality. I am pretty sure most of them do. People, in this world really do pretty much anything that you can think of, so the talk shows have a very wide range of subject to choose from and turn fiction into real-life situations.


*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

Here is a link for yo :

http://weblog2000.com/barneyskidspag/flash/Iloveyou.html



















I LUV U 2!!!

  

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janey
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8. "what I'm saying"
In response to Reply # 7


  

          

If the show wants to present people as having been "converted" or whatever, then the obvious complications and doubts that even a truly changed person would have would not come up or be discussed.

I really do recommend Sullivan's essay on this. I think we can convince yourself of anything for a period of time, if we are sufficiently motivated, but I also think that denying such an essential aspect of our humanity is bound to lead to significant problems eventually.

Peace.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy,
I awoke and saw that life was service,
I acted and, behold, service was joy.

-- Rabindranath Tagaore

~ ~ ~
All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha

|\_/|
='_'=

Every hundred years, all new people

  

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Brownsugar
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9. "Sullivan's essay???"
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Is it on the internet...if so, I would like to take a look at it. I haven't had a lot of time to read any books, in detail lately...But if it is on the net, I could take a look at it.


*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

Here is a link for yo :

http://weblog2000.com/barneyskidspag/flash/Iloveyou.html



















I LUV U 2!!!

  

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janey
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21. "as far as I know"
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It is only available in print format.

Peace.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy,
I awoke and saw that life was service,
I acted and, behold, service was joy.

-- Rabindranath Tagaore

~ ~ ~
All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha

|\_/|
='_'=

Every hundred years, all new people

  

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phrase8

Mon Apr-09-01 11:32 AM

  
35. "RE: I believe this is very possible..."
In response to Reply # 7


          

I see what you're saying, they do sound sincere BUT think of it this way: assuming you're straight- how easy would it be for you to turn around and become completely gay? Not very, right? I think this is a joke, and these people are so desperate to be accepted by society/family/friends/themselves that they'll live a lie and even start believing it to get it. If you ask me, a passionless lifestyle is very boring...

On the otherhand, who knows? Maybe these people are bisexual and find a life in the oppposite sex and decided to stick with it??? However, I doubt it...

"I sip Dom P watchin' Gandhi 'till I'm charged and writin' in my book of rhymes, all the words pass the margin" -Nas
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47. "I really can"
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*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

Here is a link for yo :

http://weblog2000.com/barneyskidspag/flash/Iloveyou.html



















I LUV U 2!!!

  

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Brownsugar
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48. "*error*...I really can'"
In response to Reply # 47


  

          




*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

Here is a link for yo :

http://weblog2000.com/barneyskidspag/flash/Iloveyou.html



















I LUV U 2!!!

  

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Brownsugar
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49. "RE: *error*...I really can't see myself...."
In response to Reply # 48


  

          

changing over to homosexuality. I have seen some people do it and I was very surprised. But I like things just the way they are.


*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

Here is a link for yo :

http://weblog2000.com/barneyskidspag/flash/Iloveyou.html



















I LUV U 2!!!

  

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jsmooth995
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39. "stop tv hating :)"
In response to Reply # 6


  

          

Hey you can't lump all daytime talk shows together, some are more credible than others.

>The people on those daytime talk
>shows are often if not
>always actors.

Nah they are usually not actors...fake guests are frequent but usually just regular folks who were invited to play along, not actors. I think they try to find real guests for a given topic if possible, but if they can't then they fill in those holes with fakers. But it varies from show to show.

>At least very least they are told
>to put the spin on
>their story that the show
>wants to present.

Right.. most of those guests are at least semi-real, but coached and directed. They are usually real but embellished.

>Remember that you're watching television.
>Television isn't about truth, it's
>about sales.

come on, come on That's true for some shows, not all. The issue here is you gotta distinguish "news" shows from "entertainment" shows, and remember daytime talk is entertainment. I mean, when you watch Nightline or 60 Minutes you can be confident they did not knowingly book an actor. Why do I always feel this need to defend television?

And oh yeah, that conversion therapy stuff is nonsense.

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guerilla_love
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40. "the day i found out that"
In response to Reply # 39


          

dave letterman uses a prompter was a sad, sad, sad day



==**peace**==

"The logic of divide and rule is still valid today." Capleton

DomePoem Poets; Vibe Nation; One ppl under the spoken word

.....

"Who need fossil fuel when the sun ain't goin' nowhere"
- Amiri Baraka

http://www.okayplayer.com/guidelines

BUY MY BOOK- only $6! Inbox me for details

  

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SheRise

Mon Apr-09-01 08:00 AM

  
5. "i have a friend whos tangled"
In response to Reply # 0


          

...in one of these gay to straight cults...damn shame...its brainwashing if you ask me...


Why would God have given you in life a questioning mind if not to hand to you in death the blinding answers!!!

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10. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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bismillah

i believe that it is easy to go to straight from gay.
the islamic view is that homosexuality is a CHOICE. i believe this to be true.
the person who said he tried to go straight "for mom and dad", was not sucessful b/c of the reason for doing it. it was nt b/c "he" iwanted to, but b/c his "parents" wanted him to. imagine if you listened to and LOVED music and you tried to stop for "the folks". you wouldnt stop b/c its something you love, and are not willing to give it up just b/c of "the folks".
who would get rid of a girlfriend/boyfriend for "the folks". nobody, unless his love and respect for his parents was more than the love for the person.
same with drugs. who is willing to give up weed for "the folks"?
all of these things are choices, and are not hereditary, not from birth, not from nothing, except the persons desire.


here is an article written by a very knowledgeable muslim by the name of bilal philips.
pay special attention to #6.

Islam's Position on Homosexuality


Homosexuality and lesbianism have been dubbed “alternative life-styles”, “personal preference”, “a natural variation”, etc. in the West today. Where homosexuality was considered an illness by the Association of Psychiatrists, it is now removed from the list and replaced by homophobia (the dislike of homosexuals and homosexuality). Consequently, Islam and Muslims are considered intolerant and biased due to their continued opposition. Arguments in favor of tolerance to homosexuals are based on the assumption that homosexual behavior is biologically based and not merely learned from society.

1. Early opposition to homosexuality was based on the argument that such behavior was unnatural. Sodomy cannot produce children which is one of the main natural consequences of sexual relations. “Mother Nature” did not make us that way, it was argued. To counter such arguments homosexual researchers scoured the earth until they found supposed homosexual behavior among the animal kingdom. They found that the males of some species of exotic fishes off the coast of Japan imitated the behavior of females of the species in order to prevent other males from impregnating their mates, and some rare butterflies from islands of the coast of Africa also had males exhibiting female behavior during mating season, etc. However, if the animal kingdom is to be used to justify human behavior, there also exists a spider in South America, whose female is much larger than the male. When mating is complete, the female eats her mate.

2. During the 80’s it was claimed that a gland in the base of the brain which is small in women and large in men was found to be small among homosexuals. However, this evidence, while seeming incontrovertible to the layman, was immediately refuted by scientists. The data was taken from cross-sections of the brains of dead adult humans whose sexual preference was identified prior to death. Consequently, the reduced size among homosexuals could have been a result of the practice and not its cause. That is, they could have been born with normal sized glands which then became small due to their deviant lifestyle.

3. Recently genetics has become the most commonly used foundation for the pro-gay argument. In 1993 Dr. Dean Hamer, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute, claimed to have discovered “the first concrete evidence that ‘gay genes’ really do exist.” Homosexual orientation was supposedly transmitted to males on the X chromosome from the mother. Hamer’s findings, published in the prestigious journal Science, transformed his colorless career as a government scientist into a dynamic media personality and penned his memoirs. He gave expert testimony to the Colorado Supreme Court that formed the basis of the victorious decision striking down anti-gay Proposition 2. However, a replication of his study at the University of Western Ontario failed to find any linkage whatsoever between the X chromosome and sexual orientation. It was also found that Hamer’s study lacked a control group; a fundamental principle of scientific research. Furthermore, in June 1994, the Chicago Tribune reported that a junior researcher in Hamer’s laboratory who assisted in the gene mapping in the homosexuality study, alleged that he selectively reported his data. She was then summarily dismissed from her post-doctoral fellowship in Hamer’s lab. But a National Institutes of Health investigation substantiated her claims and gave her another position in a different lab. Though Dr. Hamer was coy about his own sexuality in his memoirs, he later admitted in his lectures that he was gay.

4. It should be noted that Islam, in its final form, did not introduce anti-gay legislature to the world. The texts of the Torah are replete with clear condemnation of such practices.

5. he consequence of AIDS is enough to prove that homosexuality is evil and dangerous to society. The early spread of AIDS was concentrated among the homosexual community. It later spread to the heterosexual community through blood transfusions and intravenous drug usage and so-called bisexuals. And continues on a rampage among promiscuous heterosexuals.

6. Islam considers homosexuality to be the result of a choice. It is inconceivable that God made people homosexuals then declared it a crime and prescribed punishments for it in both this life and the next. To accept such a proposition is to accept that God is unjust. Inclinations can exist within humans for a variety of natural and unnatural acts, from fornication to rape and from necrophilia to bestiality. These inclinations may come from jinn-suggestions, media influence, or even from human whisperings or direct contact. Human beings are not like robots who only do what they are programmed to do. Humans choose and God holds them responsible for their choices. Were homosexuality a product of genetic destiny, it would be unfair for God to criminalize it and punish those who practice it. Currently, some scientists are even claiming that murder is of genetic origin. To accept that would mean to excuse murderers and tolerate murder.

7. Islam instructs parents to separate their children in their beds by the age of ten in order to avoid sexual experiences which may result from childhood experimentation. Such experiences may be reinforced by contacts in schools and through abuse from adults. Also the distinctions between male and female are strongly made in Islamic teachings. The Prophet cursed men who imitated women and women who imitated men. The Western fashion industry is controlled by homosexuals who attempt to blur the distinction between males and females in order to make their behavior more acceptable. Consequently, men’s fashion has become more feminine in style and color and women are now wearing three-piece suits, ties and hats and traditionally men’s shoes. These distinctions may be relative and vary from society to society. For example, in Scotland men traditionally wear little knee-length dresses called “kilts”. In Scotland it would not be considered imitation of females, but in a society where only women wear such dress it would be considered imitation.


written by
Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips



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13. "I'm not sure about these finding's..."
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in your post. There are so many different theories about homosexuality, that it is really hard to know, which ones are real and which ones are not. I really don't know???


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17. "RE: o.k.,............"
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take away all the theories youve heard about. and view the follwing the example below, w/ FACTUAL THINKING.


homsexuality is a choice, just like...
religion is a choice, just like...
racism is a choice, just like...
murder is a choice, just like...
sexual intercourse is a choice, just like...
shell-toe adidas are a choice, just like...
bigotry is a choice, just like...
lying is a choice, just like...
adultery is a choice, just like..........

now take all the theories, statements, etc,..youve heard about homosexuality NOT BEING A CHOICE, and plug in any of the above variables into the place of "homosexuality", and see what you come up w/.

if heterosexuality was not the norm and nature of human beings,
homosexuals would not have partners to engage in homosexuality with, right?

so obvoiusly homosexuality is a choice, and choices can change!!!



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50. "What about the mind???..."
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Do you think it could possibly be mental. What about morphodites, they have both sexes. It is natural. Do you think it is possible, that a person, other than a morphodite, could have male and female hormones within them???


*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

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23. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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>bismillah
>
>i believe that it is easy
>to go to straight from
>gay.
>the islamic view is that homosexuality
>is a CHOICE. i believe
>this to be true.

I hear what your saying, but I didn't choose anything. By the way, I'm the one who tried to go straight to please my mother and father.
>the person who said he tried
>to go straight "for mom
>and dad", was not sucessful
>b/c of the reason for
>doing it.

Right. That was because it wasn't who I was. I wasn't straight,I was gay, and I knew this. And I tried to convert over, to shut them up. So, when it didn't work, they had to except the fact that I just wasn't going to be straight.


it was nt
>b/c "he" iwanted to, but
>b/c his "parents" wanted him
>to. imagine if you listened
>to and LOVED music and
>you tried to stop for
>"the folks". you wouldnt stop
>b/c its something you love,
>and are not willing to
>give it up just b/c
>of "the folks".
>who would get rid of a
>girlfriend/boyfriend for "the folks". nobody,
>unless his love and respect
>for his parents was more
>than the love for the
>person.
>same with drugs. who is willing
>to give up weed for
>"the folks"?
>all of these things are choices,
>and are not hereditary, not
>from birth, not from nothing,
>except the persons desire.

I don't know about it being hereditary,but I do know folks are what they are, and do what they do just because it's what they know. Human nature, maybe. But,you can't just snap your fingers and be straight if that's not in your nature. Bottom line is, I didn't choose anything. I felt this way since I was a child,and I honestly never really been emotionally attracted to women. Point blank. And I've had many chances to get busy, but wasn't with it. Oh well........
>
>
>here is an article written by
>a very knowledgeable muslim by
>the name of bilal philips.
>
>pay special attention to #6.
>
>Islam's Position on Homosexuality
>
>
> Homosexuality and
>lesbianism have been dubbed “alternative
>life-styles”, “personal preference”, “a natural
>variation”, etc. in the West
>today. Where homosexuality was considered
>an illness by the Association
>of Psychiatrists, it is now
>removed from the list and
>replaced by homophobia (the dislike
>of homosexuals and homosexuality). Consequently,
>Islam and Muslims are considered
>intolerant and biased due to
>their continued opposition. Arguments in
>favor of tolerance to homosexuals
>are based on the assumption
>that homosexual behavior is biologically
>based and not merely learned
>from society.
>
>1. Early opposition to homosexuality was
>based on the argument that
>such behavior was unnatural. Sodomy
>cannot produce children which is
>one of the main natural
>consequences of sexual relations. “Mother
>Nature” did not make us
>that way, it was argued.
>To counter such arguments homosexual
>researchers scoured the earth until
>they found supposed homosexual behavior
>among the animal kingdom. They
>found that the males of
>some species of exotic fishes
>off the coast of Japan
>imitated the behavior of females
>of the species in order
>to prevent other males from
>impregnating their mates, and some
>rare butterflies from islands of
>the coast of Africa also
>had males exhibiting female behavior
>during mating season, etc. However,
>if the animal kingdom is
>to be used to justify
>human behavior, there also exists
>a spider in South America,
>whose female is much larger
>than the male. When mating
>is complete, the female eats
>her mate.
>
>2. During the 80’s it was
>claimed that a gland in
>the base of the brain
>which is small in women
>and large in men was
>found to be small among
>homosexuals. However, this evidence, while
>seeming incontrovertible to the layman,
>was immediately refuted by scientists.
>The data was taken from
>cross-sections of the brains of
>dead adult humans whose sexual
>preference was identified prior to
>death. Consequently, the reduced size
>among homosexuals could have been
>a result of the practice
>and not its cause. That
>is, they could have been
>born with normal sized glands
>which then became small due
>to their deviant lifestyle.
>
>3. Recently genetics has become the
>most commonly used foundation for
>the pro-gay argument. In 1993
>Dr. Dean Hamer, a researcher
>at the National Cancer Institute,
>claimed to have discovered “the
>first concrete evidence that ‘gay
>genes’ really do exist.” Homosexual
>orientation was supposedly transmitted to
>males on the X chromosome
>from the mother. Hamer’s findings,
>published in the prestigious journal
>Science, transformed his colorless career
>as a government scientist into
>a dynamic media personality and
>penned his memoirs. He gave
>expert testimony to the Colorado
>Supreme Court that formed the
>basis of the victorious decision
>striking down anti-gay Proposition 2.
>However, a replication of his
>study at the University of
>Western Ontario failed to find
>any linkage whatsoever between the
>X chromosome and sexual orientation.
>It was also found that
>Hamer’s study lacked a control
>group; a fundamental principle of
>scientific research. Furthermore, in June
>1994, the Chicago Tribune reported
>that a junior researcher in
>Hamer’s laboratory who assisted in
>the gene mapping in the
>homosexuality study, alleged that he
>selectively reported his data. She
>was then summarily dismissed from
>her post-doctoral fellowship in Hamer’s
>lab. But a National Institutes
>of Health investigation substantiated her
>claims and gave her another
>position in a different lab.
>Though Dr. Hamer was coy
>about his own sexuality in
>his memoirs, he later admitted
>in his lectures that he
>was gay.
>
>4. It should be noted that
>Islam, in its final form,
>did not introduce anti-gay legislature
>to the world. The texts
>of the Torah are replete
>with clear condemnation of such
>practices.
>
>5. he consequence of AIDS is
>enough to prove that homosexuality
>is evil and dangerous to
>society. The early spread of
>AIDS was concentrated among the
>homosexual community. It later spread
>to the heterosexual community through
>blood transfusions and intravenous drug
>usage and so-called bisexuals. And
>continues on a rampage among
>promiscuous heterosexuals.
>
>6. Islam considers homosexuality to be
>the result of a choice.
>It is inconceivable that God
>made people homosexuals then declared
>it a crime and prescribed
>punishments for it in both
>this life and the next.
>To accept such a proposition
>is to accept that God
>is unjust. Inclinations can exist
>within humans for a variety
>of natural and unnatural acts,
>from fornication to rape and
>from necrophilia to bestiality. These
>inclinations may come from jinn-suggestions,
>media influence, or even from
>human whisperings or direct contact.
>Human beings are not like
>robots who only do what
>they are programmed to do.
>Humans choose and God holds
>them responsible for their choices.
>Were homosexuality a product of
>genetic destiny, it would be
>unfair for God to criminalize
>it and punish those who
>practice it. Currently, some scientists
>are even claiming that murder
>is of genetic origin. To
>accept that would mean to
>excuse murderers and tolerate murder.
>
>
>7. Islam instructs parents to separate
>their children in their beds
>by the age of ten
>in order to avoid sexual
>experiences which may result from
>childhood experimentation. Such experiences may
>be reinforced by contacts in
>schools and through abuse from
>adults. Also the distinctions between
>male and female are strongly
>made in Islamic teachings. The
>Prophet cursed men who imitated
>women and women who imitated
>men. The Western fashion industry
>is controlled by homosexuals who
>attempt to blur the distinction
>between males and females in
>order to make their behavior
>more acceptable. Consequently, men’s fashion
>has become more feminine in
>style and color and women
>are now wearing three-piece suits,
>ties and hats and traditionally
>men’s shoes. These distinctions may
>be relative and vary from
>society to society. For example,
>in Scotland men traditionally wear
>little knee-length dresses called “kilts”.
>In Scotland it would not
>be considered imitation of females,
>but in a society where
>only women wear such dress
>it would be considered imitation.
>
>
>
>written by
>Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
>
>
>
>subhakallahumma wabihamdika ashhadu anla ilaha illa
>anta astaghfiruka wa attuubu ilaika
>

I've read this, and I'm gonna just keep my comments to myself LOL !!!!! But I will say this, I don't try to imitate women,cause I'm not one(I'm just a black man,who is attractive to men)and I'm not an animal, I'm a human being(c)The Elephant Man. LOL !!!! But, much respect anyway.

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45. "i agree."
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i do believe that homosexuality is a choice. once you love it, it will be hard to give up..you do it enough and it becomes part of what makes you the person you are now.. so, just like with addictions, you make excuses for why you do it in order to validate your actions.
"i was born this way"
"it chemical, genetic..etc"

good point.
***********
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i was boooorrrrn to lick your face
i was boooorrrrn to rub u
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65. "bullshit"
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>i do believe that homosexuality is
>a choice. once you love
>it, it will be hard
>to give up..you do it
>enough and it becomes part
>of what makes you the
>person you are now.. so,
>just like with addictions, you
>make excuses for why you
>do it in order to
>validate your actions.
>"i was born this way"
>"it chemical, genetic..etc"
>
>good point.

how easy is it for you to make a judgement about something which you are not. i knew i liked girls when i was NINE. i did not know ANY OTHER female or male who felt that way nor had i ever heard the word gay or lesbian nor had i seen any adult act in a 'gay' fashion on tv or in movies. as far as i was concerned, i was completely alone. all i knew is that i was attracted to both boys and girls and had the same types of thoughts/feelings about both and that has never changed. just because YOU believe otherwise, doesn't make it true.


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75. "that's why i said.."
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"i believe" it. i beleive that we are all tempted by things and it is up to you whether or not to resist the temptation.

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76. "falling in love...."
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with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist.

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85. "RE: falling in love...."
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*snaps*

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*********^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Uplifting thoughts:

"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."


____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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97. "so,"
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you do agree that it is a temptation?

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101. "Course not"
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But you can't beat Damali's sense and wisdom and language in that post, can you.

Cuz when you come right down to it, either you are being foolish... or "tempted"...

but if one is tempted by love
tis FOOLISH
to ignore it

PEACE,

Q

*you got holes in yo stockings!*lol* *


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*********^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Uplifting thoughts:

"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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119. "you just summed up"
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why I believe people can be bisexual.

you just fall in love with people. plain & simple.

personally, I'm straight. I didn't choose that, and I don't believe anyone really "chooses" their sexuality. I don't think I could start loving women (that way) even if God came down and demanded it. That's just not who I am.

sexuality, to me, is not black & white. there are varied shades of gray...

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84. "RE: that's why i said.."
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>"i believe" it. i beleive that
>we are all tempted by
>things and it is up
>to you whether or not
>to resist the temptation.
>

But, it wasn't temptation to me. It was a natural thang. Temptation ??????? No.

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100. "tempted by things...."
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like heterosexuality (for most of ya'll)?

such a double standard! When did you choose to be a heterosexual?

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103. "c'mon now.."
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i dunno, but how can someone be TEMPTED to be heterosexual when that is how God created us?.. male and female are designed to mate and multiply..
now if homosexual sex could beget children, then ok.

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105. "I'm still a breeder"
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Just bc someone is attracted to and in relation to a person of the same gender does not mean they cannot not make babies. Ohhhhhhhhhh, you mean in a marriage. I guess all those hets who cannot have children are somehow less worthy of God's Love. No one has to convince anyone of anything here, I smile at people who tell me I am not a part of God's Plan. Of course I am. We both are.

Just to throw in a little *very little* Christian theology here: Is not Christ's coming the fulfillment of the Old Testament (Law)...Christ becomes Law...And we know he was all about Peace. 'Prince of Peace"...you know? Who was hanging out with the social outcasts???? Was it the Pharasees? no. Anyway, whenever I get into these kinds of discussions, I just call up my Christian friends who beleive homos, bis and trannies are part of God's Plan. My biggest weakness is not deepening my dependance upon God and allowing people's opinions to shake my foundation. I wish you all love, peace and understaning. Love and Freedom is for allof us.

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106. "i didn't say .."
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you had to be FERTILE.. stop putting words in my mouth, now.
and i didn't say that homosexual intercouse made people sterile either.
but natural conception cannot be the result of homosexual intercourse.
that is what i am saying.
men do not carry eggs in the their rectums and sperm is not produced in a woman's salivary glands.
and you know that.
don't get me wrong. EVERYONE is worthy of God's love AND everyone will have to deal with God's judgement too.


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108. "hmmm"
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all this talk of rectums and saliva...i don't believe i was putting words into your mouth. as a matter of fact I was saying what was on my herat and asking legit questions. Like: are only hets who breed part of God's Plan (in your opinion)? that for me at least, procreation is one of the benefits of sexual relations but not the onl oney. like I said, I am here to state my opinion, just like you sis/bro. we obviously are not going to agree and that's fine with me. it's all about stimulating discussion.No disrespect. god sees me everyday and loves me everyday in all I do...Much love to you.
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78. "????"
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For some people who they love whether by choice, genetics, falling on the head, whatvere is hardly a pejorative thing. This is about two people meeting on the same ground, sans power dynamics and falling in love, having sex, dating whatever.
It's not in the mode of the addiction model (eg, doing this thing that you really, really, really, really don't want to but my body/mind/soul craves it even though it's destroying my life). That's a shame-based model of which my sexuality, my sexuality identity is not a part of. Tell me when was the day that any hetersexual perosn chose to not go the way of gayness or biness and make the 'right choice'. The choice model is only employed one way (gays/bis choose. starights are). truthfully, it does not matter if anyone thinks I was born adn can change o I chose and can change...I thnak the Divine every day for my life and strength and love. I continue to love women and men and fight the battle.
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98. "i hear ya, but.."
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not everybody is tempted to do the all the same things. some people are tempted to smoke, others are not..some are tempted into homosexual relationships and some are not...


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83. "GRANNIE!"
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I am shocked that you would utter such BLANTANT bullshit!

So, your getting dicked... is that an addiction? Huh? Could you just "give it up" like so much herion?

I think you need to think about what you say before you say it, Ol' Woman... don't be ig'nant.

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What a notion.

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91. "RE: I'm addicted to dick."
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>What a notion.
>
>Do they have Dick-Anon or something?
>

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68. "poppycock"
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>bismillah
>
>i believe that it is easy
>to go to straight from
>gay.
>the islamic view is that homosexuality
>is a CHOICE.

you can change your actions, but you can't change your tendencies or who you really are inside.


>Islam and Muslims are considered
>intolerant and biased due to
>their continued opposition. Arguments in
>favor of tolerance to homosexuals
>are based on the assumption
>that homosexual behavior is biologically
>based and not merely learned
>from society.

so then how do you explain that i knew i liked girls even tho i hadn't seen it anywhere, never heard the words gay or lesbian and didn't have any gay people in my environment?


>1. Early opposition to homosexuality was
>based on the argument that
>such behavior was unnatural. Sodomy
>cannot produce children which is
>one of the main natural
>consequences of sexual relations.“Mother
>Nature” did not make us
>that way, it was argued.

hm...what about a woman/man who is born sterile? they will not be producing any children and nature sure made them that way...but i guess people just write of anything that doesn't fit their idea
of 'nature' as abnormal....

gee i remember when being left-handed was considered abnormal...so glad the righties found some compassion and allowed us all to not be named in some mental dysfunction book somewhere..



>
>2. During the 80’s it was
>claimed that a gland in
>the base of the brain
>which is small in women
>and large in men was
>found to be small among
>homosexuals. However, this evidence, while
>seeming incontrovertible to the layman,
>was immediately refuted by scientists.
>The data was taken from
>cross-sections of the brains of
>dead adult humans whose sexual
>preference was identified prior to
>death. Consequently, the reduced size
>among homosexuals could have been
>a result of the practice
>and not its cause. That
>is, they could have been
>born with normal sized glands
>which then became small due
>to their deviant lifestyle.

LOL...that is too ridiculously stupid to even comment on



>4. It should be noted that
>Islam, in its final form,
>did not introduce anti-gay legislature
>to the world. The texts
>of the Torah are replete
>with clear condemnation of such
>practices.

hey islam ain't the only game in town...there are many historic religious documents in other cultures that do not make that claim or those condemnations. The Lotus Sutra...a historical Buddhist document, does not condemn or even mention homosexuality and there are many others from other cultures as well. those are not valid? and with every religion claiming their historic document is the only truth, no wonder you have so many atheists...

>5. he consequence of AIDS is
>enough to prove that homosexuality
>is evil and dangerous to
>society. The early spread of
>AIDS was concentrated among the
>homosexual community. It later spread
>to the heterosexual community through
>blood transfusions and intravenous drug
>usage and so-called bisexuals. And
>continues on a rampage among
>promiscuous heterosexuals.

BORING OLD ARGUMENTS NEVER DIE. The spread of AIDS (as i understand it) is contingent upon infected blood entering the body of an uninfected person. Anal sex is not the only way that can happen. In fact heterosexual couples have just as much anal sex as gay men stereotypically do. Infected blood can also be transmitted thru intravenal drug use. So i guess all the druggies back then were gay too. What you have here is a classic case of mistaken correlation. AIDS emerged and many gay people were affected by it. that doesn't necessarily mean that one had anything to do with the other. But people love to assume that in order to add it to their long laundry list of why gays are evil. Like i said...boring and old.


>6. Islam considers homosexuality to be
>the result of a choice.
>It is inconceivable that God
>made people homosexuals then declared
>it a crime and prescribed
>punishments for it in both
>this life and the next.
>To accept such a proposition
>is to accept that God
>is unjust.

Okay this cracks me up the most. What does anybody REALLY know about God? NOTHING. Has anyone you know actually spoken to him? Did he tell somebody what he thinks and feels? If God is so powerful, who are we to EVER assume we know what his intentions or motives are/were? And you wanna talk about unjust? Infants and children that die is unjust. Women being raped and mutilated all over the world is unjust. Terrorism is unjust. The depletion of the earth's natural resources and ozone layer is unjust. fuckouttahere with that...

>them responsible for their choices.
>Were homosexuality a product of
>genetic destiny, it would be
>unfair for God to criminalize
>it and punish those who
>practice it. Currently, some scientists
>are even claiming that murder
>is of genetic origin. To
>accept that would mean to
>excuse murderers and tolerate murder.

Equating two people of the same sex who fall in love to murder is just plain ignorant. If i fall in love with a woman, who am i hurting? Who's personal freedom am i taking away? Murder and pedophilia are situations where one person is forcibily denying another person their human rights..their right to life. How are gay people doing that?


>7. Islam instructs parents to separate
>their children in their beds
>by the age of ten
>in order to avoid sexual
>experiences which may result from
>childhood experimentation.\

well sorry to tell you that if two kids REALLY wanted to experiment, they'd wait till their parents were asleep and climb into the others bed...lol...what they gonna do about that?

Such experiences may
>be reinforced by contacts in
>schools and through abuse from
>adults. Also the distinctions between
>male and female are strongly
>made in Islamic teachings. The
>Prophet cursed men who imitated
>women and women who imitated
>men.

of course...otherwise male domination would not have lasted very long now would it? LOL can't have the females running around figuring out that they're actually equal to men


The Western fashion industry
>is controlled by homosexuals who
>attempt to blur the distinction
>between males and females in
>order to make their behavior
>more acceptable. Consequently, men’s fashion
>has become more feminine in
>style and color and women
>are now wearing three-piece suits,
>ties and hats and traditionally
>men’s shoes.

generalizations run amok. Not all men dress that way nor do all women. I think fashion nowadays is more about personal expression and i'm glad women and men have some alternatives.

These distinctions may
>be relative and vary from
>society to society. For example,
>in Scotland men traditionally wear
>little knee-length dresses called “kilts”.
>In Scotland it would not
>be considered imitation of females,
>but in a society where
>only women wear such dress
>it would be considered imitation.

Well I only have one last thing to say: Gays rule the world. Resistance is futile. so sowwy

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146. "how do you know?"
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How do you know it's not nature's way of keeping the planet from overpopulating itself? "Mother Nature" been stopping by your crib, telling you all "her" plans over a Tom Collins? What the hell do you REALLY know? Do you know how many children homosexual and barren couples adopt? Children that "breeders" made and ended up in the horrendous adoption system for whatever reason? Children that need love and happiness from a happy home no matter what the sexual make up of it?

some of y'all people in this post need to know that you don't know what you think you know...

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107. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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I agree with Dr. Philips. Homosexuality is a choice. Although I am totally against homosexuality, I am not TOTALLY prejudiced against homosexuals. They, too are people who we have to share this planet with. I am strongly against gay bashing because violence is not an answer.

As a Christian, I have been told that I was a hypocrite for my faith because I am prejudiced against gays and lesbians. I have been told that I did not really stand for what I believe in but was 'indoctrinated' by my Bible-thumping friends. Friends, what I have been taught was also my own choice same as a person decides whether they live a specific lifestyle or not. I firmly believe that God did not intend for man and man to be together.
(Didn't he create opposite charges on nature)
But standing for what I believe in is, I think more right rather than believing everything I hear in the media, the newspaper, etc. Hate is not the answer for me because God told me to love every man, woman, and beast and other creatures of the earth. I
I am what I am.

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11. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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Yes, in my opinion. You can't possibly be born that way because thats not the way GOD created people. ADAM & EVE not ADAM & STEVE
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12. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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That's so old and such crap...who are you God? That answer is probably no and of course he didn't make Adam and Steve they couldn't reproduce that way, a sign of the times so to speak. Look, I lived next to a three year old when I was a kid, this child oozed homosexuality and it wasn't because of his environment because he had a super macho father and a similar brother, it wasn't TV because he watched mostly cartoons and guess what he grew up to be as gay as they come so don't talk to me about God not making someone a certain way, God makes us in his image...love.
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14. "I have noticed that gay guys..."
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are extremely talented, when it comes to the arts. They are talented painters creators and hairdressers. Most of them are very talented. Usually, when I meet a gay man, I am intrigued with their creative ability. I am not saying that straight people are not talented in the arts, because, I am talented in this field, but every gay man that I have ever known is.


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in my neighborhood


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Are naturally talented at cooking/child-rearing/supporting their man.

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how do you NOT go insane on here??? You must have the patience of a freakin' saint.

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42. "evolutionary changes, free will, curiosity, and choices*"
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*choices: from Silky1's post.

In My Opinion.

There are many things to discuss when it comes to the "issue" of homosexuality. Sometimes it is hard to say whether a person has a strong influence, has been sexually abused, has been curious, or just plain chose to be homosexual. But we must understand that a person is homosexual because they are homosexual. No matter what a person tells you, no matter how much someone is against the idea of homosexuality, your God still loves them. God does not hate his own creations. And the fact that someone can actually sit there and tell you that God punishes Homosexuality is a hypocrite and CANNOT tell you that God has spoke to them and told them "I punish the homosexuals!!!" They have not seen firsthand what God does to homosexuals.

Think of it like this...A man walks into a bank, shoots the clerk, and walks out with 500k. After this incident, he goes to God and repents, returns the money, and goes to jail. Throughout this life in jail, he influences young men to follow the right path and don't be led by evil. Now do you think he will go to hell? Doesn't God forgive all sins? Well, so the "Bible" says.

To be punished by God is to live a life of sin and never repent before death. Being homosexual in my OPINION is not a sin because God gives us free will. It is our choice to do what we want as long as it is not hurting other human beings. To speak gentle to children, and love one another with sincerity is basically all we need to do to live angstless lives. Homosexuals are humans, not animals, not from another planet. And there is a posibility for homosexuality to be in a specific section of DNA -- known, we have a gene that proves our sexuality at birth, are you born with an x or a y chromosome?

Now because of this factor, think of this...Have there ever been naturally born hermaphrodites? This isn't what I'm using to prove that Homosexuality is not a sin. But why would God allow a human to be born with a sexual disfuntion, then turn around and punish them because they chose to be with men AND women? It's against all rules of any religion, isn't it?

Concluding my essay, I would just like to point out that no matter what racial ethnicity you are God loves you, and no matter what sexual preference you have, (whatever God you believe in) GOD LOVES YOU!!!

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46. "i dunno..."
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that's not the case with the gay men i know.. they are regular guys with no remarkable talent whatsoever.. that's kinda like saying homosexual activity stimulates the artsy side of people, which i disagree with; not that you actually said that..
i think it is more that the modern artsy crowd is more open and accepting of alternative lifestyles so people who are living alternative lifestyles may gravitate to artsy people.

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They ALL...every last one...is talents, in the arts.


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88. "RE: i dunno..."
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Gay people (men and women) tend to e more creative because they are freed from convention.

Think of it... how many "str8" folk are suspected to be gay because they are freed from convention? This is attributed to gayness simply because we have had to make it up, come up with it, bring it

because no one else could
or would

so don't go being stank
just because you are caught
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"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



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102. "Say no to hairdressers..."
In response to Reply # 14


  

          

we are also good emcees, and construction workers, and athletes and some of us couldn't press and curl if it were a bench press at 24fitness.

Not to disclaim what you've come to regard as stereotypically gay....but perhaps you should question whether or not the men you perceive to be str8 really are?

While I have a vast appreciation for the arts and am generally talented...I don't think you can make sweeping generalizations about gay men and creativity. Most of my str8 male friends can fry a better ham sammich than me.

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18. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
In response to Reply # 12


          

>That's so old and such crap...who
>are you God? That
>answer is probably no and
>of course he didn't make
>Adam and Steve they couldn't
>reproduce that way, a sign
>of the times so to
>speak. Look, I lived
>next to a three year
>old when I was a
>kid, this child oozed homosexuality
>and it wasn't because of
>his environment because he had
>a super macho father and
>a similar brother, it wasn't
>TV because he watched mostly
>cartoons and guess what he
>grew up to be as
>gay as they come so
>don't talk to me about
>God not making someone a
>certain way, God makes us
>in his image...love.
>B1

1. what kind of behavior did the child exert for you to base a claim of homosexuality on him?

2. how do you know EXACTLY EVERYTHING that this child did throughout the course of his childhood?

3. how do you know everything that he mostly watched on t.v.?

4. how do you know what God's "image" is? did he tell you that? are you God?

and if you are basing all of your info on what his family told you, how do you know they were telling the truth, and nopt trying to cover something up?


you never know. while you were off busy doing something, he could have been involved in some type of exposure to homosexuality. just b/c you THINK that his super/macho father and brother were super/macho, DOESNT means they werent super/homo when the doors shut on their house.

unless you lived w/ this family, you will never know the WHOLE TRUTH!!!


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19. "C'mon"
In response to Reply # 18


          

I don't claim to know the whole truth but the whole thing about God creating Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve...could we be a tad more intelligent? What you don't beleive God is love that's all I was saying I beleive that is (his) image not a homophobic judgemental fool that everyone makes God out to be. So please don't come to me with that.
B1

  

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20. "RE: C'mon"
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bismillah

>I don't claim to know the
>whole truth but the whole
>thing about God creating Adam
>and Eve not Adam and
>Steve...could we be a tad
>more intelligent?

i didnt say that. u got me mixed up w/ another, even though the statement is true.

>What you
>don't beleive God is love

no! i dont believe God is Love. that would put a limitation on Him, and He is not restricted by limits, only WE are. God IS God.

one of His Attributes is "the loving", however,...... another of His attributes is "the avenger". He "loves" those that obey, and He takes out His "Vengance" on those that are His enemies.

>that's all I was saying
>I beleive that is (his)
>image not a homophobic judgemental
>fool that everyone makes God
>out to be

noone has made God out to be this way, except YOU and your imagination that has imagined that someone did.

God judges the hetrosexuals, doesnt He? He has laws that govern their activities, doesnt He?
God judges the murderers, doesnt He? He has laws that govern their activities, doesnt He?
why not apply the same principle to those aspects of human behavior?

ppl take this position w/ homosexuality, but nothing else. why is that?

btw, another one of His attributes is "the judge".
so how and why would God make laws if he wasnt going to be "jugdemental" of those who obeyed/disobeyed them?

your definition of "jugdemental" and His definition of "jugdemental" are totally UNCOMPARABLE.
He makes the laws to judge by, we just judge by them.
and no human's judgement is a just one.
and thats why you feel that way.
if this was something that i was saying off the top of my head, like "hip-hop sucks", you would be justified in your statement.
but if i say "God hate adulterers", believe that i got it from Him. and you better believe that im not going to make up a lie about God, and about what He hates and loves!



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25. "i'm not attacking you, but..."
In response to Reply # 20


          

>>What you
>>don't beleive God is love
>
>no! i dont believe God is
>Love. that would put a
>limitation on Him, and He
>is not restricted by limits,
>only WE are. God IS
>God.
>
>one of His Attributes is "the
>loving", however,...... another of His
>attributes is "the avenger". He
>"loves" those that obey, and
>He takes out His "Vengance"
>on those that are His
>enemies.

in the article you posted previously, one of the claims explicitly stated that God was just. But isn't that yet ANOTHER limitation on God? can't God be unjust if he so desires? couldn't He have made homosexuals that way from birth and then decided that he would punish them anyway?

