Re: same *** marriage petition (Canada) .

I don't think homo***uality is contagious. I think there are genetic and
hormonal factors which predispose for the developmet of a ***ual
attraction
that is incorrect for the *** of the person. Because genes and hormones
can't be "caught", like the flu, I think we can all agree that it tends to
be set early on and remains set through life.

But I do believe that, despite biological orientation, nearly all of us
have
the potential to be drawn into a relation****p which crosses orientation.
All
of the ingredients are there. We are all attracted to those who makes us
feel good about ourselves. It may be a teacher, a minister, a friend, or
someone we admire. If a person reinforces our feeling of self-worth, we
are
drawn to them. That forms an emotional bond.

If it were not for the cultural norm, it would be easy for most people to
enjoy having *** with others of either ***. Especially when we are young
and
full of hormones.

I don't think that either of these two conditions can be debated. Taken
together, it means that, except for the cultural norm, most people would
be
able to form an emotional and ***ual bond with others of either ***.

And if that is true, then we risk that many children, who are not
biologically homo***ual, may become functionally homo***ual if we convince
them that it doesn't matter whether they marry a boy or marry a girl.


"Melanie" <chovhani@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:SKpDb.10592$Ve.921269@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I think I can sum up here. Relation****ps are only part choice..when you
fall
> in love, thankfully, it's a matter of the heart, not the head. I can't
> comment on your "contingent" who say things are wrong, or who predict
> failure, besides I've said what my feelings are on all that already. If
> those in any partner****p are both happy, then it's right, never wrong.
> Whatever. If either partner is unhappy, it's never right, it's wrong.
>
> You seem to have some idea that homo***uality is contagious. No, it
isn't.
> You are what you are. You are born either hetero***ual, homo***ual, or
> bi***ual. You can't change that anymore than you can change which side
of
> the planet the Sun rises on. Oh sure, you can PRETEND to be something
else,
> that's quite another matter. And you can drive yourself nuts doing so. 
If
> it really were that easy to switch from one to the other, I'm sure the
> thousands who have been persecuted over the centuries for being gay
would
> have gone to find a cure.
>
> Yes, I am still madly "in love" with my husband, and I do tell people,
for
> example I'm telling you now. I happen to believe that falling in love is
a
> unique thing, that we are lacking in words to describe, and that is so
far
> above and beyond any other relation****p that we have, that it cannot be
> compared. It is transcendant.
>
>
> Infidelity is what it is, and has nothing to do with the subject at hand
> actually.
>
> -- 
>
> Melanie
> "There are only four questions of value in life....What is sacred, of
what
> is the spirit made, what is worth living for, and what is worth dying?
The
> answer to each is the same....only love."