I'm not sure why I just thought of this, but there seems to be a growing number of people whom will say the following when asked what their feelings are toward homosexuality:
"Yeah, I think people are born that way, but I still think they shouldn't do it, you know?"
These are typically members of the conservative evangelical movement whom now know someone that is openly gay.
Now when hearing or reading a person utter such words, I'd have to respond in the following manner:
Me: "So, you're saying people are born gay?"
Them: "Yup"
Me: "Yet they still shouldn't engage in any form of physical/sexual intimacy with people they're innately attracted to sexually?"
Them: "Nope"
Me: "Were you born the way you are? Meaning, have you always been sexually attracted to the opposite sex?"
Them: "Yup"
Me: "Would it be right of me and logically consistent from your vantage point to then say you shouldn't engage in sexual relations with members of the opposite sex?"
Them: "Uh..."
Me: "That's what I thought..."
"Yeah, I think people are born that way, but I still think they shouldn't do it, you know?"
These are typically members of the conservative evangelical movement whom now know someone that is openly gay.
Now when hearing or reading a person utter such words, I'd have to respond in the following manner:
Me: "So, you're saying people are born gay?"
Them: "Yup"
Me: "Yet they still shouldn't engage in any form of physical/sexual intimacy with people they're innately attracted to sexually?"
Them: "Nope"
Me: "Were you born the way you are? Meaning, have you always been sexually attracted to the opposite sex?"
Them: "Yup"
Me: "Would it be right of me and logically consistent from your vantage point to then say you shouldn't engage in sexual relations with members of the opposite sex?"
Them: "Uh..."
Me: "That's what I thought..."
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