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34. "RE: i'm not attacking you, but..."
In response to Reply # 25


          

>in the article you posted previously,
>one of the claims explicitly
>stated that God was just.
> But isn't that yet
>ANOTHER limitation on God?
>can't God be unjust if
>he so desires? couldn't
>He have made homosexuals that
>way from birth and then
>decided that he would punish
>them anyway?

bismillah

actually, what i said was this: "and no human's judgement is a just one."
which would leave God's judgement to be the ONLY just judgement.
one of His attributes is "the just". but thats just ONE of His attributes. and ONE attributer is not an indication of His totality. im sorry if i was not clear on that matter.

and as far as God being "unjust if he so desires", i cant agree w/ that.

God rewards and punishes according to the deeds (actions, words, decisions) of us, and doesnt not punish us for conditions that we are not RESPONSIBLE for.

if God created someone white, then punished him/her for NOT being black, He would be unjust, right?

but if God allowed someone to get married, then he/she cheated on his/her signif. other, then God punished them for that action, would God be unjust? No.

of course, if one has diff. views on marriage and fidelity than God, then maybe God would be unjust to him/her.
but since God made up the laws of marriage and fidelity (as ALL HUMANS know them to be), and we are subject to His laws, then the only thing we can do is judge by them. thats what i meant when i said "no human's judgement is a just one."

when we judge by OUR OWN standards, we come up w/ all sorts of foolishness and chaos. ppl thinking its ok to rape, kill, steal, lie, etc......but when we judge by GOD'S standards, then thats when order, stability, and righteousness prevail.



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60. "here, i quote:"
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i know you didn't write this, just cut and pasted, but still:

"6. Islam considers homosexuality to be the result of a choice. It is inconceivable that God made people homosexuals then declared it a crime and prescribed punishments for it in both this life and the next. To accept such a proposition is to accept that God is unjust."

so God couldn't make people homosexuals and then declare it a crime and prescribe punishments for it? why in His name couldn't He!!??!?!??! really, He's GOD. He can do anything He chooses. why couldn't He choose to do just that!?!!??!?!??! answer that question, and ANSWER IT DIRECTLY.

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92. "RE: here, i quote:"
In response to Reply # 60


          

>"6. Islam considers homosexuality to be
>the result of a choice.
>It is inconceivable that God
>made people homosexuals then declared
>it a crime and prescribed
>punishments for it in both
>this life and the next.
>To accept such a proposition
>is to accept that God
>is unjust."



Tinky,

Here's my problem with the above.

Islam is a religion.
God is God (as we were so delightfully reminded)

Islam is of and from man
God is _still_ God.

You see what I mean?

This:

>It is inconceivable that God
>made people homosexuals then declared
>it a crime and prescribed
>punishments for it in both
>this life and the next.

Is a statement about man, not God. It wouldn't be "inconceivable" for God because God would be able to "conceive" any and everything. Therefore, it is inconceivable to man that people are homosexual. And since they can't understand it, they assume that God cannot. Which means that man has elevated himself to godhead, meaning that what God would understand man should understand and if man can't understand then, certainly, God can't.

Wait... all of this is moot, anyway. Aren't I one of those damned? *gasps*

*rolls eyes and shakes head*

Peace,

Q




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"I am because we are; we are because I am."

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____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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104. "thanks"
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i'm glad SOMEONE responded to this, even if abduhu hasn't (not saying he's ignoring, i'm just glad somebody saw it besides me). and yeah, cued, that's the point, man is limiting God and/or elevating himself by believing he can speak on this issue with that sort of authority. and yeah, you're damned, but not for the queer thing. just because you're obnoxious. like me. i'm goin STRAIGHT to hell.

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:::::::::::::
"And I know what the fuck an option quarterback is. He's the black QB under six feet that ends up being converted to wide receiver once he's selected on day two of the NFL draft because he can't hit the ocean from the edge of a boat."

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109. "RE: just so you know......"
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i havent forgot.
im just trying to make sure of my answer b4 i give it.
im not justy going to say something off the top of my head about God, and whst He does/doesnot do.
that wouldnt be very smart of my seeing as how i believe in Him the way that i do.

and just so you and everybody else knows, whatever i say about God, i get it from God, in His book that He revealed to muhammad-the qur'an. the next source is the traditions of muhammad that were spoken by him, and memorized and transcribed by those that were closest to him.

hopefully ill have an answer tonight, insha'allah (if God wills).


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113. "thank you sir"
In response to Reply # 109


          

just wasn't sure you even saw it. that happens to me sometimes. i'll scan a thread 2 or 3 times in a week without noticing there's a post intended for me. take your time, it's not an easy question to answer. i've spent an entire semester with one class trying to answer it from a judeo-christian perspective.

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"Where the F*CK is my purse icon??????"

:::::::::::::
"And I know what the fuck an option quarterback is. He's the black QB under six feet that ends up being converted to wide receiver once he's selected on day two of the NFL draft because he can't hit the ocean from the edge of a boat."

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153. "RE: just so you know......"
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>im not justy going to say
>something off the top of
>my head about God, and
>whst He does/doesnot do.

Really? I get the impression you've been doing that the entire thread.

>that wouldnt be very smart of
>my seeing as how i
>believe in Him the way
>that i do.

Actually, my impression of people that believe in him "the way you do" (i.e. to that blind extent) is that they do tend to make immediate, blanketing, judgemental self-righteous statements.
Just my impression.

>and just so you and everybody
>else knows, whatever i say
>about God, i get it
>from God, in His book
>that He revealed to muhammad-the
>qur'an.

I hate to say this, but maybe you should get some of your knowledge of God from the world around you.

>the next source is
>the traditions of muhammad that
>were spoken by him, and
>memorized and transcribed by those
>that were closest to him.

Every single one of which is still directly applicable 1300 years later.

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114. "OBNOXIOUS???"
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tinky and cued, can you say my spot in line? }> ill be down in a few minutes....
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161. "RE: the answers."
In response to Reply # 60


          

first i would like to say thanks for being patient and not putting me out there to be one of those who is "avoiding" the situation.

>"6. Islam considers homosexuality to be
>the result of a choice.
>It is inconceivable that God
>made people homosexuals then declared
>it a crime and prescribed
>punishments for it in both
>this life and the next.
>To accept such a proposition
>is to accept that God
>is unjust."
>
>so God couldn't make people homosexuals
>and then declare it a
>crime and prescribe punishments for
>it? why in His
>name couldn't He!!??!?!??! really,
>He's GOD. He can
>do anything He chooses.
>why couldn't He choose to
>do just that!?!!??!?!??! answer
>that question, and ANSWER IT
>DIRECTLY.

bismillah

ok. the answer is YES, HE COULD. and this answer is based on what Allah says in the Qur'an in Surah 22. Al Hajj, verse 18:......Verily, Allah does what He wills.

so based on what Allah said, He COULD make ppl homsexuals, declare it a crime, ans then prescribe punishments for it.

but WOULD HE do this? the answer is NO. and this answer is based on what Allah says in the Qur'an in the same Surah 22. Al Hajj, verse 10:.....and verily, Allah is not unjust to His servants.,

and in Surah 3. Al 'Imran, verse 108:....but Allah never wishes injustice to His servants.,

and in a hadith qudsi (a narration of the prophet muhammad (saws), in which he narrated something that Allah told him): the prophet muhammad (saws) said that Allah said: Oh my servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another.

note: oppression, wrong doing, being unjust, and injustice all have the same root meaning in arabic-dhalama (to wrong). Hence the connection between oppression and injustice above.

Allah rewards and punishes for words and actions, not for things we have no control over.

sexuality is natural and something that we dont have control over. it comes w/the package.
sexual preference is just that-sexual preference. one prefers one sex over the other, and its not a matter of something thats inbred, hence the name "sexual preference" wouldnt fit, right?

this life and everything in it is the test that we take for our final grade-the hereafter.
where we are in the hereafter depends on how hard we studied and what we studied to prepare for the test.

did any of this make sense to you?

Allah says in the 21st Surah, Al Anbiya' (The Prophets):
51. We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.
52. Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"
53. They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."
54. He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers."
55. They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who jest?"
56. He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).
57. "And by Allah, I have a plan for your idols - after ye go away and turn your backs"..
58. So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it.
59. They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He must indeed be some man of impiety!"
60. They said, "We heard a youth talk of them: He is called Abraham."
61. They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may bear witness."
62. They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our gods, O Abraham?"
63. He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!"
64. So they turned to themselves and said, "Surely ye are the ones in the wrong!"
65. Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!" 66. (Abraham) said, "Do ye then worship, besides Allah, things that can neither be of any good to you nor do you harm?
67. "Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides Allah. Have ye no sense?"....

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90. "Are you sure???"
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You aren't gay? Your love of God, a masculine essence, rivals the love I have for my partner.

It looks gay to me.

Are you sure you aren't waiting
for God
to put
his loverocket
up yo
butt?

*blinks eyes innocently*

Q


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Uplifting thoughts:

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"I am because we are; we are because I am."

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"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

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110. "RE: positive im not."
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bismillah

verses from the 11th Surah, Hud (Hud is the name of a prophet that was sent to the inhabitants of 'Ad, an area between Yemen and Oman):
77. When Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account and felt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: "This is a distressful day."
78. And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here are my daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)! Now fear Allah, and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?"
79. They said: "Well dost thou know we have no need of thy daughters: indeed thou knowest quite well what we want!"
80. He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support."
81. (The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?"
82. When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,-
83. Marked as from thy Lord: Nor are they ever far from those who do wrong!

verses from the 7th Surah, Al A'raf (The Heights):
80. We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you?
81. "For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women : ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."
82. And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"
83. But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of those who legged behind.
84. And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!


verses from the 15th Surah, Al Hijr (the rocky tract):
57. Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah.?"
58. They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
59. "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All -
60. "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
61. At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
62. He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
63. They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
64. "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
65. "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
66. And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
67. The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
68. Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:
69. "But fear Allah, and shame me not."
70. They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
71. He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."
72. Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.
73. But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,
74. And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.
75. Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.
76. And the (cities were) right on the high-road.
77. Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.

verses from the 21st Surah, Al Anbiya'(the prophets):
74. And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We saved him from the town which practised abominations: truly they were a people given to Evil, a rebellious people.
75. And We admitted him to Our Mercy: for he was one of the Righteous.

verses from the 26th Surah, Ash Shu'ara (the poets):
160. The people of Lut rejected the apostles.
161. Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear ((Allah))?
162. "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.
163. "So fear Allah and obey me.
164. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the lord of the Worlds.
165. "Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males,
166. "And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!"
167. They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast out!"
168. He said: "I do detest your doings."
169. "O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they do!"
170. So We delivered him and his family,- all
171. Except an old woman who lingered behind.
172. But the rest We destroyed utterly.
173. We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!
174. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

verses from the 27th Surah, An Naml (the ants):
54. (We also sent) Lut (as an apostle): behold, He said to his people, "Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)?
55. Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!
56. But his people gave no other answer but this: they said, "Drive out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"
57. But We saved him and his family, except his wife; her We destined to be of those who lagged behind.
58. And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

verses from the 29th Surah, Al Ankabut (the spider):
28. And (remember) Lut: behold, he said to his people: "Ye do commit lewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committed before you.
29. "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."
30. He said: "O my Lord! help Thou me against people who do mischief!"
31. When Our Messengers came to Abraham with the good news, they said: "We are indeed going to destroy the people of this township: for truly they are (addicted to) crime."
32. He said: "But there is Lut there." They said: "Well do we know who is there : we will certainly save him and his following,- except his wife: she is of those who lag behind!"
33. And when Our Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account, and felt himself powerless (to protect) them: but they said: "Fear thou not, nor grieve: we are (here) to save thee and thy following, except thy wife: she is of those who lag behind.
34. "For we are going to bring down on the people of this township a Punishment from heaven, because they have been wickedly rebellious."
35. And We have left thereof an evident Sign, for any people who (care to) understand.


29. "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."
29. "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."
29. "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."

they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."
they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."
they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."


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148. "RE: Are you sure???"
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cued: why not have the respect of other human beings not to say something that you know will horribly offend? abduhu may be saying stuff you disagree, with, you're saying stuff he may disagree with, why be dirty in matters that are sacred to him? You seem to feel pretty strong about your lover; would you appreciate someone saying something devastatingly disrespectful about him? If so, at least have the decency to understand not everyone is like you.





  

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151. "RE: Are you sure???"
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>cued: why not have the respect
>of other human beings not
>to say something that you
>know will horribly offend?
>abduhu may be saying stuff
>you disagree, with, you're saying
>stuff he may disagree with,
>why be dirty in matters
>that are sacred to him?
> You seem to feel
>pretty strong about your lover;
>would you appreciate someone saying
>something devastatingly disrespectful about him?
> If so, at least
>have the decency to understand
>not everyone is like you.

I think this is fair. But Q, what you said was still pretty funny. I read it and I thought: "Oh shit, I'm about to get the entire Qu'ran on this thread."
Wasn't wrong.
Still, good response Chike.

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150. "Foolish foolish."
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>God rewards and punishes according to
>the deeds (actions, words, decisions)
>of us, and doesnt not
>punish us for conditions that
>we are not RESPONSIBLE for.

Really? He doesn't punish people for being born poor? How about being born black. Do you think black people are "responsible" for racism, and as a result they deserve to be punished for that "condition?"

>of course, if one has diff.
>views on marriage and fidelity
>than God, then maybe God
>would be unjust to him/her.

So you're saying that in certain circumstances, where we're not "responsible" for deviation from God's law, he'd still be unjust based on that deviation. If you're unjust some of the time, that pretty much erodes the definition of justice.

>but since God made up the
>laws of marriage and fidelity
>(as ALL HUMANS know them
>to be),

heheheheh.

>when we judge by OUR OWN
>standards, we come up w/
>all sorts of foolishness and
>chaos. ppl thinking its ok
>to rape, kill, steal, lie,
>etc......but when we judge by
>GOD'S standards, then thats when
>order, stability, and righteousness prevail.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure no one has ever raped, killed, stolen, or lied in the course of "judging by God's standards." Oh wait, that happens every single day all over the globe. It's the subjective (and not to mention RIDICULOUSLY archaic) nature of "God's standards" that makes all these things not just possible but justifiable using YOUR EXACT SAME LOGIC.

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butiful1

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30. "C'mon"
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You've got your God, Ive got mine they seem to be two totally different beings feom what I understand so I'm going to leave it at that, my God is LOVE.

  

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55. "RE: C'mon"
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so if it is ok to have sex with the same sex to YOUR god and you feel that you will be forgiven and it is NOT an abuse, then is it ok to YOUR god to have sex with animals as well? does your god still love the man who is having sex with animals for THE GOOD OF HUMANITY like the man who commited a crime and then repented for it?

do you feel like GOD is stupid and you can basically do anything you want to do even though you know it is wrong and then at the last minute ask for forgivness ONLY to repeat the same offences over and over? would it be OK if a rapist rapes because he feel GOD LOVES him? is that okay? The problem with people who say "we have a free will so we should be able to do what we want and God should still love us" is that you live a life of NO DEFINED LIMITS so basically you can wreak havoc all over the earth. there ARE limits, they are DEFINED, but people who worship your god don't like that.

to repent is to feel sorrow about commiting a sin so much that you never want to repeat that sin and you make sincere intention to NEVER repeat it. you fight your ego and your vain desires and you overcome them so as to never want to repeat the same wrong action again.

  

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Prizm from Chicago

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62. "RE: C'mon"
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According to Sudani: "so if it is ok to have sex with the same sex to YOUR god and you feel that you will be forgiven and it is NOT an abuse, then is it ok to YOUR god to have sex with animals as well? does your god still love the man who is having sex with animals for THE GOOD OF HUMANITY like the man who commited a crime and then repented for it?
do you feel like GOD is stupid and you can basically do anything you want to do even though you know it is wrong and then at the last minute ask for forgivness ONLY to repeat the same offences over and over? would it be OK if a rapist rapes because he feel GOD LOVES him? is that okay? The problem with people who say "we have a free will so we should be able to do what we want and God should still love us" is that you live a life of NO DEFINED LIMITS so basically you can wreak havoc all over the earth. there ARE limits, they are DEFINED, but people who worship your god don't like that.

to repent is to feel sorrow about commiting a sin so much that you never want to repeat that sin and you make sincere intention to NEVER repeat it. you fight your ego and your vain desires and you overcome them so as to never want to repeat the same wrong action again."

****************
"In My <b>OPINION</b>"

No where in my essay did I say that God was "stupid" or prove that I had those feelings. No where in my essay did I say it was OK to have sex with animals. Misinterpreting my words are what most people do when they aren't on the same level as I. So, believe when I say YOU have done so. Basically, you have misunderstood every word that I said and you have your own reasons, and for what I said in the essay, I have mine. Once again another hypocrite is in the midst of the intelligent minds who actually feel that all humans are created equal reguardless of thier actions (although I do believe sins should be punished). The only reason I reacted to this subject is because of all the hate being thrown in the direction of the homosexual population. How would you like it if all that hate was thrown at you for being such a hypocrite? But wait...Maybe asking as many questions as yourself isn't such a good idea...I don't like to hate, and I don't want to hate you for asking so many questions. In my OPINION, your idea of God is unclear because you are so unstable in knowing who you are. And if you don't know who you are, then you can't even begin to know (your)God. And another thing...the reason why I say "YOUR GOD" is because I am very unselfish and understand that people believe in different Gods, and I am willing to accept that...AND the idea of Homosexuality.

Damn am I open.

Oh, a final thought. Before you criticize a person you don't know, GET TO KNOW THEM.

Peace & love for all.

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butiful1

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72. "Are you frickin' kidding me?"
In response to Reply # 55


          

That is so absurd I really don't even want to acknowledge it with a response but somehow I feel compelled to...
No, you are seriously twisting my beliefs, I wish I had the time to really go into it but seeing how I'm strapped I'll say this:
No, I don't think that God condones bestiality or any other nonconsensual sex (The animal has no say in the matter). God does still love the people that do things that do not please him they have a choice to choose his path up until the day they die then they will have to face him with all they have done on their shoulders so why don't you leave it in God's hands?
And I don't need God's forgiveness nor does anyone for being the way they are if it is the chosen path for us then we have done nothing wrong, just because you believe it's wrong does not mean God does, and I don't need to repent I have faith in the paths I choose and if I know I've done something wrong I talk to God and we work it out, it's called a relationship and I value it dearly so please, I'm not saying you have to change your beliefs just don't impose on mine. Again, my God is Love whether you or anyone else believes it or not!
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117. "Uh HUH"
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i agree, GOD is indeed love. through HIM is all understanding. i just wanna bring to yall's attention something that ceelo of goodie mob said. he said that "some people are born to fail". their failing, so to speak, is never in vain. it's to teach somebody else a lesson. whatever that lesson may be. i know that GOD doesnt make any junk. all people have a purpose in HIS plan. GOD said in HIS BOOK, that above everything thing that i have commanded, LOVE is the MOST important thing you could ever do (somewhere in Corinthians). Gay people are here to love, and they also are here carrying Jesus's cross so to speak. People tend to hate what they are different from. some white people did it to blacks. said we were unpure and the farthest thing from GOD. we know that to be false today. but the idea that people are far from GOD hinders and puts limits on people. you were not sent here to judge people for their doing. only love them. your prejudice and hatred and isolation from gay people may get you to the depth of *** faster than the LOVING gay man/woman himself. i also agree, let GOD do His thang in people's life and trust that you are where HE wants you to be.

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for the gems of truth and knowledge you unleashed in your post to this thread....

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152. "RE: C'mon"
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>but if i say "God hate
>adulterers", believe that i got
>it from Him.

I don't.

>and you
>better believe that im not
>going to make up a
>lie about God, and about
>what He hates and loves!

I believe that you sure are ready to *decide* what he hates and loves, despite your CONSTANT assertions that we can never know him.

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26. "RE: C'mon"
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>I don't claim to know the
>whole truth but the whole
>thing about God creating Adam
>and Eve not Adam and
>Steve...could we be a tad
>more intelligent? What you
>don't beleive God is love
>that's all I was saying
>I beleive that is (his)
>image not a homophobic judgemental
>fool that everyone makes God
>out to be. So
>please don't come to me
>with that.
>B1

Say it, and say it again !!!!!! GOD IS LOVE !!!!!!

