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Gay Marriage: In striking it down it shall become more powerful than you can imagine
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I thought that was the indicator of a liberal elite actually, usually the kind that work on a university campus.
Naw, it's the conservative professors who have tweed. The liberals have nylon.
I know this was a few pages back, but damn if this thread didn't go places in 24 hours.
There is a poll that was reported on by CNN which stated:
So basically, people oppose it when it doesn't affect anyone they know; when it affects someone they know, they suddenly decide their friends should have rights.
It appeals to me because I'm a spiteful bastard at heart. You don't want the gays to get married? Fine, they won't, but nobody else will either!
What happens if we ever figure out a way to deprogram homosexuality through science?
Is this going to be scientific research that conservatives support and liberals heartily oppose?
what is the purpose of funding that type of research Obs? would you support it? I thought you didn't have a problem with gay people, just gay marriage?
Hopefully we'll find a way to deprogram conservativism first.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I would certainly support it.
Being gay seriously prevents people from living normal lives, just like being transgender or whatever it's called tortures a person mentally to a point where they never feel comfortable in their own bodies.
But, wait...I like tweed and am thinking of getting a tweed blazer when I have spare monies again.
excellent, just confirming you are a terrible human being
Not terrible, just completely disconnected from reality.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
You also need a douchey bowtie.
Which is redundant, I suppose.
As for the implications, it doesn't and never should matter whether or not homosexuality is a choice. And it wont matter to anyone who actually thinks rationally either. I've mentioned it before, but the 'it's not their choice' thing is a huge red herring to me and I'd rather it disappear from the discourse altogether as it pollutes the heart of the matter.
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What about Tucker?
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I'd totally support a way to cure people of heterosexuality, too.
Maybe I could use my mind control powers.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
The sooner you guys stop talking about me and start talking with me, the sooner we improve the level of discourse on these forums.
There is absolutely no way it's a choice, unless a lot of gays are lying.
You... You realise I am not a computer, right? Nor was I .. indoctrinated at some point? What about if we take all that money that would go towards, uh, debugging me, and spend it on, say, something that matters. Hell, spend it on sport if you want, people seem to like that a lot? (Weirdos.)
I'd rather deprogram people who like sports.
Kneebiters, the lot of them.
For another thing, when you realize you've not competently responded to something, you resort to whiny posts about how the D & D echo-chamber is oppressing you. Like this one that I am responding to.
I know you dude. Your a good artist, and also gay. But it's brought you suffering before.
IF there was a way to turn you straight, into a heterosexual, who would be sexually attracted only to women, and this treatment was not flawed in any way, would you do it?
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You do realize that I am only one man, and there's like a whole gang of you asking so many questions.
This isn't a press conference format, I answer whatever I can. I simply won't get to everyone's questions, ever. And the more of you there are, the less likely each individual question people ask will get answered.
Of course not. I wouldn't be nearly as fabulous!
Just out of curiosity, would an amendment undoing Prop 8 be considering a revision now?
How much of you is really defined by homosexuality?
For the most part I've always observed that gays are just like regular people except they are attracted to the same gender.
If they were suddenly straight one day, their core personality wouldn't really be much different i think.
then why does it matter to you? why would you ask them to change if it's not going to make a difference?
Ok, how about if the treatment worked in two stages.
First, it turns you bisexual, and then it stays that way for a while.
And then, if you choose, you can complete it and just go heterosexual.
??
So you are recommending drastically changing yourself because someone else has a problem with the way you are?
Do I have that right?
took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
(And I, like a poster above, consider "choice versus way we were born" a red herring. I believe it's a choice for many, and it is a choice I fully approve of and defend.)
But in practice, as soon as you get there, you get people who will want to turn off the gays as though they were rapists and pedophiles. Hell, there was a not-great episode of ST:TNG about this.
So until I've got a bit more faith in the current state of humanity, no, I wouldn't support this research personally.
Which doesn't really matter, because there are hundreds if not thousands of studies like this happening right now already.
Hence me saying "which is a tiny tiny fraction of most rapists, who, I understand, are there for the power and control more than the sex".
sorry
If you thought it would give you a better life, would you go gay?
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat