Daniel
2015-04-30 18:11:31 UTC
It's hard to have an honest conversation about gay issues because liberals
treat anything other than outright celebration of all things gay as
"hate." That doesn't leave people much room to discuss a complicated issue
that involves real human beings who often have to deal with a lot of
challenges because of their sexual orientation.
If you're a compassionate person, you have to feel some sympathy when you
talk to people who are closeted because they're afraid that their
relatives won't accept them or someone who feels isolated and alone
because his sexual orientation makes it impossible for him to have a
romantic relationship with 98% of the population. Life is hard for most of
us -- and if you know people who are gay, chances are you recognize that
it's even harder for them.
Yet and still, you can't deny reality because there may be a few people
who don't want to hear it. Sure, you don't want to unnecessarily create
pain in people's lives, but ultimately, nothing creates more misery than
abandoning common sense because the obvious truth might hurt someone's
feelings.
1) You can't change your gender: Have you ever heard of Body Integrity
Identity Disorder? Long story short, there are people out there who
believe they're "supposed to" have less limbs. Maybe they want to get rid
of an arm or a leg. The "problem" these people run into is that surgeons
consider it unethical to remove a healthy, functioning body part and
refuse to saw off their limbs. Instead, they just refer these people to a
psychologist. That seems to make sense, doesn't it?
Yet, when we have people who want to mutilate themselves to "change their
sex," we don't treat that as a mental disorder. Instead, we take it
seriously. So seriously in fact, we have 9 year olds getting hormone
treatments so they can pretend to be another gender.
If a client went to a doctor and said he thought he was a cow, we wouldn't
send him to a surgeon to get horns and udders attached. Yet, you can no
more change your sex than you can change into a cow. Even if you have a
"sex change," your sex hasn't actually changed.
A man who mutilates himself to look like a woman, still isn't female. He
can't have a child. Very few men are going to knowingly date a man who's
surgically mutilated himself to look like a woman.
This is a terrible, horrible thing we're doing as a society to these
mentally ill people. Instead of getting them the mental help they need,
we're catering to their pathology. It's cruel, it's wrong, and a more
compassionate society wouldn't wallow so deeply in political correctness
that we'd allow people to do this to themselves.
2) Some people do choose to be gay: Most Americans tend to believe that
people who are gay either choose it OR are born that way. However, the
evidence suggests that there tends to more of a range of sexual behavior
for people who are gay. Some people are clearly "born" gay and have always
been attracted to the same sex just like most heterosexuals are only
interested in contact with the opposite sex. However, there are also
people who are more sexually ambiguous and some of them CHOOSE to be gay.
If you want to see an actual example of that, here's an excerpt of an
interview I did with lesbian talk show host, Tammy Bruce.
John Hawkins: Let me ask a related question to this because I thought
this was kind of fascinating because its so different from what you often
hear. In the book, you were talking about how you came to decide that you
wanted to be a lesbian and you pretty much framed it in those terms. It
was a choice. You were attracted to men and women and you chose to you
just liked women better would you say thats common or .
Tammy Bruce: Well, its difficult to say because its so politically
incorrect to ask these questions. Its one of the reasons why and Ive
made that discussion in the epilogue so that parents (could allow) their
children (to read) at their discretion.
...There is such a variety, at least within the community itself, about
why women identify as lesbians, but even what that means.
There are a number of women who identify as lesbians, some of them,
somewhat well-known, have regular liaisons with men. There are some women
in the community that you could get to know whove experienced violence at
the hands of men and have turned to women for that reason. There are other
women who say that theyve been gay since theyve been born and that, of
course, is also politically incorrect to question or to ask them how or
why they know that.
If that doesn't convince you, then ask yourself why so many "gay"
Americans end up with kids?
In the US, around 37% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people
have a child, about 60% of which are biological.
In other words, there are a lot of "gay" Americans having enough straight
sex at some point in their lives to produce a kid. Again, it's clear that
there are also people who are "born that way," but there are an awful lot
of gay Americans who don't fall into that category.
3) Conversion therapy is a good thing if people want it: Let me say it as
clearly as I can: No gay American should be pressured, harassed or
involuntarily forced to go to therapy to try to treat their gayness. That
sounds more like brainwashing than therapy and it's not something that
should be going on in this country.
On the other hand, if someone who's gay WANTS to be treated, why should he
be stopped from seeing a therapist? Granted, it would probably be futile
for someone who has been attracted to the same sex since birth to try to
change his orientation via counseling, but as we've already noted, not
everyone is in that boat.
There are plenty of "gay" Americans who also feel some attraction to the
opposite sex. What's wrong with letting them get therapy if they want it
and think it will make them happier?