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89. "Dis is STOOPID"
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Why? Because now you are implicating children.

People, nature gives us all something special when we are born. The ability to experience the whole of the sexual spectrum.

We are all borm bisexual and later, we do, we ALL DO, make a choice. No one is born straight or gay. Yes, str8 people can procreate. But also, given the stupid gender ish men put out, women, or both men and women, often end up spiritually dead. And while gay people cannot procreate, because they are freed from gender constraints, the spirit is not oppressed and is allowed to live.

Aside from this, who has the time to commit to social issues? Care for family members when there is no one else to care for them? Come up with alternative ways of doing or getting or achieving something when there seems to be no way?

Every sexuality comes with its pluses and its minuses.

But none of us, NOT ONE OF US is brought into this world straight and then we have to be protected to stay that way. No. We are all bisexual. And we make a choice, one or the other pulls us more... or we aren't pulled strongly in either direction.

Let children be children be children, no need to confuse them with stupid adult nonsense.

Keep you image of god to YOUR OWN DAMN SELF. If you really love such a bloody diety, have your relationship with him and don't bring it to anyone else.

Learn to accept people as they are, as an expression of Nature's need, nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.

Stop this STUPID right and wrong business because it, in itself, is flawed and wrong.

Alright?

Peace,

Q



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"I am because we are; we are because I am."

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** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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kflow

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32. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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No, of course I'm not god, but you said it yourself "they can't reproduce this way," which is the proof in itself that homosexuality was not what god intended. Regardless of what made this person gay, it's still not supposed to be that way. YOU are absolutely right, God made us in his image, in love, I'm not trying to say that god doesn't love homo's, or anybody else for that matter, he loves everybody regardless of who they are or what they do, he just doesn't approve of it. holla...

  

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33. "is this what he told you himself?"
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where are you getting this crap? god LOVES YOU, <<HE>> just doesn't APPROVE of you, eh?


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93. "Silly"
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Just because you are gay doesn't mean that you didn't or won't have sex with a woman and thus have children!

I'm sorry your understanding of sex and sexuality is so little, so nil, but really, it's best you know that.

"Gay" means, essentially, nothing.
It doesn't mean one won't find the opposite sex attractive, it only means that one is prone to find the same sex attractive... prone means, basically, that it isn't written in stone, that it could happen and if it could happen (and it has in many many situations) then VOILA! You have a gay person procreating.

But that begs the question, why is this war still on? As if there aren't enough people running around? As if there is enough food, shelter, money around to feed everyone....

But I digress....

While we can't get each other pregnant does not mean we can't procreate with the opposite sex....


nor does it mean we won't stop trying to impregnant each other *wink*

Q


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"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



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147. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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>That's so old and such crap...who
>are you God?
First of all, we are just people with opinions. We are fighting for what we believe in. I think it was Martin Luther King who said that if no man hasn't found something to be worth fighting and dying for then that man shouldn't be living at all.
We, Christians, are not God because we are far from perfect. We are not judges because we too are men who have fallen short. God does not want people to hate each other but he did tell us to stand. You see, the world right now is in chaos because, we, have fallen short. God did not make us to be like robots who God could control with his little pinkie finger. No, we are people who have to make choices. Now, it is your choice to live your life and not mine but consider that not everything you do in your own power can be beneficial to you.

>answer is probably no and
>of course he didn't make
>Adam and Steve they couldn't
>reproduce that way, a sign
>of the times so to
>speak.
A sign of the times? There was homosexuality in the beginning. Look at Sodom and Gomorrah.


Look, I lived
>next to a three year
>old when I was a
>kid, this child oozed homosexuality
>and it wasn't because of
>his environment because he had
>a super macho father and
>a similar brother, it wasn't
>TV because he watched mostly
>cartoons and guess what he
>grew up to be as
>gay as they come so
It was the kid's own choices that decided who he wanted to be.
What you think, prevades every being inside you, what you will certainly become.

>don't talk to me about
>God not making someone a
>certain way, God makes us
>in his image...love.
>B1

God can only tell me to love even you because even know I don't know you and even though your principles are different from mine.
I can't be biased when it comes to that. That's right. But only through God do we see others in that light. We cannot be the prejudiced but we should be the defenders of the weak and the oppressed. We cann't harbor hate because once hate is in, it becomes us. We cannot harbor apathy because that would just be going against what Christ had taught. In conclusion, this world does not conform to us because we are entirely different people.
My views is not particularly popular because I am who I am.

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16. "uhmmmm"
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first of all, sex is both procreational and recreational, both for the purpose of perpetuating the species and for havin fun n gettin off n gettin close together n all that- SO, if those are yr bounds then ya'd better avoid recreational sex

second of all, according to christian theology god created two people. one man, one woman, but not a population by any means. how much human diversity of any kind was in this garden? and then where'd the diversity come from later on?


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87. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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This person you call "GOD" didn't "create" us at all.

Nature did.

And Nature created us to be open to all possibilities.

Your GOD was the one who made all of us shuffle into binaries
which go against Nature.

So SCREW your stupid assed Adam and Steve comment:

You were wrong before you started.


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24. "I don't think it's possible."
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I think it is possible for ppl to repress their feelings, and the ppl who go through these conversion programs are doing just that. I don't think we can change who we desire.

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Marinera

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27. "Bullshit"
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I watched a SexTV episode on this movement, it was full of holes.

Although I don't believe people are born into being gay, I do believe that it's a result of an unpreventable & unpredictable experience rooted in child infancy. Somewhere along the line, a child who will grow up to be gay experienced something that made them swing that way. It could've been something so insigificant to us as adults, but since anything and everything can affect a child's development that early in life, it made a big impact.

Does that mean we should find out what causes infants to become gay? Fuck no. There's nothing wrong with being gay. Show me a study that proves that gays aren't as equally productive in society as straight people.

You might even argue that gays are more beneficial to society. Since they don't produce children themselves (naturally) they act as a population control. And we need to cut down the # of humans on the planet. So really all y'all logical bastids should be marching in the pride parade.

And, many of them can be dope mofos.

Just thought I'd throw that in there . . .

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31. "Oh puh-leeze!!!"
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>Although I don't believe people are
>born into being gay, I
>do believe that it's a
>result of an unpreventable &
>unpredictable experience rooted in child
>infancy.

Uh huh. Okay. So, I'm gay b/c my mom dropped me on my head when I was 4 months old? Or b/c she put me in a pink snow suit one day when I was 6 months old? Or b/c I had a high fever when I was 9 months old?

Somewhere along the line,
>a child who will grow
>up to be gay experienced
>something that made them swing
>that way.

You really think so? Hehehehehehe....that's cute.

It could've been
>something so insigificant to us
>as adults, but since anything
>and everything can affect a
>child's development that early in
>life, it made a big
>impact.

Oh, okay. Maybe it was the Farrah Fawcett shampoo commercials I used to love when I was 2. Yeah, that's what made me gay. Hahahaha....yeah.

>Does that mean we should find
>out what causes infants to
>become gay? Fuck no. There's
>nothing wrong with being gay.

But you just said there is something wrong w/being gay. Calling it the result of some childhood experience insinuates that there's something wrong. That something went awry. That it could have been prevented if only the child/infant had not been exposed to whatever.


...I couldn't let that go. Sorry.

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Marinera

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41. "Nature vs. Nurture"
In response to Reply # 31


          

I lean toward the nurture side, I don't expect everyone to agree with me. I just honestly think that it's more likely than a certain gene being passed down.

>Uh huh. Okay. So,
>I'm gay b/c my mom
>dropped me on my head
>when I was 4 months
>old? Or b/c she
>put me in a pink
>snow suit one day when
>I was 6 months old?
> Or b/c I had
>a high fever when I
>was 9 months old?

Who knows? But I don't think it would be that obvious or stereotypical. I know guys who played with their sister's dolls and are straight, and I know guys who are gay who played with transformers and Tonka Trucks like me who're gay. I don't think it would be that simple.

>But you just said there is
>something wrong w/being gay.
>Calling it the result of
>some childhood experience insinuates that
>there's something wrong. That
>something went awry. That
>it could have been prevented
>if only the child/infant had
>not been exposed to whatever.

Well, childhood experiences are what cause people to grow up to become introverts vs. extroverts, hard-working vs. easy-going, etc. I don't think that any one is better than the other, just different.

Just thought I'd throw that in there . . .

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66. "Yeah, well..."
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>I lean toward the nurture side,
>I don't expect everyone to
>agree with me. I just
>honestly think that it's more
>likely than a certain gene
>being passed down.

Honestly, sometimes I think the whole "sexual orientation" idea is bogus as hell. It leaves no room for the reality that sexuality is very fluid for all of us, whether we are accepting of that or not. I use the "gay" label b/c of the 3 biggies, that's the one that most describes my desire. I believe we all have the capacity for same sex and opposite sex desire, and I know we all experience each of those at some point in our lives. But I am NOT saying we are all innately "bisexual". So really the nature vs. nuture thing has little meaning to me b/c it's so caught up in "The Matrix" of the Big 3 Labels. I can't think inside that box - not for real.

>>Uh huh. Okay. So,
>>I'm gay b/c my mom
>>dropped me on my head
>>when I was 4 months
>>old? Or b/c she
>>put me in a pink
>>snow suit one day when
>>I was 6 months old?
>> Or b/c I had
>>a high fever when I
>>was 9 months old?
>
>Who knows? But I don't think
>it would be that obvious
>or stereotypical. I know guys
>who played with their sister's
>dolls and are straight, and
>I know guys who are
>gay who played with transformers
>and Tonka Trucks like me
>who're gay. I don't think
>it would be that simple.

Nothing is that simple. I played w/Tonka trucks and Barbie dolls when I was a kid. It has nothing to do w/the fact that I dig guys.

>>But you just said there is
>>something wrong w/being gay.
>>Calling it the result of
>>some childhood experience insinuates that
>>there's something wrong. That
>>something went awry. That
>>it could have been prevented
>>if only the child/infant had
>>not been exposed to whatever.
>
>Well, childhood experiences are what cause
>people to grow up to
>become introverts vs. extroverts, hard-working
>vs. easy-going, etc. I don't
>think that any one is
>better than the other, just
>different.

If you say so I believe you.

I think the quest to discover what makes some of us queer is homophobic at its heart. I mean, what if one day scientists are able to isolate a gene that causes queerness? Will parents then be able to genetically-engineer str8 kids? Will they come up w/therapies to control that queer gene? Will it be (re)classified as a disability?

Why should does it matter why some of us are queer? Can't we just BE who we are? Does there need to be a "reason"?

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94. "Gay Gene"
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Then a "Black" gene

imagine a world of white, blond haired, blue eyed children

who won't wanna fuck each other

and who says Hitler's dead???

Peace,

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121. "beautifully stated..."
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>I think the quest to discover
>what makes some of us
>queer is homophobic at its
>heart. I mean, what
>if one day scientists are
>able to isolate a gene
>that causes queerness? Will
>parents then be able to
>genetically-engineer str8 kids? Will
>they come up w/therapies to
>control that queer gene?
>Will it be (re)classified as
>a disability?
>
>Why should does it matter why
>some of us are queer?
> Can't we just BE
>who we are? Does
>there need to be a
>"reason"?

thank you.

we need to stop playing God, for real.

when we all get up there, we'll know exactly what God wanted for us and what God didn't.

until then, all we can do is live our lives the best way we know how, spread positivity & love, and let the rest of that bullshit go.


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122. "I agree with you....n/m"
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*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

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"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

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gnutron

Mon Apr-09-01 10:50 AM

  
28. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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here's something that i feel is being overlooked in this whole, pointless argument. some people DO CHOOSE to have to have sexual relations with other people of the same gender for whatever social or personal reasons. other people DO NOT CHOOSE the gender and associated personality and physical traits to which they are attracted. it is simply a matter of where people's emotional attachments and attractions lie. think about this yourself. if you're hetero - think about the gender you are attracted to, and then think why you aren't attracted to your own gender. now imagine these positions reversed.

  

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29. "No, it's not...."
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possible....im sorry, but it just seems so impossible. if anything, those who go from gay to str8 are only repressing their feelings..plain and simple.

it's hard to believe that youc an just up and CHANGE like that...

and to the person thatkeeps saying homosexuality is wrong and thatit's a choice..

i didn't choose to have my ass beaten everyday b/c i liked other men
i didn't choose to have my family disown me during college b/c they met my boyfriend
i didn't choose to be ostracized by MANY of my black peers cause all the ish they've heard about gay people is WHITE and from the media which is EURO-CENTERED...

i dont know if i was born this way or not, but i damn sure know i didn't CHOOSE to be gay...i've always liked men from the get go, ever since i've had sexual desires (8)..so GIVE IT AN EFFING REST, OK?

and speakingof which, if God/Allah/etc. all of these "beings" have such staunch feelings on homosexuality, wouldn't SHE (and i DO believe that the being i pray too is a black woman...go figure) have dealt with ALL gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning men and women of all colors by now? right..i wouldn't be typing this to you cause i would have ALREADY been erased off the planet...

folk need to READ religious texts..im sorry, but i have to say this-- to all those who swear up and down The Bible IS THE WORD OF GOD, check what i just said to someone online (hi Silky1 boo! ):

that's why i can't deal with the Bible..how can THAT be the word of GOD if MAN wrote it? if it's the word of GOD, then it should never/CAN NOT be disputed..the BIBLE IS disputed, so it is NOT the FINAL WORD of GOD...nahmean?

sorry, but me personally, I do not BUY that God hates people who aren't straight....i never BELIEVED THAT what i read in the BIBLE is God's own words..the FINAL WORD. by virtue of the simple reality that MEN wrote the Book Of God, this can NOT be THE FINAL WORD from God....sorry, but i DO NOT THINK GOD would've "written" a book that could be used to oppress and subjugate-- women, gays and lesbians, black folk, other people of color, etc. remember the bible was used to justify slavery, the anhiliation of American Indians from the early days of the US, etc. how can GOD be all loving when SHE is putting this down in her "book"?

people really need to LOOK at the religious texts they are going to for spiritual sustenance and support...you'd be suprised at how contrary and questionable they are...

RC



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36. "calm down homeboy..."
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first of all, GOD doesnt hate anybody, whoever gave you that idea either sleeps too much in church or is speaking from their own personal conviction/hatred. anyway, im not gay, but i do know that there are a lot worser things to be than gay. i believe that homosexuality is a sin, but then again its no more a sin than any other sin. but im not concerned with what you do for extracurricular activities, i just know it aint for me.
who started this post anyway, no doubt someone who is not too sure of their heterosexuality this morning, i aint gonna name names (haha). if your gay, dont be concerned with other people's insecurities. this person just posted to make sure that people know that they are NOT gay. or are they?
from somebody secure.
peace- live and let live

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37. "RE: calm down homeboy..."
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oops, i meant this towards whoever said "GOD hates gay people".
no offense, brownsugar, keep pimpin.



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Prizm from Chicago

Mon Apr-09-01 01:02 PM

  
43. "RE: calm down homeboy..."
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you are VERY logical. and i mean that.

  

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52. "I would never say that...."
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God made everybody!!!...


*************MUSICAL QUOTES**************

"Speak low, when you speak love"--Billie Holiday

"FREEZE!!!...Everybody clap your hands"!!!--Casper

"Mama, come here quick..and bring that lickin' stick!!!"--James Brown

"Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. Mama don't 'llow no music playin' in here. I don't care what Mama don't 'llow...I mo' play my music anyhow."--nostalgia

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38. "uhh...."
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im quite secure with who i am, thank you very much. im not allowed to speak my piece in this thread without being told i need to chill?

whatever...

read my post alittle more..and you will see i dont give a fuck about anyone and what they think about WHOMever im doing behind closed doors..

there ARE worse sinsthan homosexuality,t rue..but why is THIS ONE spoken of more than the others?

and many people on this site, and in general, seem to assume that God is homophobic and thelike...i only posted what i said about that cause that's how i feel..no one said you should read it, should they?

quite secure in MYself, thanks!

RC




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96. "RE: calm down homeboy..."
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You speaketh out of both sides of your mouth.

If you think it is a sin, then you think it is wrong because a sin is something that is _wrong_ -- get it.

Perhaps you don't understand what a sin is, but there is no such thing as an "ok" sin.

Being homosexual is simply another way of being... like being female or Black or disabled... No need to put a moral value judgement on it.

peace,

Q


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*********^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Uplifting thoughts:

"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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51. "i disagree"
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i doubt that anyone would choose to be ostracized, and that is a horrible thing the deal with, i am sure.. but that wasn't the question..

people choose to do things everyday that are not necessarily the right thing to do. If God erased every person who chose the wrong path from the face of the earth, then why i am i still here?..why do murderers still live? why do child molesters live?
there was a time when i denied the very existence of God and i do wrong things that are against God's will everyday; i curse, i drink, i've told the occasional lie, i have pre-marital sex, etc; and i am still here.

We all have urges and temptations.. and we all have the free will to either succumb to these temptations or fight them.


***********
i was boooorrrrn to love u
i was boooorrrrn to lick your face
i was boooorrrrn to rub u
but u were born to rub me 1st
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57. "RE: No, it's not...."
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>
>i dont know if i was
>born this way or not,
>but i damn sure know
>i didn't CHOOSE to be
>gay...i've always liked men from
>the get go, ever since
>i've had sexual desires (8)..so
>GIVE IT AN EFFING REST,
>OK?
>
>and speakingof which, if God/Allah/etc. all
>of these "beings" have such
>staunch feelings on homosexuality, wouldn't
>SHE (and i DO believe
>that the being i pray
>too is a black woman...go
>figure) have dealt with ALL
>gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and
>questioning men and women of
>all colors by now? right..i
>wouldn't be typing this to
>you cause i would have
>ALREADY been erased off the
>planet...


you (erased off the planet) along with all of the murderers, rapists, and child molesters? Not really a statement that supports your platform.

answer this question,

Do you think GOD would think it wonderful for the WHOLE WORLD to be homosexual? and Why?


Do you think GOD would think it wonderful for the WHOLE WORLD to be heterosexual? and Why?



  

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BlackAdder

Tue Apr-10-01 11:30 AM

  
81. "RE: No, it's not...."
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I think God/The Divine/Allah/The Creator intended u sto be rich and fulfillingpeople. Why do we have so many damn 'races' and languages (besides the whole Tower of Babylon thang)? There is diversity of human thought, practice, behavior...etc. I reject the fact that The Divine's Energy in me is 'sin'. How could something blessed be sin? Am I ackowledging God in everything I am and do, even if it is not the most estimable? Yes...a child molestre is not the same thing as a gay/bi/trans/les person. That perosn HURTS people and TRAUMATIZES them. To the people who want to be straight...GOOD FOR THEM. Mayb ethe way they were living Was destructive and they attributed that to their narrow definition of queerness. I know a lot of Black people and other People of Color who pray and wish they were White. Maybe if they achieved Whiteness they would be happy, maybe not. Perhas that goes for Queer people who want to be in heterosexual relationships. If that's what they need to do...do them, but do not dare compare your Atheism and Agnostiscm to my God-given sex powers (neither to be shamed nor abused) to your defiance!!!
We all have the right to beleive and act as we feel right. That's the beautiful thing about plurality of thought, none of us gets to be 'right'. Thanks ya'll fo rthe livley discussion. I must say though that all that yang that White folks pop about Black folks being more homophobic/heterosexist than whiteys is crazy. even for those here who abhor/disagree with/don't accept homo-sexuals (he he), you are mad respectful and articulate. I'll keep being my out Black Bi self. Much love.
Peace and Blessings,
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95. "PUT DOWN YOUR HRC BIBLE!"
In response to Reply # 29


          

I did choose to be gay. I choose it. I picked it like someone asked me which color did I prefer. I liked both colors, both blue and pink, but at the end of the day, I'd rather be with blue instead of pink because pink spoke to me in ways I didn't know I could be spoken to.

I chose blue.

I chose to be gay.

Now, to the person who related stories about "not being gay because who wants to get their ass beaten everyday for being gay" well, I never did. I was picked on. And it hurt. But I fought back and that shut them up or they kept on.

