How do you feel about other people whom you don't know being gay? How would you feel if your own child was gay? Just want to see how people differ here. Please vote in pollleee.
How would you feel if your child was gay
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Prefer if they weren't, but after a day, whatever. What am I going to do? Disown them or beat it out of them?
My son is my son. He is 5 and if he is gay then that doesn't change him in my eyes. I'd love him no matter what.
ViviTheMage
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GodlessAstronomer
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Don't care if strangers are gay.
Won't approve of child's gayness, but I wouldn't disapprove their gayness with negative treatment.
Won't approve of child's gayness, but I wouldn't disapprove their gayness with negative treatment.
destrekor
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Poll is WAY to simplistic.
And can't believe I'm gonna give in to your thread... but alas
I'll be honest in my post, but can't quite commit to pole options.
People who are gay, I say, oh well... let them be. I also think homosexuality might be something in their DNA. In history, there have been societies where bisexuality was common and almost normal. But in today, choosing to be full-on homosexual seems to go against logic in terms of nature, and society isn't exactly accepting, specifically not encouraging it (and while in some circles it is accepted, its not something accepted by the entirety of society...)... so going that route, especially since so many are curious at a very young age, and as they mature decide its their path, that just seems to be something in their physiology that steers them in that direction... and could be something in family blood, but with society not nearly as accepting in the past as they are today, previous members of that family line may have suppressed it or never questioned it due to logic prevailing.
Honestly, I don't really care if people choose that route, but I don't really approve of it.
But with other animals sometimes showing the same thing, where two males treat each other as lovers (not necessarily 'mating' though), helps prove the idea it might be a physiological issue, rooted in the genes and how they play into different chemical balances.
But, while I won't so much as abandon a child of mine if he/she chose to be gay, and I'd love them just the same, I'll be honest in saying that I'd very much likely attempt to produce another child of that sex, just so I can make sure the bloodline continued.
If it was a male child and they deemed themselves full-on homosexual with no interest in women, then I'd most definitely attempt to have another male child. Might be tough to hear something like that for some folks, but honestly, I very much subscribe to patriarchal beliefs, and will do everything in my power to make sure my family name and bloodline continues. And my being the only male child in my family makes me feel a little pressured as well, in the sense that if I die before I can have a male child, the name of my family stops, as my dad was also the only male child of my grandpa.
I take great pride in family, and fully believe in family first, above everything else.
Now, most of what I have said is really only in regards to males. With females, there is less of an issue in my mind, and no, it's not just because attractive lesbians can be quite a sight. lol But its because, well females don't really carry the pressure of preserving family names... though the bloodline they kind of do carry on with new family name. However, I too am not exactly approving of females being homosexual, for the same reason it's against the natural tendency, to you know... have kids.
Now while it's less of an issue in this day and age due to the population of humanity, it still is intriguing how people in modern society place emotions and other things ahead of instincts.
With that said, I don't, and won't ever, persecute someone for their sexuality, and I bet I've met many men and women who act normal and yet are gay. Now, the butch women and feminine men do kind of make me a little uncomfortable, but it's their life and I won't insult them or tell them how I feel. It's just a personal inner-belief that I don't let show itself, mainly because I know I'll probably have to work alongside someone who identifies as gay, and I don't go out of my way to upset/piss people off. I'm very well mannered and I either show respect or just don't interact with someone if I don't need to (that goes for everyone, not necessarily any specific type of person).
edit: woah that's quite the novel. :laugh:
And can't believe I'm gonna give in to your thread... but alas
I'll be honest in my post, but can't quite commit to pole options.
People who are gay, I say, oh well... let them be. I also think homosexuality might be something in their DNA. In history, there have been societies where bisexuality was common and almost normal. But in today, choosing to be full-on homosexual seems to go against logic in terms of nature, and society isn't exactly accepting, specifically not encouraging it (and while in some circles it is accepted, its not something accepted by the entirety of society...)... so going that route, especially since so many are curious at a very young age, and as they mature decide its their path, that just seems to be something in their physiology that steers them in that direction... and could be something in family blood, but with society not nearly as accepting in the past as they are today, previous members of that family line may have suppressed it or never questioned it due to logic prevailing.
Honestly, I don't really care if people choose that route, but I don't really approve of it.
But with other animals sometimes showing the same thing, where two males treat each other as lovers (not necessarily 'mating' though), helps prove the idea it might be a physiological issue, rooted in the genes and how they play into different chemical balances.
But, while I won't so much as abandon a child of mine if he/she chose to be gay, and I'd love them just the same, I'll be honest in saying that I'd very much likely attempt to produce another child of that sex, just so I can make sure the bloodline continued.
If it was a male child and they deemed themselves full-on homosexual with no interest in women, then I'd most definitely attempt to have another male child. Might be tough to hear something like that for some folks, but honestly, I very much subscribe to patriarchal beliefs, and will do everything in my power to make sure my family name and bloodline continues. And my being the only male child in my family makes me feel a little pressured as well, in the sense that if I die before I can have a male child, the name of my family stops, as my dad was also the only male child of my grandpa.
I take great pride in family, and fully believe in family first, above everything else.
Now, most of what I have said is really only in regards to males. With females, there is less of an issue in my mind, and no, it's not just because attractive lesbians can be quite a sight. lol But its because, well females don't really carry the pressure of preserving family names... though the bloodline they kind of do carry on with new family name. However, I too am not exactly approving of females being homosexual, for the same reason it's against the natural tendency, to you know... have kids.
Now while it's less of an issue in this day and age due to the population of humanity, it still is intriguing how people in modern society place emotions and other things ahead of instincts.
With that said, I don't, and won't ever, persecute someone for their sexuality, and I bet I've met many men and women who act normal and yet are gay. Now, the butch women and feminine men do kind of make me a little uncomfortable, but it's their life and I won't insult them or tell them how I feel. It's just a personal inner-belief that I don't let show itself, mainly because I know I'll probably have to work alongside someone who identifies as gay, and I don't go out of my way to upset/piss people off. I'm very well mannered and I either show respect or just don't interact with someone if I don't need to (that goes for everyone, not necessarily any specific type of person).
edit: woah that's quite the novel. :laugh:
Poulsonator
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It's your child. Why would them being gay matter in the slightest bit?
I'm serious. For those who talk shit about throwing them out of the house (which is all talk, by the way), etc., why? You afraid of what others are gonna think?
I'm serious. For those who talk shit about throwing them out of the house (which is all talk, by the way), etc., why? You afraid of what others are gonna think?
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