As a psychology major, I can tell you that I've read numerous old
psychology books that matter-of-factly mention therapists successfully
treating homosexual patients who then went on to date, marry, and have
children. Does that mean it worked for every patient? Of course, not. No
treatment works for everyone. But, would it work for some people who want
treatment? Apparently, it does.
So, why should this even be a political issue? Because it makes some gay
people who don't believe they can change or don't want to change
uncomfortable? Because it might mean they have to tell some hopeful
relative that, no, that therapy isn't for them? That's certainly not a
conversation anyone would want to have, but it's morally wrong to deny
therapy to people who might benefit from it because it makes other people
uncomfortable.
4) Gay bullies have become commonplace in America: The biggest jerks you
will ever run across are people who feel entitled to act like creeps
because they believe they're victims. A lot of gay Americans have had bad
experiences with people who've treated them poorly because they're gay.
It's unfair, it's wrong, and it's something that shouldn't happen.
Unfortunately, a small subset of gay, liberal Americans wear their
victimhood as a badge and believe it entitles them to oppress people who
haven't hurt them in any way. The whole idea that an unwilling Christian
baker or photographer should be forced to bake a cake or take pictures at
a gay wedding is fascistic.
It's similarly despicable to try to get people fired for opposing gay
marriage. The people doing these things aren't victims or crusading for
civil rights; they're just run-of-the-mill ***holes who happen to be
waving a rainbow flag.
5) Gay scoutmasters would be more likely to molest Boy Scouts: There's a
lot of back and forth on whether gay men are more likely to be pedophiles
than heterosexuals, but in the end, it really doesn't matter very much
when it comes to the Scouts.
Why is that?
Because a teenager in the Boy Scouts shouldn't be spending a lot of alone
time out in the woods with someone who could potentially be attracted to
him. This is so basic we don't even think about it when teen girls are
involved. If a thirty year old, strapping male P.E. teacher took a group
of 15 year old cheerleaders out in the woods, their parents would GO
INSANE.
Incidentally, they'd be right to be upset. Similarly, a gay man has no
business being in the woods with a bunch of teenage boys. In fact, if the
Boy Scouts ever allowed gay Scoutmasters in their organization, it would
kill them as dead as Disco because most parents don't want their child
spending a lot of alone time with an adult who could be sexually attracted
to him.
In fact, that is so obvious it's clear that the people pushing this idea
the hardest are primarily concerned with destroying the Boy Scouts, not
enabling "gay rights."
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2014/06/10/5-truths-youre-not-
allowed-to-say-about-gays-in-america-n1849612/page/full
treat anything other than outright celebration of all things gay as
"hate." That doesn't leave people much room to discuss a complicated issue
that involves real human beings who often have to deal with a lot of
challenges because of their sexual orientation.
If you're a compassionate person, you have to feel some sympathy when you
talk to people who are closeted because they're afraid that their
relatives won't accept them or someone who feels isolated and alone
because his sexual orientation makes it impossible for him to have a
romantic relationship with 98% of the population. Life is hard for most of
us -- and if you know people who are gay, chances are you recognize that
it's even harder for them.
Yet and still, you can't deny reality because there may be a few people
who don't want to hear it. Sure, you don't want to unnecessarily create
pain in people's lives, but ultimately, nothing creates more misery than
abandoning common sense because the obvious truth might hurt someone's
feelings.
1) You can't change your gender: Have you ever heard of Body Integrity
Identity Disorder? Long story short, there are people out there who
believe they're "supposed to" have less limbs. Maybe they want to get rid
of an arm or a leg. The "problem" these people run into is that surgeons
consider it unethical to remove a healthy, functioning body part and
refuse to saw off their limbs. Instead, they just refer these people to a
psychologist. That seems to make sense, doesn't it?
Yet, when we have people who want to mutilate themselves to "change their
sex," we don't treat that as a mental disorder. Instead, we take it
seriously. So seriously in fact, we have 9 year olds getting hormone
treatments so they can pretend to be another gender.
If a client went to a doctor and said he thought he was a cow, we wouldn't
send him to a surgeon to get horns and udders attached. Yet, you can no
more change your sex than you can change into a cow. Even if you have a
"sex change," your sex hasn't actually changed.
A man who mutilates himself to look like a woman, still isn't female. He
can't have a child. Very few men are going to knowingly date a man who's
surgically mutilated himself to look like a woman.
This is a terrible, horrible thing we're doing as a society to these
mentally ill people. Instead of getting them the mental help they need,
we're catering to their pathology. It's cruel, it's wrong, and a more
compassionate society wouldn't wallow so deeply in political correctness
that we'd allow people to do this to themselves.
2) Some people do choose to be gay: Most Americans tend to believe that
people who are gay either choose it OR are born that way. However, the
evidence suggests that there tends to more of a range of sexual behavior
for people who are gay. Some people are clearly "born" gay and have always
been attracted to the same sex just like most heterosexuals are only
interested in contact with the opposite sex. However, there are also
people who are more sexually ambiguous and some of them CHOOSE to be gay.
If you want to see an actual example of that, here's an excerpt of an
interview I did with lesbian talk show host, Tammy Bruce.
John Hawkins: Let me ask a related question to this because I thought
this was kind of fascinating because its so different from what you often
hear. In the book, you were talking about how you came to decide that you
wanted to be a lesbian and you pretty much framed it in those terms. It
was a choice. You were attracted to men and women and you chose to you
just liked women better would you say thats common or .
Tammy Bruce: Well, its difficult to say because its so politically
incorrect to ask these questions. Its one of the reasons why and Ive
made that discussion in the epilogue so that parents (could allow) their
children (to read) at their discretion.
...There is such a variety, at least within the community itself, about
why women identify as lesbians, but even what that means.
There are a number of women who identify as lesbians, some of them,
somewhat well-known, have regular liaisons with men. There are some women
in the community that you could get to know whove experienced violence at
the hands of men and have turned to women for that reason. There are other
women who say that theyve been gay since theyve been born and that, of
course, is also politically incorrect to question or to ask them how or
why they know that.
If that doesn't convince you, then ask yourself why so many "gay"
Americans end up with kids?
In the US, around 37% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people
have a child, about 60% of which are biological.
In other words, there are a lot of "gay" Americans having enough straight
sex at some point in their lives to produce a kid. Again, it's clear that
there are also people who are "born that way," but there are an awful lot
of gay Americans who don't fall into that category.
3) Conversion therapy is a good thing if people want it: Let me say it as
clearly as I can: No gay American should be pressured, harassed or
involuntarily forced to go to therapy to try to treat their gayness. That
sounds more like brainwashing than therapy and it's not something that
should be going on in this country.
On the other hand, if someone who's gay WANTS to be treated, why should he
be stopped from seeing a therapist? Granted, it would probably be futile
for someone who has been attracted to the same sex since birth to try to
change his orientation via counseling, but as we've already noted, not
everyone is in that boat.
There are plenty of "gay" Americans who also feel some attraction to the
opposite sex. What's wrong with letting them get therapy if they want it
and think it will make them happier?
As a psychology major, I can tell you that I've read numerous old
psychology books that matter-of-factly mention therapists successfully
treating homosexual patients who then went on to date, marry, and have
children. Does that mean it worked for every patient? Of course, not. No
treatment works for everyone. But, would it work for some people who want
treatment? Apparently, it does.
So, why should this even be a political issue? Because it makes some gay
people who don't believe they can change or don't want to change
uncomfortable? Because it might mean they have to tell some hopeful
relative that, no, that therapy isn't for them? That's certainly not a
conversation anyone would want to have, but it's morally wrong to deny
therapy to people who might benefit from it because it makes other people
uncomfortable.
4) Gay bullies have become commonplace in America: The biggest jerks you
will ever run across are people who feel entitled to act like creeps
because they believe they're victims. A lot of gay Americans have had bad
experiences with people who've treated them poorly because they're gay.
It's unfair, it's wrong, and it's something that shouldn't happen.
Unfortunately, a small subset of gay, liberal Americans wear their
victimhood as a badge and believe it entitles them to oppress people who
haven't hurt them in any way. The whole idea that an unwilling Christian
baker or photographer should be forced to bake a cake or take pictures at
a gay wedding is fascistic.
It's similarly despicable to try to get people fired for opposing gay
marriage. The people doing these things aren't victims or crusading for
civil rights; they're just run-of-the-mill ***holes who happen to be
waving a rainbow flag.
5) Gay scoutmasters would be more likely to molest Boy Scouts: There's a
lot of back and forth on whether gay men are more likely to be pedophiles
than heterosexuals, but in the end, it really doesn't matter very much
when it comes to the Scouts.
Why is that?
Because a teenager in the Boy Scouts shouldn't be spending a lot of alone
time out in the woods with someone who could potentially be attracted to
him. This is so basic we don't even think about it when teen girls are
involved. If a thirty year old, strapping male P.E. teacher took a group
of 15 year old cheerleaders out in the woods, their parents would GO
INSANE.
Incidentally, they'd be right to be upset. Similarly, a gay man has no
business being in the woods with a bunch of teenage boys. In fact, if the
Boy Scouts ever allowed gay Scoutmasters in their organization, it would
kill them as dead as Disco because most parents don't want their child
spending a lot of alone time with an adult who could be sexually attracted
to him.
In fact, that is so obvious it's clear that the people pushing this idea
the hardest are primarily concerned with destroying the Boy Scouts, not
enabling "gay rights."
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2014/06/10/5-truths-youre-not-
allowed-to-say-about-gays-in-america-n1849612/page/full