I wasn't disowned, I threw myself away from my family because white gay people told me that my family was homophobic because they are Black and my 18 year old ass believed them.

If I chose to be ostracized, I must have felt being outside was okay with me. I never allowed myself, to fully believe that I was cut off from my family or other Black people. I spent three years away from my family because I was ashamed of my choice, but it was my choice and no one could or can bother me because I CHOSE TO LOVE and Love brought me to men.


On the Afrocentric tip, I believe that before I was born, I spoke to my ancestors about being a gatekeeper for my people. They told me it would be hard, but I decided to do it anyway. Being a gatekeeper meant my heart would be more open to the songs of men than women. I knew what it cost and decided I could pay that price with something to spare.

My Ancestors sent me down.

It was choosen.

The Gay Eurocentric cant goes against what I know. But once I realized following them meant losing my family, I put down that torch. I choose to be gay. So that I could serve my family, my people through my life and how I love, the sheer quality of the love I spread.

Just because they are lost and have forgotten why they are here doesn't mean all of us have.

Peace,

Q


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115. "first of all..."
In response to Reply # 95


  

          

I SAID THAT Q
>I did choose to be gay.
>I choose it. I picked
>it like someone asked me
>which color did I prefer.
>I liked both colors, both
>blue and pink, but at
>the end of the day,
>I'd rather be with blue
>instead of pink because pink
>spoke to me in ways
>I didn't know I could
>be spoken to.
>
>I chose blue.
>
>I chose to be gay.
please stop generalizing ish to somehow fit your frame of mind..ok?

>Now, to the person who related
>stories about "not being gay
>because who wants to get
>their ass beaten everyday for
>being gay" well, I never
>did. I was picked on.
>And it hurt. But I
>fought back and that shut
>them up or they kept
>on.
i was beaten up because folk knew i was gay and i defended myself. not to be mean, but why the hell would you generalize your life for mine? what happened to you didn't happen to me, Q..like i said, THAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE..NOT MINE.

>I wasn't disowned, I threw myself
>away from my family because
>white gay people told me
>that my family was homophobic
>because they are Black and
>my 18 year old ass
>believed them.
my parents didn't speak to me for a couple of years after they met my man freshman year...in spite of all that, i NEVER threw myself away from my family plain and simple it's not my fault you were whitewashed (oops, brainwashed) into thinking like that. was it?

>If I chose to be ostracized,
>I must have felt being
>outside was okay with me.
>I never allowed myself, to
>fully believe that I was
>cut off from my family
>or other Black people. I
>spent three years away from
>my family because I was
>ashamed of my choice, but
>it was my choice and
>no one could or can
>bother me because I CHOSE
>TO LOVE and Love brought
>me to men.
not me...i WAS ostracized by many family members i didn't osctracize myself from anyone folk did that on their own. im quite happy being on myown...BUT, that doesn't mean im not blind to people keeping their distance from me..

>
>On the Afrocentric tip, I believe
>that before I was born,
>I spoke to my ancestors
>about being a gatekeeper for
>my people. They told me
>it would be hard, but
>I decided to do it
>anyway. Being a gatekeeper meant
>my heart would be more
>open to the songs of
>men than women. I knew
>what it cost and decided
>I could pay that price
>with something to spare.
>
>My Ancestors sent me down.
>
>It was choosen.
true i can't argue with you there.

>The Gay Eurocentric cant goes against
>what I know. But once
>I realized following them meant
>losing my family, I put
>down that torch. I choose
>to be gay. So that
>I could serve my family,
>my people through my life
>and how I love, the
>sheer quality of the love
>I spread.
>
>Just because they are lost and
>have forgotten why they are
>here doesn't mean all of
>us have.
i wont comment on this one...you can hvae this shit right here Q...
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124. "My POINT"
In response to Reply # 115


          

Is what your rebuttal was to the orginal posting.

It is your experience that you wouldn't "choose" being gay because you wouldn't want to get beat up, ostracized, etc. But that is YOUR view.

Just as, when I was coming out, I was surrounded by white gay people, when you came out, you had a community of Black gay people to bring you into queerness.

Neither one of our stories are that unique and I am sure we could find enough people to vouch for either one. However, I think you are generalizing whenever you start in with this pity tip of why would I want to be gay and suffer all of these indignities because I never saw being gay as unnatural. Never understood it as bad, I understood being called out my name as bad, but when you are 5 years old, being called a punk or 7 being called a faggot, the words tend to reflect gender, not sexuality. And when I started to develop sexual feelings, why, they had no name at all. I didn't chastize myself for looking wherever my eyes wondered. Sex is natural whether with male or female and I never had any reason to think differently.

And although I was "whitewashed", I don't continue to be. However, when you start that tip, you sound like every gay white person I have ever come across. Of course, you'll use that to "cement" the validity of your claim, but it always seemed an assimulation technique and I am not into those. Be aware, my "whitewashing" only lasted a year and I was a renegade by 19 because I refused to go along with them when I started to see through. I have been a renegade longer than I have been "whitewashed" and if I were you, I would be careful about pointing fingers and looking askance because there are other ways to swallow their rhetoric other than actively sitting in that circle. Watching _Will and Grace_ most of their movies, most of their books, you come across it and you become acculturated.

But my deeper point, is that I will not have you telling a bunch of str8 people how to receive all queer sexualities because that isn't right. Offer your experience, but fight for a greater understanding.

I know some people don't feel that they choose his or her sexuality. There are str8 folks on this post that attest to that themselves. However, if you are going to come from a place of negativity, come from one that is positive as well -- please. We aren't living in the 50's anymore and our lives as queer folk is so much different than those who came before us. For example, when I estranged and was estranged from my family, I made another family that wasn't of my blood, a family I am still connected with and they took much of my pain away as well as helped to mold me into a better person. I met people who saw me in ways that my family couldn't and helped to shape me according to my own heart, soul, intelligence and talent. People who let me stay with them when I was homeless, who looked out for me when I was spinning out of control, who held my hand when I was cold, who were my mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters. It ain't all doom and gloom. Ain't all slings and arrows. There is beauty and grace in it, too.

And as for me, I did choose. And there are people who back me, too. The post-gay movement, the original one, is one that, when I read about it, made me feel at home because it gave credence to the women I sought, loved, and lusted over (oh, and sexed). It was a concious decision. I needed to know. And so I set out to find out which meant opening myself as wide as I could and not allowing gender to be a bar because it wasn't really a bar, just the gay community was telling me that it was supposed to be.

At the age of 22, I made a choice. I met a girl I had a crush on and we kicked it. But something was missing, and no, it wasn't a penis. It was an inability, on my behalf, the same one I kept running into, the inability to really open up. The same inability that made the women that compose my family miserable with the men in their lives (until recently, they are finding the right ones!!) and they raised me not to be like that. Then I talked to a bisexual friend of mine, who, while dissing trendy bi people, said, "Sex is easy. Relationships are hard." So I made a decision and I stuck with it.

I _could_ continue to have sex with women. I could have a sexual relationship with a woman. But the things I look for in a relationship, the things I think everyone looks for in a relationship with another soul, the veil pulled aside, the self shown full, naked, and beautifully human, I can't do that. Yet, I can do that with men and I like having sex with men, too and I can have a sexual relationship with a man and draw that veil aside.

I chose. I had that freedom to do so. And I did. No one dictated my sexuality for me, I did it for myself. And being that it is my choice, I don't decry anyone's stupidity, a safe world was not promised me, I was promised a world where I would have to fight and struggle and have one person wherein the outside world did not matter.

Peace,

Q



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"I am because we are; we are because I am."

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127. "RE: My POINT"
In response to Reply # 124


  

          

>Is what your rebuttal was to
>the orginal posting.
sure it was...

>It is your experience that you
>wouldn't "choose" being gay because
>you wouldn't want to get
>beat up, ostracized, etc. But
>that is YOUR view.
no..try again ok? no it is NOT my experience on choosing to be gay or not..i said i didn't CHOOSE to have A LOT of what i mentioned inmy post happen to me NOR would i want ti to happen to anyone else.

>Just as, when I was coming
>out, I was surrounded by
>white gay people, when you
>came out, you had a
>community of Black gay people
>to bring you into queerness.
sure did..and i can count A LOT of othe rpeople of color who helped bring me into "queerness" as you put it...nothing wrong with that. i just wish youd stop automatically assuming that the experiences you had speak for ALL OF US..when they OBVIOUSLY DO NOT...

>
>Neither one of our stories are
>that unique and I am
>sure we could find enough
>people to vouch for either
>one. However, I think you
>are generalizing whenever you start
>in with this pity tip
>of why would I want
>to be gay and suffer
>all of these indignities because
>I never saw being gay
>as unnatural.
no pity tip..i just said what was on my mind...pity? maybe you should figure out WHERE you got that one from, Quentin. cause i was NOT thinking that i should pity you in that particular part of my post...

Never understood it
>as bad, I understood being
>called out my name as
>bad, but when you are
>5 years old, being called
>a punk or 7 being
>called a faggot, the words
>tend to reflect gender, not
>sexuality.
you sure cause i dont remember any GIRLS being called faggots. sorry, but faggot has ALWAYS reflected sexuality for as long as i can remember. but, fuck it, im wrong im sure (insertsarcasminconhere)

And when I started
>to develop sexual feelings, why,
>they had no name at
>all. I didn't chastize myself
>for looking wherever my eyes
>wondered. Sex is natural whether
>with male or female and
>I never had any reason
>to think differently.
i didn't do that either..sorry you thought otherwise.

>And although I was "whitewashed", I
>don't continue to be. However,
>when you start that tip,
>you sound like every gay
>white person I have ever
>come across.
Nope once again stop assuming you're so sure of what im saying. i said whitewashed cause that's what was on my mind plain and simple...just like you sound like every annoying gay man i've come across who seek to somehow find some kind of commonality in their experiences with white gay men and gay men of color who cam about their "queerness" around other men who LOOKED LIKE THEM...but im just talking off the side of my neck, right Q?

Of course, you'll
>use that to "cement" the
>validity of your claim, but
>it always seemed an assimulation
>technique and I am not
>into those.
No technique, just me saying what's on my mind. i am allowed to do that here, right?

Be aware, my
>"whitewashing" only lasted a year
>and I was a renegade
>by 19 because I refused
>to go along with them
>when I started to see
>through.
good for you, Q....let's celebrate your introduction to the TRUTH.ok?

I have been a
>renegade longer than I have
>been "whitewashed" and if I
>were you, I would be
>careful about pointing fingers and
>looking askance because there are
>other ways to swallow their
>rhetoric other than actively sitting
>in that circle. Watching _Will
>and Grace_ most of their
>movies, most of their books,
>you come across it and
>you become acculturated.
BULLSHIT! ill point my fingers whereever i choose...swallowing their rhetoric? i think not Q..try again. first off, i dont see any alternative agenda in watching Will And Grace. the show IS funny..ill give them that. but it is WRITTEN for str8 folk anyways...so i already KNOW i wont find any acculturation there. most of their movies/most oftheir books---most of their movies suck (since they all fit intothe arena of mainstream entertainment) and most of their books I dont read cause they do NOT reflect me or other men of color in any KIND of positive light. but you're right..I AM accultured--by things that are NOT WHITE....but what would you know? you like QUEER AS FOLK--a damn show that has NOTHING but white people on the show fetishizing so many aspects of mainstream gay culture that YOU are so sure i am being accultured of. once again, i dont watch QUEER AS FOLK..YOU DO. look at yourself beforeyou look at me or others, please?

>But my deeper point, is that
>I will not have you
>telling a bunch of str8
>people how to receive all
>queer sexualities because that isn't
>right. Offer your experience, but
>fight for a greater understanding.
how do you feel im telling str8 people that? on this fucking site? get a grip, Q..really GET ONE. you will ALWAYS get realness and honesty fromme on this subject..my post is jus tthat..MY POST. you've spoken tome enough on the phone toknow otherwise..but, maybe you dont.

>
>I know some people don't feel
>that they choose his or
>her sexuality. There are str8
>folks on this post that
>attest to that themselves. However,
>if you are going to
>come from a place of
>negativity, come from one that
>is positive as well --
>please. We aren't living in
>the 50's anymore and our
>lives as queer folk is
>so much different than those
>who came before us. For
>example, when I estranged and
>was estranged from my family,
>I made another family that
>wasn't of my blood, a
>family I am still connected
>with and they took much
>of my pain away as
>well as helped to mold
>me into a better person.
good for you...

>I met people who saw
>me in ways that my
>family couldn't and helped to
>shape me according to my
>own heart, soul, intelligence and
>talent. People who let me
>stay with them when I
>was homeless, who looked out
>for me when I was
>spinning out of control, who
>held my hand when I
>was cold, who were my
>mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters.
>It ain't all doom and
>gloom. Ain't all slings and
>arrows. There is beauty and
>grace in it, too.
who said it was? different strokes for different folks, Q you and i have very DIFFERENT experiences...so what? stop assuming mine was somehow negative bsaedon what i say here and the simple fact that you dont seem to be comprehending MY SPACES IN LIFE very well..

>And as for me, I did
>choose. And there are people
>who back me, too. The
>post-gay movement, the original one,
>is one that, when I
>read about it, made me
>feel at home because it
>gave credence to the women
>I sought, loved, and lusted
>over (oh, and sexed). It
>was a concious decision. I
>needed to know. And so
>I set out to find
>out which meant opening myself
>as wide as I could
>and not allowing gender to
>be a bar because it
>wasn't really a bar, just
>the gay community was telling
>me that it was supposed
>to be.
ehh...agreed with reservations.

>At the age of 22, I
>made a choice. I met
>a girl I had a
>crush on and we kicked
>it. But something was missing,
>and no, it wasn't a
>penis. It was an inability,
>on my behalf, the same
>one I kept running into,
>the inability to really open
>up. The same inability that
>made the women that compose
>my family miserable with the
>men in their lives (until
>recently, they are finding the
>right ones!!) and they raised
>me not to be like
>that. Then I talked to
>a bisexual friend of mine,
>who, while dissing trendy bi
>people, said, "Sex is easy.
>Relationships are hard." So I
>made a decision and I
>stuck with it.
>
>I _could_ continue to have sex
>with women. I could have
>a sexual relationship with a
>woman. But the things I
>look for in a relationship,
>the things I think everyone
>looks for in a relationship
>with another soul, the veil
>pulled aside, the self shown
>full, naked, and beautifully human,
>I can't do that. Yet,
>I can do that with
>men and I like having
>sex with men, too and
>I can have a sexual
>relationship with a man and
>draw that veil aside.
>
>I chose. I had that freedom
>to do so. And I
>did. No one dictated my
>sexuality for me, I did
>it for myself. And being
>that it is my choice,
>I don't decry anyone's stupidity,
>a safe world was not
>promised me, I was promised
>a world where I would
>have to fight and struggle
>and have one person wherein
>the outside world did not
>matter.
okay..what's good foryou aint good for me or anyoneelse. you can have THIS too...
RC

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133. "RE: My POINT"
In response to Reply # 127


          

>>Is what your rebuttal was to
>>the orginal posting.
>sure it was...

I don't mean to be ugly, but you are such an ass sometimes.

>>It is your experience that you
>>wouldn't "choose" being gay because
>>you wouldn't want to get
>>beat up, ostracized, etc. But
>>that is YOUR view.
>no..try again ok? no it is
>NOT my experience on choosing
>to be gay or not..i
>said i didn't CHOOSE to
>have A LOT of what
>i mentioned inmy post happen
>to me NOR would i
>want ti to happen to
>anyone else.


And what _I AM SAYING_ is that that did not happen to ME. It was NOT MY EXPERIENCE! So why don't you stop playing that violin for str8 people so they can feel sorry for you. That is not my experience and I would like it if, since you seem to feel like the spokesperson for all things queer here on OkayPlayer, you would at least try to be a little bit more OPEN about the "slices of homosexuality" you try to impart. DIG!

>sure did..and i can count A
>LOT of othe rpeople of
>color who helped bring me
>into "queerness" as you put
>it...nothing wrong with that. i
>just wish youd stop automatically
>assuming that the experiences you
>had speak for ALL OF
>US..when they OBVIOUSLY DO NOT...


And _I_ NEVER SAID I didn't have ANY! So you can stop trying to play your fucking "ENOUGH" games, ok? Nothing wrong with how I got there either -- I got there. And in getting there, I learned how to think outside the box, when are you going to learn that same lesson?

And I wish you would stop automatically thinking you are the OkayPlayer expert on what it is to be gay/queer/SGL/homosexual/bi/lesbian, etc.! Because if there is one thing that comes clear is that you have obviously not looked at anyone else's sexuality or researched it, save your own. I think more of US would say that you are more AT FAULT for trying to SPEAK FOR ALL OF US!

What is it to speak for all of us if I say "I choose" ? Where is the WE, Ryan? Where the FUCK is it? I would prefer it if you did not make claims that are snatched from the air of whatever most recent drug you are on because, Baby, I only spoke for myself and while I let you get away with it, the first time you said that, I can't let you continue because you were as wrong then as you are now.

>
>

>no pity tip..i just said what
>was on my mind...pity? maybe
>you should figure out WHERE
>you got that one from,
>Quentin. cause i was NOT
>thinking that i should pity
>you in that particular part
>of my post...

PART of the problem is that you are mis-reading. Not pity me. Through choosing, I DEFY pity. However, by saying all that stuff, you are playing the pity card -- especially if it is not lined up with the positive aspects of your life. It's all doom and gloom and if you want to present yourself that way, go right ahead, but I certainly hope being a cocksucker hasn't been that horrible to your personhood.

>you sure cause i dont remember
>any GIRLS being called faggots.
>sorry, but faggot has ALWAYS
>reflected sexuality for as long
>as i can remember. but,
>fuck it, im wrong im
>sure (insertsarcasminconhere)

OF COURSE YOU ARE WRONG! Damnit, ever heard of GENDER! I mean, I am pretty sexuall proficient, but I wasn't FUCKING AT THE AGE OF SEVEN! And therefore being called FAGGOT had to do with gender, not with getting a DICK UP MY ASS! God, Ryan, get a clue, no, get six! Gender comes first and obviously I wasn't playing by gender rules. *insertwake-upiconhere*



>Nope once again stop assuming you're
>so sure of what im
>saying. i said whitewashed cause
>that's what was on my
>mind plain and simple...just like
>you sound like every annoying
>gay man i've come across
>who seek to somehow find
>some kind of commonality in
>their experiences with white gay
>men and gay men of
>color who cam about their
>"queerness" around other men who
>LOOKED LIKE THEM...but im just
>talking off the side of
>my neck, right Q?

YEP! And out your ass, too. YOU sound like you wrote the fucking HRC Bible with all of your tragic homosexual stories. You sound like all the gay white men who annoy the FUCK outta me with all of their assimulationist tactics. I am not trying to be like them. I am not trying to be like you either. And I CERTAINLY never heard any of them talking about choosing to be gay, but that never entered your brain, did it. You are just talking bullshit and you know it and if you didn't, I'm telling you. I am a queer man of color and I know for a FACT that there are many other queer men of color whose coming out reflects my own. So, I am not alone. And I am very pleased that you had a community of color to come out into. I didn't. So the fuck what? Does that make me, suddenly, white? Does that make me white-identified? Does that make you better than me? See, THAT is what it truly means to be white-identified, your superiority complex. Listen here, you are NOT superior to me in any way shape form idea or suggestion, so you BEST stop right there.


>No technique, just me saying what's
>on my mind. i am
>allowed to do that here,
>right?

Certainly. But I am, too, right? Without you standing over my shoulder approving it with your ruler, right? Get over yourself!

>good for you, Q....let's celebrate your
>introduction to the TRUTH.ok?

Yes, let's. And while we are at it, let's begin your introduction to it.

Ok!


>>you become acculturated.
>BULLSHIT! ill point my fingers whereever
>i choose...swallowing their rhetoric? i
>think not Q..try again. first
>off, i dont see any
>alternative agenda in watching Will
>And Grace.

And this is where it begins. It is rhetoric. You see that brain cell over there? It's just begging to grow! With Will being the "normal/standerd" gay man and Jack being the "stereotype" that which no one is really supposed to aspire to. He is presented as flamboyant, unemployed, lacking intelligence and just silly. How is that different than how white people used to and in many cases still view Black people?

This model also represents what is valued and devalued in Euro-American gay culture.

So you see, it is rhetoric.


>the show IS
>funny..ill give them that. but
>it is WRITTEN for str8
>folk anyways...so i already KNOW
>i wont find any acculturation
>there.

Oh PLEASE! It is written by two gay white men!!! Where have you been on the gay activist tip all these years????

> most of their movies/most
>oftheir books---most of their movies
>suck (since they all fit
>intothe arena of mainstream entertainment)
>and most of their books
>I dont read cause they
>do NOT reflect me or
>other men of color in
>any KIND of positive light.
>but you're right..I AM accultured--by
>things that are NOT WHITE....but
>what would you know?

I would know that you say that and you think that, but what falls out of your mouth half the time sounds like it came out of a gay white pamphlet. I would also know that you don't seem to have the scholarly acumen to research and realize that there ARE books that reflect us and that not all books written by white people in regard to people of color are negative. I would know that you would have everyone think you are Blacker than the Blackest cat, but you still say things and have attitudes that are far from that, that paint pictures of you, from your mouth, that are not positive to Black people or Black queer folk.

I would know that you aren't trying to put your story out there. That you are continuing to present those same negative attributes, only with your own mouth. That much, I would know. Don't be mad at me for trying to get you to see yourself in more forms... but, that's right, I guess you don't need people... unless they are willing to worship you.

>you like QUEER AS FOLK--a damn
>show that has NOTHING but
>white people on the show
>fetishizing so many aspects of
>mainstream gay culture that YOU
>are so sure i am
>being accultured of. once again,
>i dont watch QUEER AS
>FOLK..YOU DO. look at yourself
>beforeyou look at me or
>others, please?

Maybe you need to look at me again because I am not sure who the fuck you think you're seeing but it sure as fuck ain't me! You won't, but you can ask my partner (come on, where's your comment about me dating a white man? Drop that low... you know you want to...) or Kevin: I don't watch Queer as Folk. I watched the first episode to sate my intellectual curiousity, but that was it. I led a discussion on both GLBPOC and BSGLM about its advertising tactics because it featured homophobic Black women.

So... what you gonna say about THAT? MR. I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNOW YOURSELF? You don't know shit about me, Mister, especially if you think I watch that drivel. The same with Will & Grace, I only started watching it after that slur to the Latino community and after that to watch the devalued characters... which means, I could write a paper on it if I wanted... however, I stopped after Jack was "Black" because it pissed me off. You have no idea about my politics, only my past and I would appreciate it if you ASKED me instead of going on with your wrongheaded assumptions because, in this case, it just makes an ass... of you.


>how do you feel im telling
>str8 people that? on this
>fucking site? get a grip,
>Q..really GET ONE. you will
>ALWAYS get realness and honesty
>fromme on this subject..my post
>is jus tthat..MY POST. you've
>spoken tome enough on the
>phone toknow otherwise..but, maybe you
>dont.

I can say the same thing and, actually, I do. But you know, it's hard to really get to know someone who only presents himself as smoke and mirrors and who is not trying to know you, but see how you fit into his pre-judged conception of who you are.

>>
>>I know some people don't feel
>>that they choose his or
>>her sexuality. There are str8
>>folks on this post that
>>attest to that themselves. However,
>>if you are going to
>>come from a place of
>>negativity, come from one that
>>is positive as well --
>>please. We aren't living in
>>the 50's anymore and our
>>lives as queer folk is
>>so much different than those
>>who came before us. For
>>example, when I estranged and
>>was estranged from my family,
>>I made another family that
>>wasn't of my blood, a
>>family I am still connected
>>with and they took much
>>of my pain away as
>>well as helped to mold
>>me into a better person.
>good for you...

Thank you.


>who said it was? different strokes
>for different folks, Q you
>and i have very DIFFERENT
>experiences...so what? stop assuming mine
>was somehow negative bsaedon what
>i say here and the
>simple fact that you dont
>seem to be comprehending MY
>SPACES IN LIFE very well..

Honey, I am not assuming it. In fact, it should be clear to you that if I am assuming, I am assuming the CONTRARY to the gloom and doom you are always going on and on about in here. I don't comprehend them not because I am unwilling, but because you don't share them. Nothing says that you have to, but you, yourself said that you don't trust other Black gay men because you think they are shady and prefer the company of Black str8 men. Well, fine, but I am a Black gay man and I have been offering you nothing but my firendship and my honesty and open-ness since I first made contact with you. Maybe you should break down your negative stereotypes of Black gay men? But that isn't for me to say so I do retract it.

>
>>And as for me, I did
>>choose. And there are people
>>who back me, too. The
>>post-gay movement, the original one,
>>is one that, when I
>>read about it, made me
>>feel at home because it
>>gave credence to the women
>>I sought, loved, and lusted
>>over (oh, and sexed). It
>>was a concious decision. I
>>needed to know. And so
>>I set out to find
>>out which meant opening myself
>>as wide as I could
>>and not allowing gender to
>>be a bar because it
>>wasn't really a bar, just
>>the gay community was telling
>>me that it was supposed
>>to be.
>ehh...agreed with reservations.

What are they. You haven't held back throughout this post, why here. Come on, Ryan. Let it out.

>okay..what's good foryou aint good for
>me or anyoneelse. you can
>have THIS too...


It doesn't have to be good for you or anyone else. However, I am not alone and there are other people who feel the way I feel with their own slant.

I am glad I am strong enough in myself not to need your validation.

Peace,

Q

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"I am because we are; we are because I am."

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139. "RE: My POINT"
In response to Reply # 133


  

          

>>>Is what your rebuttal was to
>>>the orginal posting.
>>sure it was...
>
>I don't mean to be ugly,
>but you are such an
>ass sometimes.
i sure can..and what about it?

>>>It is your experience that you
>>>wouldn't "choose" being gay because
>>>you wouldn't want to get
>>>beat up, ostracized, etc. But
>>>that is YOUR view.
>>no..try again ok? no it is
>>NOT my experience on choosing
>>to be gay or not..i
>>said i didn't CHOOSE to
>>have A LOT of what
>>i mentioned inmy post happen
>>to me NOR would i
>>want ti to happen to
>>anyone else.
>
>
>And what _I AM SAYING_ is
>that that did not happen
>to ME. It was NOT
>MY EXPERIENCE! So why don't
>you stop playing that violin
>for str8 people so they
>can feel sorry for you.
i aint playing shit for str8 folk, Q...why do i need to be ANYTHING for them when i DO WELL FOR ME...???

>That is not my experience
>and I would like it
>if, since you seem to
>feel like the spokesperson for
>all things queer here on
>OkayPlayer, you would at least
>try to be a little
>bit more OPEN about the
>"slices of homosexuality" you try
>to impart. DIG!
spokesperson for what? shut the fuck up, Q...how about that? never once have i TRIED to come off as being a know it all on sexuality...i am as OPEN as i need to be. sorry i dont lay my shit OUT there for all to see..and that's me. i only tell shit from my own perspective and from what I HAVE experienced...

>>sure did..and i can count A
>>LOT of othe rpeople of
>>color who helped bring me
>>into "queerness" as you put
>>it...nothing wrong with that. i
>>just wish youd stop automatically
>>assuming that the experiences you
>>had speak for ALL OF
>>US..when they OBVIOUSLY DO NOT...
>
>
>And _I_ NEVER SAID I didn't
>have ANY! So you can
>stop trying to play your
>fucking "ENOUGH" games, ok? Nothing
>wrong with how I got
>there either -- I got
>there. And in getting there,
>I learned how to think
>outside the box, when are
>you going to learn that
>same lesson?
i never said there was...i have always thought outside the box, Q...just because my way of thinking is no where NEAR as convoluted as yours dont mean im wrong..just means we both come about things in our own way..

>And I wish you would stop
>automatically thinking you are the
>OkayPlayer expert on what it
>is to be gay/queer/SGL/homosexual/bi/lesbian, etc.!
>Because if there is one
>thing that comes clear is
>that you have obviously not
>looked at anyone else's sexuality
>or researched it, save your
>own. I think more of
>US would say that you
>are more AT FAULT for
>trying to SPEAK FOR ALL
>OF US!
stop the bullshit ok? pull up posts in which i speak for someone else...i SPEAK FOR ME--RYAN D. CANTY plain and simple. no one said you had tolisten to LIKE what i have to say but you BETTER DAMN WELL respect my space to say it..something you have YET to do, Q....

>What is it to speak for
>all of us if I
>say "I choose" ? Where
>is the WE, Ryan? Where
>the FUCK is it? I
>would prefer it if you
>did not make claims that
>are snatched from the air
>of whatever most recent drug
>you are on because, Baby,
>I only spoke for myself
>and while I let you
>get away with it, the
>first time you said that,
>I can't let you continue
>because you were as wrong
>then as you are now.
Negro please... look above for the response to this part of your post. and THINK....you might learn something.

>
>>
>>
>
>>no pity tip..i just said what
>>was on my mind...pity? maybe
>>you should figure out WHERE
>>you got that one from,
>>Quentin. cause i was NOT
>>thinking that i should pity
>>you in that particular part
>>of my post...
>
>PART of the problem is that
>you are mis-reading. Not pity
>me. Through choosing, I DEFY
>pity. However, by saying all
>that stuff, you are playing
>the pity card -- especially
>if it is not lined
>up with the positive aspects
>of your life.
try AGAIN...i dont play the pity card why would i when i dont pity myself? it's fine ifyou, but i dont.

It's all
>doom and gloom and if
>you want to present yourself
>that way, go right ahead,
>but I certainly hope being
>a cocksucker hasn't been that
>horrible to your personhood.
once again, you assume WAAAY TOO MUCH about me and you dont even know MUCH at that...ill present myself any damn way i can. never ONCE have i come off as being all doom and gloom. it's not my fault you perceive shit that was NEVER THERE...yup i love dick. but sorry Q--im sorry that my years of whoreness never caught up to yours...

>>you sure cause i dont remember
>>any GIRLS being called faggots.
>>sorry, but faggot has ALWAYS
>>reflected sexuality for as long
>>as i can remember. but,
>>fuck it, im wrong im
>>sure (insertsarcasminconhere)
>
>OF COURSE YOU ARE WRONG! Damnit,
>ever heard of GENDER! I
>mean, I am pretty sexuall
>proficient, but I wasn't FUCKING
>AT THE AGE OF SEVEN!
>And therefore being called FAGGOT
>had to do with gender,
>not with getting a DICK
>UP MY ASS! God, Ryan,
>get a clue, no, get
>six! Gender comes first and
>obviously I wasn't playing by
>gender rules. *insertwake-upiconhere*
been awake maybe you should wipe the shit out of your eyes before you speak, Q...try that sometime, ok?

>
>
>>Nope once again stop assuming you're
>>so sure of what im
>>saying. i said whitewashed cause
>>that's what was on my
>>mind plain and simple...just like
>>you sound like every annoying
>>gay man i've come across
>>who seek to somehow find
>>some kind of commonality in
>>their experiences with white gay
>>men and gay men of
>>color who cam about their
>>"queerness" around other men who
>>LOOKED LIKE THEM...but im just
>>talking off the side of
>>my neck, right Q?
>
>YEP! And out your ass, too.
>YOU sound like you wrote
>the fucking HRC Bible with
>all of your tragic homosexual
>stories.
i sure did and youre the BITCH who assumed that i come OFF LIKE that...moron.

You sound like all
>the gay white men who
>annoy the FUCK outta me
>with all of their assimulationist
>tactics. I am not trying
>to be like them. I
>am not trying to be
>like you either.
i am glad you aren't trying to be me, thank GOD you were in line when god gave you THAT realization....assimiatlionist--you get all of THAT from this post? check ya self before you wreck ya self, dun dun...i am THE LAST person who woul dbe on THAT TIP...you should've figured THAT GEM A LOOONG ASS TIME AGO..but, you didn't..im not suprised. and since we're speaking on shit now, you have ANNOYED the FUCK out of me since day one..just in direct response to you calling me an ass above..


And I
>CERTAINLY never heard any of
>them talking about choosing to
>be gay, but that never
>entered your brain, did it.
>You are just talking bullshit
>and you know it and
>if you didn't, I'm telling
>you. I am a queer
>man of color and I
>know for a FACT that
>there are many other queer
>men of color whose coming
>out reflects my own.
yup..just like there are MANY gay men of color whose coming out experiences have REFLECTED MINE also..what does that say? that many gay men of color came about their consciousness of what it means to be OF COLOR and GAY or BI on their own and figuredout how to tailor SHIT to fit THEIR NEEDS...once again, STOP assuming how you came out IS the barometer for all gay men of color to COME OUT....i know you THOUGHT the world revolves around your sorry ass but newsflash: it doesnt.


So,
>I am not alone. And
>I am very pleased that
>you had a community of
>color to come out into.
>I didn't. So the fuck
>what? Does that make me,
>suddenly, white? Does that make
>me white-identified? Does that make
>you better than me?
no it just means that i have experiences DIFFERENT than yours which dont MAKE SENSE to you nor are they SUPPOSED TO. u experienced shit ididnt..SO? i dealt with shit you didnt? AND WHAT?? get a gripand move on...


See,
>THAT is what it truly
>means to be white-identified, your
>superiority complex. Listen here, you
>are NOT superior to me
>in any way shape form
>idea or suggestion, so you
>BEST stop right there.
never said i was superior to you, Q..did i? once again, bring up ANY POST OF MINE here and in general in which i come OFF like that..and then, figure out how WELL you know me..realization--you are ASSUMING COMPLETE AND NONSENSICAL BULLSHIT about me. get it/got it/good
>
>>No technique, just me saying what's
>>on my mind. i am
>>allowed to do that here,
>>right?
>
>Certainly. But I am, too, right?
>Without you standing over my
>shoulder approving it with your
>ruler, right? Get over yourself!
pull dildo out of your ass and BREATHE..it helps sometimes.
>
>>good for you, Q....let's celebrate your
>>introduction to the TRUTH.ok?
>
>Yes, let's. And while we are
>at it, let's begin your
>introduction to it.
>
>Ok!
been seeing TRUTH for long time...just not the TRUTH you want to see..remember, there are SEVERAL VARIATIONS of the truth. what is "right" to someone may NOT be "right" to someone else...

>
>>>you become acculturated.
>>BULLSHIT! ill point my fingers whereever
>>i choose...swallowing their rhetoric? i
>>think not Q..try again. first
>>off, i dont see any
>>alternative agenda in watching Will
>>And Grace.
>
>And this is where it begins.
>It is rhetoric. You see
>that brain cell over there?
>It's just begging to grow!
>With Will being the "normal/standerd"
>gay man and Jack being
>the "stereotype" that which no
>one is really supposed to
>aspire to. He is presented
>as flamboyant, unemployed, lacking intelligence
>and just silly. How is
>that different than how white
>people used to and in
>many cases still view Black
>people?
Jack IS a stereotype..NO SHIT! and what is will? he's nothing MORE than the ideal version of what many white gay men are toay: upper class/attractive/and secretly having a desire to be STR8..honestly, NEITHER ONE are stereotypes i want to live up to? why..cause i have NO desire to BE a stereotype..do you?

>This model also represents what is
>valued and devalued in Euro-American
>gay culture.
>
>So you see, it is rhetoric.
is it or just bullshit i've denounced and you LIVE BY?

>
>
>>the show IS
>>funny..ill give them that. but
>>it is WRITTEN for str8
>>folk anyways...so i already KNOW
>>i wont find any acculturation
>>there.
>
>Oh PLEASE! It is written by
>two gay white men!!! Where
>have you been on the
>gay activist tip all these
>years????
um actually, james burrows is one of the creators of the show and last i checked he isn't gay...i DO remember him rolling to my school (he is an alum) with his wife, but remember im not on the gay activist tip (nor have a IEVER BEEN) so i wouldnt know, right?

>> most of their movies/most
>>oftheir books---most of their movies
>>suck (since they all fit
>>intothe arena of mainstream entertainment)
>>and most of their books
>>I dont read cause they
>>do NOT reflect me or
>>other men of color in
>>any KIND of positive light.
>>but you're right..I AM accultured--by
>>things that are NOT WHITE....but
>>what would you know?
>
>I would know that you say
>that and you think that,
>but what falls out of
>your mouth half the time
>sounds like it came out
>of a gay white pamphlet.
>I would also know that
>you don't seem to have
>the scholarly acumen to research
>and realize that there ARE
>books that reflect us and
>that not all books written
>by white people in regard
>to people of color are
>negative.
once again, stop assuming things about me you can NOT back up...i have ALWAYS KNOWN there are books that reflect us..negro i KNEW about Joesph Beam before you GOT AN EFFING CLUE about beinga gay man of color...essex hemphill, randall keenan, etc. ROLL ON WITH THE WACKNESS just like i know that there are books written by white men which have characters of color inthem that are NOT negative...YET, TOO MUCH of what is written by white gay men about colored folk IS: stereotypical/ objectified CRAP...or am i wrong?


I would know that
>you would have everyone think
>you are Blacker than the
>Blackest cat, but you still
>say things and have attitudes
>that are far from that,
>that paint pictures of you,
>from your mouth, that are
>not positive to Black people
>or Black queer folk.
WHATEVER...never ONCE did i say i was the STANDARD from which folk need to grow from..I am WHO I AM...i dont portray myself out to be black than thou..I DO portray myself to being PROUD of my blackness and all that comes with it..YOU on the other hand, KEEP LOOKING for that love...when you find it, call me sometime so i can tellyou shit you've been MISSING.

>I would know that you aren't
>trying to put your story
>out there. That you are
>continuing to present those same
>negative attributes, only with your
>own mouth. That much, I
>would know. Don't be mad
>at me for trying to
>get you to see yourself
>in more forms... but, that's
>right, I guess you don't
>need people... unless they are
>willing to worship you.
whatever..you are the KING of assumptions...THIS SHIT HERE ISN'T ME...and YOU know that...no,i dont need folk who are ignorant misinformed foul and generally CRACKED in the head...seems like YOU fit all of the things i just mentioned..nothing wrong with being by yourself or having a FEW folk close to you..is it?

>>you like QUEER AS FOLK--a damn
>>show that has NOTHING but
>>white people on the show
>>fetishizing so many aspects of
>>mainstream gay culture that YOU
>>are so sure i am
>>being accultured of. once again,
>>i dont watch QUEER AS
>>FOLK..YOU DO. look at yourself
>>beforeyou look at me or
>>others, please?
>
>Maybe you need to look at
>me again because I am
>not sure who the fuck
>you think you're seeing but
>it sure as fuck ain't
>me!
I've been seeing A LOT about you though..and i dont LIKE what I SEE AT ALL


You won't, but you
>can ask my partner (come
>on, where's your comment about
>me dating a white man?
>Drop that low... you know
>you want to...)
that WOULD be your attack of me...NEGRO i dont care if you fuckin a white boy a clear boy a pink boy a orange boy a whateva boy...are you happy? i hope so..that's the ONLY thing that concerns me...i KNOW that you find it so ODD that i've never dated a white man...but that IS your perception of me isn't it..

or Kevin:
>I don't watch Queer as
>Folk. I watched the first
>episode to sate my intellectual
>curiousity, but that was it.
>I led a discussion on
>both GLBPOC and BSGLM about
>its advertising tactics because it
>featured homophobic Black women.
>
>So... what you gonna say about
>THAT? MR. I KNOW YOU
>BETTER THAN YOU KNOW YOURSELF?
>You don't know shit about
>me, Mister, especially if you
>think I watch that drivel.
GLBPOC AND BSGLM? wow..you subscribe tot hat? SO FUCKING WHAT...and i know a BIG section of folk who POST there..get over yourself. good for you you launched a discussion about how black women are portrayed on the show...and the conclusion of this is? WHAT? hmm...moving along


>The same with Will &
>Grace, I only started watching
>it after that slur to
>the Latino community and after
>that to watch the devalued
>characters... which means, I could
>write a paper on it
>if I wanted... however, I
>stopped after Jack was "Black"
>because it pissed me off.
>You have no idea about
>my politics, only my past
>and I would appreciate it
>if you ASKED me instead
>of going on with your
>wrongheaded assumptions because, in this
>case, it just makes an
>ass... of you.
and what are you doing to me? SHUT THE FUCK UP, Q...politics? do you KNOW MINE? have you BOTHERED TO ASK? NOPE...moving along.

>
>>how do you feel im telling
>>str8 people that? on this
>>fucking site? get a grip,
>>Q..really GET ONE. you will
>>ALWAYS get realness and honesty
>>fromme on this subject..my post
>>is jus tthat..MY POST. you've
>>spoken tome enough on the
>>phone toknow otherwise..but, maybe you
>>dont.
>
>I can say the same thing
>and, actually, I do. But
>you know, it's hard to
>really get to know someone
>who only presents himself as
>smoke and mirrors and who
>is not trying to know
>you, but see how you
>fit into his pre-judged conception
>of who you are.
and i can say the SAME for you...shockingly enough we AGREE smoke andmirrors though...oh, im an open book..just ASK the right questions..but somehow i dont think you're capable of doing that..

>>>
>>>I know some people don't feel
>>>that they choose his or
>>>her sexuality. There are str8
>>>folks on this post that
>>>attest to that themselves. However,
>>>if you are going to
>>>come from a place of
>>>negativity, come from one that
>>>is positive as well --
>>>please. We aren't living in
>>>the 50's anymore and our
>>>lives as queer folk is
>>>so much different than those
>>>who came before us. For
>>>example, when I estranged and
>>>was estranged from my family,
>>>I made another family that
>>>wasn't of my blood, a
>>>family I am still connected
>>>with and they took much
>>>of my pain away as
>>>well as helped to mold
>>>me into a better person.
>>good for you...
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>>who said it was? different strokes
>>for different folks, Q you
>>and i have very DIFFERENT
>>experiences...so what? stop assuming mine
>>was somehow negative bsaedon what
>>i say here and the
>>simple fact that you dont
>>seem to be comprehending MY
>>SPACES IN LIFE very well..
>
>Honey, I am not assuming it.
>In fact, it should be
>clear to you that if
>I am assuming, I am
>assuming the CONTRARY to the
>gloom and doom you are
>always going on and on
>about in here. I don't
>comprehend them not because I
>am unwilling, but because you
>don't share them. Nothing says
>that you have to, but
>you, yourself said that you
>don't trust other Black gay
>men because you think they
>are shady and prefer the
>company of Black str8 men.
i sure to prefer the company of black straight men, women and black gay men who have their SHIT together..do you KNOW about the black gay men i AM friends with? DO YOU? you got all that based off the assholes i dealt with at Oberlin..ive told you about many of the people in mylife...damn, you should get an award for assumptions, Q




>Well, fine, but I am
>a Black gay man and
>I have been offering you
>nothing but my firendship and
>my honesty and open-ness since
>I first made contact with
>you. Maybe you should break
>down your negative stereotypes of
>Black gay men? But that
>isn't for me to say
>so I do retract it.
negative stereotypes of black gay men? how about negative stereotypes of YOU, Q...open friendship...i donteven KNOW you i called you on the phone spoke to you on AIM...i have YET to see you..what makes you think we'll bond LIKE THAT in person? what you mistake as my being arrogant and holier than thou is nothing more than me not KNOWING YOU, Q...have you truly made an effort to KNOW ME or were you just comfortable in placing me in a comfy box because i didn't come up JUST like you did...let me know, cause i am MISSING THE FUCKING POINT.

>
>>
>>>And as for me, I did
>>>choose. And there are people
>>>who back me, too. The
>>>post-gay movement, the original one,
>>>is one that, when I
>>>read about it, made me
>>>feel at home because it
>>>gave credence to the women
>>>I sought, loved, and lusted
>>>over (oh, and sexed). It
>>>was a concious decision. I
>>>needed to know. And so
>>>I set out to find
>>>out which meant opening myself
>>>as wide as I could
>>>and not allowing gender to
>>>be a bar because it
>>>wasn't really a bar, just
>>>the gay community was telling
>>>me that it was supposed
>>>to be.
>>ehh...agreed with reservations.
>
>What are they. You haven't held
>back throughout this post, why
>here. Come on, Ryan. Let
>it out.
you'd love that wouldnt you? nope..keep guessing.

>>okay..what's good foryou aint good for
>>me or anyoneelse. you can
>>have THIS too...
>
>
>It doesn't have to be good
>for you or anyone else.
>However, I am not alone
>and there are other people
>who feel the way I
>feel with their own slant.
>
>
>I am glad I am strong
>enough in myself not to
>need your validation.
i dont need your either..despite what you THOUGHT, i validate myself i dont need anyone's acceptance or approval. but, i think YOU DO...but that's just me..
RC


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135. "I don't think you chose."
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Okay, reading your other post in response to what I'd written earlier, I was almost w/you on that choice thing. But now you've said this:



>At the age of 22, I
>made a choice. I met
>a girl I had a
>crush on and we kicked
>it. But **something was missing**,
>and no, it wasn't a
>penis. It was **an inability,
>on my behalf, the same
>one I kept running into**,
>the inability to really open
>up.

>I _could_ continue to have sex
>with women. I could have
>a sexual relationship with a
>woman. But **the things I
>look for in a relationship,
>the things I think everyone
>looks for in a relationship
>with another soul, the veil
>pulled aside, the self shown
>full, naked, and beautifully human,
>I can't do that**. Yet,
>I can do that with
>men and I like having
>sex with men, too and
>I can have a sexual
>relationship with a man and
>draw that veil aside.

See? That right there..that's not a choice you made. That's who you are. You couldn't really be str8 even if you wanted. Sure, you could live that facade like many ppl out there do, but you'd never be happy.

I'd say you didn't choose to be gay, you chose to be happy. You chose to be fulfilled in your relationships. You chose not to lie. THOSE were your choices. I don't see where you chose your sexuality, b/c that's not something any of us can choose.

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116. "So, you could be str8?"
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>I did choose to be gay.
>I choose it. I picked
>it like someone asked me
>which color did I prefer.
>I liked both colors, both
>blue and pink, but at
>the end of the day,
>I'd rather be with blue
>instead of pink because pink
>spoke to me in ways
>I didn't know I could
>be spoken to.
>
>I chose blue.
>
>I chose to be gay.

Okay, since you CHOSE it, why did you choose it? You say it's b/c "pink spoke to in ways didn't know could be spoken to". Can you expound on that?


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125. "RE: So, you could be str8?"
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*grins*

We've talked about this.

If being str8 means having sex with women, yes, I could. However, that is that the fullness of my sexuality.

Personally, I don't think I ever lost the capacity to be bisexual, I never grew out of it. There are certain things I like sexually and certain things I don't, but these things don't carry a gender bais with it, they just are and I don't give a flying fuck who does it.

But as we both know, sexuality includes more than just sex. And that is what I had to learn. In my sexual journey, I discovered that once the clothes were back on, the condoms trashed, I was locked into something else.

I learned from my mother, grandmother, and aunts that the biggest downfall with men is that they don't allow themsleves to be vunerable to women -- for some reason. And so I was raised to seek being vunerable, being able to let my walls come down in order to be, really be with someone.

I remember, being 11/12 and seeking sexual encounters from both genders. I wasn't picky, just the fullest extent of my sexuality. Never saw anything wrong with it, although when I think about how I tried to seduce my friends when they slept over, I get somewhat embarassed (!), but they never made me feel bad about my rather open sexuality either because they knew I had sex with girls, too... but I was younger.

As one gets older, one wants different things from a relationship. I wanted to be vunerable. And what I discovered was that I couldn't do that with women. Maybe I couldn't stop seeing them as women, meaning the women I grew up with and respected them as such. There are things that I wouldn't share with them and so there are things I wouldn't share with any woman. But I want to be open like that because it was taught to me that as a man, I should strive for that in order to be a good man, a man that doesn't hurt everyone (woman) who comes in his path. Now with men, I could be open like that because I didn't have those guards up.

As you well know, as many women would attest, they have men that aren't completely open. So, I wouldn't be that much of an anomoly, if you think about it. And I certainly wouldn't be the first man in a marriage that didn't reflect the sum total of his sexuality. But I am not most men.

So, I choose to be gay because being gay, I can 1) express the full of my sexuality and 2) because I can let that wall down and be vunerable.

The song that men sing to me, in conclusion, is one of freedom. For example, Ryan knows about my past relations with women. He doesn't regard them any differently than those with men -- unlike most gay men. He understands that I thought long and hard about my sexuality -- it wasn't a given for me and I know what I want and he has what I need... because with him, I can be me in all of my human ways... and never erect a wall, but bust them down.

Peace,

Q


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126. "should read *isn't* the extent of my sexuality n/m"
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*********^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Uplifting thoughts:

"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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134. "I guess that makes sense."
In response to Reply # 125


  

          


>If being str8 means having sex
>with women, yes, I could.

No. It doesn't. Being str8 would mean having or seeking or at least desiring relationships and sex w/women primarily. Anybody can have sex w/a woman.

>Personally, I don't think I ever
>lost the capacity to be
>bisexual, I never grew out
>of it.

That right there explains everything. Now I understand why we see this issue so differently. I am not and never was "bisexual".

I would caution you from taking your experience and applying it to us all, though. I know I never ever made a "choice" to like/need guys the way I do. If I was given a choice I don't know that I'd choose it.

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136. "RE: I guess that makes sense."
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How is talking about my experience speaking for you?

Tell me that? I said _I_. Me. Quentin. Not you. Not Ryan, but ME.

Ugh.

I'm outta here.

Peace,

Q


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*********^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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138. "Never mind."
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I'm crazy.

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141. "you aint crazy.."
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just speaking to someone who is HELLA RESISTANT to accepting that there ARE folks who DO NOT hold fast to the SAME beliefs and constructs as he does...
RC



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140. "wow"
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i am on your damn mind today, right Q?
moron
RC




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--Steve

"Fuck a love connection! Can I get a dick connection..Im in need"
--My best friend

"J-Lo/Jennie Lo-Lo..Who cares? the only thing acting on her is her average sized breasts and SUPPOSEDLY big ass."
--Papa Canty

"Will somebody please tell Hollywood that N'bushe Wright needs more work! Damn, she talented as hell"
--Me

Get Out the Room
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142. "Put it like this"
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I was born bisexual.

My attractions move in a bisexual circle.

I am not trying to say that gay men can be straight nor that they should be straight, I am only trying to make room for myself and who I am.

Being bisexual means that my sexual behavior is bisexual, not gay. So for me to call myself a gay men means that I had to make a decision and the decision I made was to deny/stifle the part of my sexuality that goes out towards women because it takes too long for me to trust and let go and let myself shine whereas with men I can. However, I still desire women, find them attractive, form crushes on them, but I deny that and in that way I made a choice.

What is different about me is that my behavior is bisexual, yet my identity is gay. To contrast, my partner's behavior is gay and his identity is gay. For him, because he is not bisexual, he did not have to make a choice -- I did because I am bisexual and I choose not to have sexual relationships with women.

No, I don't think gay men who are behaviorally and identify as gay can be straight. However, because my behavior is bisexual, it means that I can make and did make a choice and I will be respected for my choice and/or for my path.

Does that make sense? Without being threatening? Because Damien, I just am, like you, but how I got into this space is different and I can't deny where I came from to be here, only that I came here through these highways and byways, but I am here. And I choose to be here. And I am glad to be here because if I weren't here I wouldn't meet you.

I'm sorry if I came across rude, but I got a little hot before and that was still here. I'll talk to you both off Board because I feel that this in-house business now.

Peace,

Q


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Uplifting thoughts:

"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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143. "I ain't know you were bi."
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That's a key piece of info I was missing.

It's all love from where I stand.

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145. "RE: I ain't know you were bi."
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*grins*

Bisexual is my behavior.
Gay is my identity.

You ain't crazy, I just wasn't being as clear as I could have been.

See ya on da flip,

Be peaceful!

Q


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*********^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Uplifting thoughts:

"We are the end result of our ancestors prayers as they died. We you are the sum total of their answered prayers."

"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



____________


"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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44. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
In response to Reply # 0


          

I go to a very open college and have friends who are both bisexual and gay. I have friends that are both heterosexual and gay who say that it is impossible for anyone to be bisexual; they're either one or the other and just don't know it. And to that, I say this: Why Not? Truthfully, I do not believe that anyone is born being sexually anything. The labels we put ourselves are ones we take later on in life (i.e. heterosexual, homosexual). If a baby were sexually stimulated, it wouldn't know anything but the fact that it had been sexually stimulated but wouldn't differentiate where it came from.

Something that bothers me a lot is when someone uses the example of the child, maybe the little boy who used to to like to play double-dutch or try on his momma's clothes, like this is what tells you that someone was born gay. What we fail to forget is that if most of us weren't brought up and trained to be a what society calls "masculine" and "feminine," we would probably always mix up the two. A little girl isn't born knowing that she should cross her legs, or like pink, or whatever. So, the little boy liked his momma's skirt. And then, he was probably ridiculed because society says that he shouldn't like his momma's things too much. Men in Scotland where skirts to show off they're masculinity, while here, it would be considered wrong and not masculine. Whose to say what masculine and feminine is? But that's not even the whole issue, because there are plenty of gay men who fit the description of what society would call "masculine".

I think that the beauty of what God has given us (life) is that we have the freedom of choice in so many areas of our life. Yes, including our sexual preference. We yell too often that we are who we are, that we can't help it. "That's just the way I am." And it's okay to be that way, long as you don't think that it's all you CAN be. My life isn't tapered off that way because I know that it doesn't have to be. My sexual preference? I love men. More about my preference? I love dark, chocolate men. But that's just it, it's my preference. And although it is, doesn't mean that I am incapable of being sexually attracted to a female. Just means that I don't have any INTEREST in being so. We stick ourselves in these boxes, and then are afraid to come out of them in fear that we will be labeled. I just feel like we can be anything we want to be, but not because someone wants us to be, or we are trying to fit into society's norms, but because we genuninely have an interest in exploring all of our posssibilities, or not exploring them. It's our choice.


"There are years that ask questions and years that answer.." - Zora Neale Hurston

  

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53. "speak the truth! n/m"
In response to Reply # 44


  

          

"Sex posts are dumb unless they are funny. Otherwise, you are just trying to be cool."
--Steve

"Fuck a love connection! Can I get a dick connection..Im in need"
--My best friend

"J-Lo/Jennie Lo-Lo..Who cares? the only thing acting on her is her average sized breasts and SUPPOSEDLY big ass."
--Papa Canty

"Will somebody please tell Hollywood that N'bushe Wright needs more work! Damn, she talented as hell"
--Me

Get Out the Room
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59. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
In response to Reply # 44


  

          

>I go to a very open
>college and have friends who
>are both bisexual and gay.
> I have friends that
>are both heterosexual and gay
>who say that it is
>impossible for anyone to be
>bisexual; they're either one or
>the other and just don't
>know it. And to
>that, I say this:
>Why Not? Truthfully, I
>do not believe that anyone
>is born being sexually anything.
> The labels we put
>ourselves are ones we take
>later on in life (i.e.
>heterosexual, homosexual). If a
>baby were sexually stimulated, it
>wouldn't know anything but the
>fact that it had been
>sexually stimulated but wouldn't differentiate
>where it came from.
>
>Something that bothers me a lot
>is when someone uses the
>example of the child, maybe
>the little boy who used
>to to like to play
>double-dutch or try on his
>momma's clothes, like this is
>what tells you that someone
>was born gay. What
>we fail to forget is
>that if most of us
>weren't brought up and trained
>to be a what society
>calls "masculine" and "feminine," we
>would probably always mix up
>the two. A little
>girl isn't born knowing that
>she should cross her legs,
>or like pink, or whatever.
> So, the little boy
>liked his momma's skirt.
>And then, he was probably
>ridiculed because society says that
>he shouldn't like his momma's
>things too much. Men
>in Scotland where skirts to
>show off they're masculinity, while
>here, it would be considered
>wrong and not masculine.
>Whose to say what masculine
>and feminine is? But
>that's not even the whole
>issue, because there are plenty
>of gay men who fit
>the description of what society
>would call "masculine".
>
>I think that the beauty of
>what God has given us
>(life) is that we have
>the freedom of choice in
>so many areas of our
>life. Yes, including our
>sexual preference. We yell
>too often that we are
>who we are, that we
>can't help it. "That's
>just the way I am."
> And it's okay to
>be that way, long as
>you don't think that it's
>all you CAN be.
>My life isn't tapered off
>that way because I know
>that it doesn't have to
>be. My sexual preference?
> I love men.
>More about my preference?
>I love dark, chocolate men.
> But that's just it,
>it's my preference. And
>although it is, doesn't mean
>that I am incapable of
>being sexually attracted to a
>female. Just means that
>I don't have any INTEREST
>in being so. We
>stick ourselves in these boxes,
>and then are afraid to
>come out of them in
>fear that we will be
>labeled. I just feel
>like we can be anything
>we want to be, but
>not because someone wants us
>to be, or we are
>trying to fit into society's
>norms, but because we genuninely
>have an interest in exploring
>all of our posssibilities, or
>not exploring them. It's
>our choice.
>
>
>"There are years that ask questions
>and years that answer.." -
>Zora Neale Hurston


In my best Morris Day voice......yeeeeessssssssss!!!!!!!! That's what I'm talking about !!!! Boxes,labels,let's get rid of them. Turn them loose.

Silk.
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61. "bloody f*cking deconstructionists!"
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:-) i'm just playin. what school do you go to? i'm at swarthmore, believe me, i know what you're talkin about.

and ryan, NOT A FUCKIN WORD, YOU OBERLIN COCKSUCKER.

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64. "RE: bloody f*cking deconstructionists!"
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hehehehehhehehehehehehehe
}>

you KNOW s/he was talking about Swarthmore AND Oberlin, anal licker!
RC





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"Fuck a love connection! Can I get a dick connection..Im in need"
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67. "Let's talk about choice."
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I might have to send this to the OkayQueer mailing list b/c I know there are a few folks on it who feel as Lynai does about this "choice" issue. I need some clarification where you all stand.

>I think that the beauty of
>what God has given us
>(life) is that we have
>the freedom of choice in
>so many areas of our
>life. Yes, including our
>sexual preference. We yell
>too often that we are
>who we are, that we
>can't help it. "That's
>just the way I am."
> And it's okay to
>be that way, long as
>you don't think that it's
>all you CAN be.

See, this is where I start getting lost. What do you mean by "long as you don't think it's all you CAN be"?

>My life isn't tapered off
>that way because I know
>that it doesn't have to
>be. My sexual preference?
> I love men.
>More about my preference?
>I love dark, chocolate men.
> But that's just it,
>it's my preference. And
>although it is, doesn't mean
>that I am incapable of
>being sexually attracted to a
>female.

Me too. I'm sexually attracted to women often enough, just not as often as I'm attracted to men and not in the same way I'm attracted to men.

Just means that
>I don't have any INTEREST
>in being so.

Do you mean you are attracted to women, but you'd rather not be? Like, if you could rid yourself of heterosexual desire, you'd do it?

I find women sexually attractive sometimes, and I'm attracted to men damn near all the time. I wouldn't change that even if I could. BUT...I can't imagine myself being involved w/a woman emotionally. I'm not drawn to them for relationships...I don't desire to BE w/women like that. It's not a choice I make, though. Even if I tried (and I have tried) I couldn't have a relationship w/a woman. She wouldn't be able to give me what I need/want - and not b/c of some issue I have w/feminity vs. masculinity, either (I don't think). I'm not sure I can explain why I can't, but I don't imagine that I can. And I don't want to - but I don't see that as a conscious choice I'm making. Not like the choice I made to wear white socks today, or to move to Chicago 6 years ago...to me those are choices.

