Also, I'm just going to add this because I thought of it after I posted. We often have arguments here with theists who will start putting us atheists in a box. "You atheists just hate God." "You atheists just believe in Science" or "You atheists don't believe in anything at all." etc... Essentially, every so often, from people who have no idea what it's like to be an atheist, will tell us what we are like, what we believe, how we act, etc... And how often do we correct them? "No, atheism is just a response to a question, it says nothing about what I believe." "Atheism just means I lack a belief in God, nothing more."
Well, apply that thinking to gays. The only thing you can know about a person when they tell you that they are gay, is simply that they are sexually attracted to their same gender. Nothing more. Their personality, how they act, who they have sex with, how they have sex with them, how often they have sex with them, how they feel about the opposite gender, etc... is not explicitly implied with the phrase "I'm gay."
Think about all the heterosexuals you know. How different they are. Who do you know is promiscuous? Who do you know never has sex? Who do you know is a sexist? And who do you know likes to roleplay in the bedroom? All you really need to do to understand gays is understand that they are people. No gay person will act exactly like another gay person. Each will have their own views, personality, fashion, etc... There is no box that gay people fit into.
Just like every stereotype that exists, you will find people who fit them. There are a reason the are perpetuated. However, for every stereotype you find, there are probably 10, maybe a 100 people that are nothing like them.
Well, apply that thinking to gays. The only thing you can know about a person when they tell you that they are gay, is simply that they are sexually attracted to their same gender. Nothing more. Their personality, how they act, who they have sex with, how they have sex with them, how often they have sex with them, how they feel about the opposite gender, etc... is not explicitly implied with the phrase "I'm gay."
Think about all the heterosexuals you know. How different they are. Who do you know is promiscuous? Who do you know never has sex? Who do you know is a sexist? And who do you know likes to roleplay in the bedroom? All you really need to do to understand gays is understand that they are people. No gay person will act exactly like another gay person. Each will have their own views, personality, fashion, etc... There is no box that gay people fit into.
Just like every stereotype that exists, you will find people who fit them. There are a reason the are perpetuated. However, for every stereotype you find, there are probably 10, maybe a 100 people that are nothing like them.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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