Got Philk? said:
I know a guy who is very against homosexuality. He actually snuck on to his housemates computer looking for evidence that he was gay.
Sure enough, he found something and this asshole guy actually kicked the kid out of the house b/c of what he found. So yah, I guess you could say some people are against it.
I've grown in up in many different Christian communities, being that my father was a pastor. I've seen lots of different views on homosexuality. Unfortunatly most have been negative most of my life. For that, I apologize. I am a Christian. But I will not judge you any different than any other person I meet in my lifetime.
So I can't answer your question with a yes or a no. But I will say that I accept you as you are.
All Christian faiths, even if they feel homosexuality is "against God" or "against the Bible" do feel that everyone should be loved and accepted. They will try to "guide" the homosexual person to the ways of God and help them become heterosexual (as if homosexuality is a choice and the person is purposely trying to eliminate God from his/her world). While their intentions are misguided, at least the religion still preaches acceptance and love.
Sadly, some people who practice these faiths often don't follow what is preached. They will do things like kick out roommates on some weak suspicions that one may be gay.
The irony is that those who are most homophobic are actually homosexual. They have so repressed this side of their personality that they feel anything remotely gay must be abolished. If I knew someone who kicked out his roommate for finding something on his roommate's computer, I would (a) be pissed at that person for such an egregious violoation of privacy; (b) think that this person was gay - for why else would he "fear" gay people so much?
On a recent episode of "American Dad" (a cartoon made by the creator of "Family Guy"), the lead figure (the "dad") wanted to be gay as this would give him a chance to give a speech at the gay Republican party meeting. His ultimate goal was really just to give a speech at a Republican convention - and when he found out he could do so by attending the gay Republicans convention, he then chose to be gay!
So even though this was a married man with kids, he told his wife that he was choosing to be gay (so he could give this talk). He then described himself as a "power top" and tried to hook-up with his neighbor who is gay.
I tell this silly anectdote because as much as this character tried to be gay, he found he was not. He kept saying things like, "But I choose to be gay!", yet he found he simply had zero attraction to men. The moral was obvious - people don't choose to be gay or straight, they just are. No child or teen has "pushed God aside" to become gay - that's outrageous thinking.
What's really sad is how many gay men and women there are who do "act straight" in that they get married and have kids. Only then they either cheat on their spouses or ultimately divorce to be with the person of their own gender. In other words, even if people do try to "accept God and live a heterosexual life", it doesn't work. That's because it's NATURAL for their to be both gay and straight people in the world.
As Martha wrote, asking to be "for or against" gays is like asking a person to be for or against an Asian person or Jewish person. Sadly, that exists too.
But in my world, I am "for" it.