We
>stick ourselves in these boxes,
>and then are afraid to
>come out of them in
>fear that we will be
>labeled.

Ugh...fuck all that labeling shit. Yeah, I label myself "gay" b/c of all 3 labels it's the one that fits best, but I don't really believe in it. I'm not married to the idea that I'm gay. I don't ever think of myself that way, I only describe myself that way to the world. In my mind I'm not "gay", I'm HotThyng.

I just feel
>like we can be anything
>we want to be, but
>not because someone wants us
>to be, or we are
>trying to fit into society's
>norms, but because we genuninely
>have an interest in exploring
>all of our posssibilities, or
>not exploring them. It's
>our choice.

Eh...ummmm...yeah. I don't think it's good for ppl to repress themselves, even by "choice".

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99. "Sing it, Sista! n/m"
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"I am because we are; we are because I am."

"falling in love with somebody's soul...their essence their personality their walk their talk the way they speak and smile...no matter what the physical outer body is..male or female...is a temptation i hope i am never foolish enough to resist." - Hot Damali



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58. "See "But, I'm a Cheerleader" (Film) n/m"
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JMello

"Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is - the death tax is."

"Si, I'm very concerned about the amount of acreage in cultivation for the growth of cocoa leaves."

"...it's about past 7 here, so we're actually in different timelines."

"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but my predecessors, as well. And that's why I made the decision."

"I'm about to name my brother the ambassador to Chad."

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63. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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Nice subject....original.

Although the people that have question the show's credibility could possibly be right, I do believe you can lead a straight life if you want to. Homosexuality, as any other sexual preference, is a choice, and you indeed can control who you sleep with.

If this is a Christian based conversion program, which I would figure so since they are the most outspoken in this country against homosexuality, then only the sexual practice itself can be converted and/or abstained and he/she can be free of sin, since the verse in Leviticus (I dunno what chapter/verse, since I am not claiming to be a bible scholar nor have read the thing in months) only pertains to the sexual activity itself, and not certain behavioral traits that can be/have been associated to homosexuality (sissy, etc..). If they are claiming to rid those traits from that person I would be skeptical, and would definitely want to see the before and after results firsthand. But I doubt if that happens alot, nor will I ever see it, since my only exposure of "sissies" or "queens" is either at work or maybe walking down the street (People that have been in downtown Atlanta know what I'm talking about. Ponce De Leon can be a sick place sometimes...). I can't actually imagine ever changing into the average joe.

New Quotes....

Fascist ethics begin ... with the acknowledgment that it is not the individual who confers a meaning upon society, but it is, instead, the existence of a human society which determines the human character of the individual. According to Fascism, a true, a great spiritual life cannot take place unless the State has risen to a position of pre-eminence in the world of man. The curtailment of liberty thus becomes justified at once, and this need of rising the State to its rightful position. - Mario Palmieri, "The Philosophy of Fascism" 1936

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. - H.L. Mencken

When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man? - Henry David Thoreau

"In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'" - Dosteovsky's Grand Inquisitor.

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand

And always...my favorite....
Life is insensitive, and the truth can be highly offensive. To hide from either is to hide from the reality of life. Take comfort in the fact that I am an equal opportunity offender. You today. Someone else tomorrow. You have no Constitutional right not to be offended. - Neal Boortz

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CoolV

Tue Apr-10-01 05:32 AM

  
69. "This has been a very impressive showing of"
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JUSTIFYING what WE WANT to do.

At the end of the day, to quote Dres of Black Sheep (who I recently saw on the back of a milk cartoon, btw)"The Choice is Yours."

Now, here's the hard part.

Can we accept the consequences of our actions??

Someone even said that homosexuality could be a way to cut down on the planets overpopulation! (What an argument!) In my experience, I've always found a way to make right what I KNEW was DEAD WRONG. When I was given instructions from my parents to do thus and so, and I did otherwise, sure as I'm typing these words, I came up w/ some type of justification for why I disobeyed their authority.

Now, in response to those in favor of being homo., (and boy, if I could respond to every questionable point you all made, I would)it seems that you have even rejected Allah/God and his instructions to us via his Word.

How will you justify disobeying ALLAH'S/GOD'S AUTHORITY?

Someone posted that Allah/God was not a hater of homosexuals (specifically) and sinners (generally). Another brother on this thread correctly pointed out that Allah definitely has more than one attribute. We often refer to him "the Beneficent" and "the Merciful." However, it is not often mentioned that he ALSO possesses the atributes "the bringer of DEATH" and " the Destroyer." (!)

We have made Allah/God out to be a milk-toast punk.

Check your scriptures again.

Yes, he IS a God of mercy....but you best believe that MERCY DOES INDEED RUN OUT.

You don't have to believe me. Check your scriptures.

Ask the Sodomites.
Ask the Pharoah of Egypt during Moses' time.
Ask those who drowned in the flood of Noah's time. (Now wheather it REALLY happened or not is a whole 'nother argument, so don't go there. Those who read it got the point.)

The list goes on.

Hell, I ain't a perfect man, and I am not attempting to judge anyone on this forum. However, when you use Allah/God to cover your deeds ("I was born this way!"), THAT'S when I have concerns.

Well, I guess the bottom line is this:

You either stand (or bow, I should say) in submission to Allah's Will or you don't.

Yes, you were born w/ a FREE will.

But, will you give back to HIM freely?

May Allah bless US ALL on this matter.

V.


  

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CoolV

Tue Apr-10-01 05:35 AM

  
70. "@ Expertise: I, too, am an ATLien and bear witness to your claims."
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Hell of a town we got here.

  

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CoolV

Tue Apr-10-01 05:37 AM

  
71. "Dam."
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I was saying that I'm an ATLIEN also, and can bear witness to your claims of what happens in the areas you mentioned.

  

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Sol Artist

Tue Apr-10-01 06:38 AM

  
73. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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Word to adding fascism inthis convo, cause a lot of the religious anti-spritual arguments are neo-fascist. Homophobia, as it exists in the US, is a Western phenomenon. It's origins are in "white male patriarchy" emphasis on patriarchy. So many, civliations and cultures held no oppressive biases against bi and tri (...) sexes. The Siuox, for example, believed in 6 sexes, or sexualities (preferences,...).

We have to remember that our view of right and wrong, normal and abnormal stems from a specific cultural/political ideology. And it is that, an ideology, whether it be theological or political or spiritual.

Personally, I do not believe that oppression is a good thing and oppose most who are oppressors, in any color, of any religion, of any sex (ual preference), and languange, any smell/funk/groove/aura (the list goes on)............

Oppression always finds a way of justifying itself with formulas, but it is always-inevitably destroyed.

Peace. One.

  

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Tue Apr-10-01 09:56 AM

  
74. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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One of the most interesting things about this topic is that it operates under the framework that any of us have the authoratative voice. A friend of mine likes to say "Nothing is wasted in God's Economy". So my existence and your existence are all Divine. Are there consequences to our actions and our "choices"? Of course there are. Liberation of our people is not only for the heterosexuals, nor are heterosexuals the only 'righteous' people. I am not a follower of Islam but maybe those of you who are should check out Al-Fatiha (www.al-fatiha.org). They are are LGBT Muslim group. Most of them are Middle Eastern-born , so they are in some real hardcore Sharia Law territory. I know many people use religious/moral dictates to assert who has the right to exist, but no human being can judge me. It does not mean we have to agree or get along or anything, but I have the right to exist on this Earth just as anyone else does. I am in God's Hnads, just like everyone else. Growing up in a Pentecostal family (both parents are ministers) my decision to come out as a bisexual woman was not met with open arms. I don't have a problem with the whoel issue of choice as long as any and every striaght or heterosexual person can identify the day or year they chose to be only be with one gender. I am long past the day when i need any person- straight, queer, religious, spiritual, politcal or otherwise to affirm who I am. That's something I must do on a daily basis and accpet the people who call me 'unnatural' or 'sinner' or 'ervert' or any other nams of shmae they have invented. I will still bless them and move on my path that the Divine has laid out for me.

Peace and Blessings,
BlackAdder

  

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butiful1

Tue Apr-10-01 10:19 AM

  
77. "That was beautiful..."
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honestly, I really and truely feel what you said and I'm glad you said it, some of these posts make me loose hope just a little and it honestly saddens me to see the amount of hatred in other's hearts, but you sound so at peace with yourself and others and it's very uplifting. Thank you.
B1

  

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BlackAdder

Tue Apr-10-01 10:34 AM

  
80. "RE: That was beautiful..."
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Thank you fellow traveller. Much love.
Peace and Blessings,
BAdder

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BlackAdder

Tue Apr-10-01 10:30 AM

  
79. "*sigh*"
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Since when did salle start doing anything that was not divisive and sensationalistic? I could be a little more open to this type of discussion if I knew her show was not about ratings. It's aproven fact that whenever these 'talk shows' want high ratings, they do : my son is now my daughetr, my daughter loves a woman who dresses like a man, kkk memebrs in interracial relationships. In other words, they do BULLSMACK to get people to watch!! Too much hate not enough understaning.
Peace and Blessings,
BlackAdder



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82. "You can't change your sexual orientation"
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You cannot change your sexual orientation. All of the movements that suggest you can are bullshit. People often say that homosexuality is unnatural. 1)There are animals in nature that sexually attract to the same sex or to both sexes, so that argument doesn't flow. 2) Natural means to follow the feelings you are born with. People do not choose their sexual orientation. Thus, to make yourself try to be straight when you are not is what is unnatural b/c you are going against your nature. Natural means what is natural for you.

I also noticed that all the people in previous posts who are trying to be authoritative figures when saying that people choose to be gay and they can choose to change and be str8t have no first hand knowledge. All of you who said those statements are straight (supposedly). I am amazed at how people who have no idea what it feels like to be attracted to the same sex are so sure that it is a choice. That view is easy to have when society says that your orientation is "correct." If society said, "It's wrong to be heterosexual," can the people who are saying it's a choice honestly disregard their feelings and automatically only live a homosexual lifestyle. I don't think so.

  

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112. "great point"
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>I also noticed that all the
>people in previous posts who
>are trying to be authoritative
>figures when saying that people
>choose to be gay and
>they can choose to change
>and be str8t have no
>first hand knowledge. All
>of you who said those
>statements are straight (supposedly).
>I am amazed at how
>people who have no idea
>what it feels like to
>be attracted to the same
>sex are so sure that
>it is a choice.
>That view is easy to
>have when society says that
>your orientation is "correct."
>If society said, "It's wrong
>to be heterosexual," can the
>people who are saying it's
>a choice honestly disregard their
>feelings and automatically only live
>a homosexual lifestyle. I
>don't think so.

bravo

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B_FELT

Wed Apr-11-01 05:41 AM

  
118. "RE: great point"
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I dont totally believe that everyone that claims to be homosexual is born gay. They're some but not all. Beyond all beliefs no one can disagree that we are all apart of nature. The 1st law of nature is self-preservation. We were made to procreate if not we would be the same sex. So I believe that people who are born homosexual have a dysfunction that must be cured. I know many people are going to hate on me because of this and claim that they aren't dysfunctional but what other reason do you have for your actions. We have to change our perception of homosexuality and try to help the ones that are plagued with this problem. By promoting Gay Rights and trying to get society to except it as normal is hurting more than helping.

peace & elevation
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amida

Wed Apr-11-01 07:11 AM

  
128. "Yikes"
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Some of you are just downright frightnin'.

You all got the right to whatever religion you want, but damn!
Don't go around telling people they're going to hell for what *you* believe is wrong.

Damali, Blackadder, Butiful1, Sol Artist,
You guys have some good ideas.

If people out there aren't into homosexuality/strawberry icecream/the colour green, then fine, whatever, but don't go crazy at others for being more open.

Whoopdeedoo. Your god forgives you for treating some human beings like dirt.
They don't.
I don't.
And if you're wrong?
Some of ya gonna be runnin' scared from the next life.
Congratulations, bigot number 11346870.

"A piece o' peace for you, a piece o' peace for me, a piece o' peace for ev'ry peaceful person that I see." - Michael Franti.


  

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amida

Wed Apr-11-01 07:18 AM

  
130. "and a wise man once said.."
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"In original nature
There is no this and that.
The Great Round Mirror
Has no likes or dislikes."
- Seung Sahn,
Original Zen.

  

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131. "Not meaning to be ugly, but"
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When did Nature tell you its rules?

And even if that is one, self-persevation, why wouldn't gay people be seen as a part of that? Because they don't procreate? Well, I have a theory, too. Look at the world. It is over-populated. No where in history, as we know it, has there been such large scale peace and war is a natural way of controlling the population. So there aren't any wars. Nature is being called upon to do more than it can provide. Also, there are probably greater numbers of homosexual people than ever before. Hell, there are even a goodly number of str8 people who want no hand in procreating.

Think of it like this.... if there are a lot of homosexuals, then that means that homosexuals becomes Nature's way of establishing population control since most won't want to procreate.

We are still a part of it, Baybee!



>So I believe
>that people who are born
>homosexual have a dysfunction that
>must be cured. I know
>many people are going to
>hate on me because of
>this and claim that they
>aren't dysfunctional but what other
>reason do you have for
>your actions.

Dysfunction? What reasons do you have for your "actions"? Procreation? Is that the sole reason why you fuck? *shakes head* Pleasure. Connection. Ways of loving. Ways of connecting with a higher spirit. A way to change the way we relate to each other and love each other. Don't be so dense. I don't have to hate on you to tell you that you are being myopic AND wrong! I mean, by your estimation... people who are infertile have a "dysfuntion". People who use any form of birth control... "dysfunctional". People who have sex for any reason besides procreation... "dysfunctional". People who masturbate, "dysfunc-tional"! Come on, no one has sex for the SOLE purpose of procreating... and when you jerk off (I think girls and boys "jerk off" -- this way you covered either way), you surely ain't trying to impregnant that sock, towel, tissue you using to wipe your juices up with.

Come on, now. Dysfunctional? Are you suuuure?



>We have to
>change our perception of homosexuality
>and try to help the
>ones that are plagued with
>this problem.

Change your perception, but come at me with your brand of "help" and you will draw back a nub. I have no problem. The only problem I have is with heterosexist brothers and sisters who seem to think that being homosexual is a disorder or sickness.

If you wanna help, open your arms to homosexual people and don't feel the need to tell that person you are str8. We are not attracted to all members of the same gender and we are not out "to get ya" -- (Hush up, Silky!). Help us by making us feel at home again and challenging people who say otherwise. That is, if you feel so inclined to help. But don't help us "become" str8 because that isn't help at all, that is going against Nature and our selves and that is wrong.


>By promoting Gay
>Rights and trying to get
>society to except it as
>normal is hurting more than
>helping.

How so? Because you have to come face to face with the fact that not all men want women and not all women want men and some men and women want both? It's doing YOU a favor by opening your eyes and showing you what Nature is really about! Also, I'm sorry of your feel that threatened about your phallus, but really, you need to get over it.

There are no such thing as "gay rights". There is what is right and just and what is not. It is not right and just that people can be fired for being gay. It is not right and just that some people should lose their families and communities for being gay. It is not right and just that people aren't allowed to call their sharing of two souls whatever they want to and have that sharing done in the presence of their community and god. It is not right and just that people should be killed or harrassed for being gay or perceived to be gay.

ya see, there IS a difference. And if you think these are "special rights" -- which is what you suppose by calling them "gay rights" -- then let me start on that time machine so that I can zap your Black ass back about 50-60 years ago and see what you think about things.

Maybe you'll change your mind and see a little clearer,
but something says you wouldn't.

Peace,

Q

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"When the revolution comes, "faggots" won't be so funny." - The Last Poets

** Most people mis-read this line. I don't think he is being homophobic. I think he's making sure you folks know, within our communities, those of you who laugh at

  

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amida

Wed Apr-11-01 07:28 AM

  
132. "RE: Not meaning to be ugly, but"
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Q, amen, brother.
Where do these people come from?
Under a rock somewhere?

  

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137. "I Cosign!"
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There are some scary opinions being tossed around.

  

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butiful1

Wed Apr-11-01 10:23 AM

  
144. "Wow!"
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You make me proud to be a loving person (of all sexes and races)it hurts me to see so much hate and confusion amongst my peers. And believe it or not I am truly surprised that some people say the terrible things they do (although the longer I stick around the posts it doesn't surprise me as much) I just hope the people that read this take it to heart and don't dismiss it because you are gay. The really sad thing is that these people don't even realize how much they are limiting there life, they could have great friends and even better relationships if they learned to love a little more and not worry about the outward appearance or what is or is not in one's pants.
Much Love
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149. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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As I was reading this post, the BET Internet radio thing I was listening to started to play "Boom Bye Bye". Ironic, huh? Us straight people who do not see homosexuality as a natural choice feel like we relate to songs like that.. but the sentiments in it do come from hate and fear. We're disgusted by the practice, so our repulsion feels violent. Some gays see this as proof of repressed homosexuality. I disagree. Point is, violence is wrong and anyone who supports gay-bashing is not very pro-God, in my opinion. But we whose views on homosexuality aren't changing with the times should be allowed to have opinions, shouldn't we?

Anyway, enough rambling. There is no need to respond to anything above. I have a question. Arguments against homosexuality which use comparisons are often shot down because the anti-homophobic viewpoint deems the comparison unequal. For example: homosexuality-murder (not hurting anyone), homosexuality-bestiality (not consensual, for starters), homosexuality-pedophilia (not consenting adults, power relation).

What about incest? As acceptance of homosexuality as natural increases, I always wonder, will the day come when people say "If I want to have sex with my sister, that's my personal choice. What I do in the bedroom is nobody's business."

So... gay people and non-gay people who feel offended by this comparison...

Is incest wrong?
Is it a personal choice?
Is it natural?

If yes (to all 3 questions), thank you for your time.
If no (to any)...

How is homosexuality different?
How is it different in a way that makes incest wrong/unnatural, but homosexuality OK?

  

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154. "RE: FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT???"
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do i hate homosexuality? yes

have i ever supported a homosexual? yes, he was abused.

do i feel sorry for all of you? no. just some of you.

do i hope you stop trying to believe in whatever you want so that you can feel good doing the crap you want to do? yeah but will that ever happen? ha ha ha.naw man

there is no use in all of this "you shouldn't tell people that!" because if i try to hold you back from saying what you believe then i am imposing on your belief and if you try to hold me back from saying what i believe you are imposing on mine. just as you feel it is your duty to support homosexuality, it is my duty to speak out against it. to you be your way and to me be mine.

oh, and who says the world is overpopulated? you are being lied to. that is the most ridiculous thing i have heard yet. people are just greedy and stingy thats all.

  

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156. "Why..."
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have i heard several Muslims say this:

"...to you be your way and to me be mine..."

Is this in the Quran?

This is a serious question and not sarcasm.

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"If it's not about NATIONBUILDING, it's not about ANYTHING."- Dr. John Henrik Clarke

"We are not the victims! We are just fighting forces that we cannot see!"-2001 Sankofa Conference

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157. "Surah 109, Ayah 6........"
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bismillah

Surah 109. The Disbelievers, Atheists

1. Say : O ye that reject Faith!

2. I worship not that which ye worship,

3. Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

4. And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship,

5. Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

6. To you be your Way, and to me mine.

later on, i will try to post the tafseer (explanation) on what this means and why exactly it was revealed.


subhakallahumma wabihamdika ashhadu anla ilaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa attuubu ilaika

  

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158. "Thank You"
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155. "EXCELLENT POINT!!"
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I'd like to hear the responses to this one...


Side note: Just saw the Blast Master here in Atlanta last night. Do not think for a SECOND THAT HE HAS LOST IT. He performed some of the new stuff from the album, "Sneak Attack", and it was just insanely sick!!!! (My way of saying "very good")

  

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159. "Scared to answer what you feel?"
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What's up with the lack of response to my question? I thought it would be provocative. But my whole point was not to raise controversy; it was to find out what people think. Speak up!

  

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160. "RE: Scared to answer what you feel?"
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Whoa... y'all really are scared...

  

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