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Is this grooming?

EMNofSeattle said:
Being gay is a sexual practice. That is the defining aspect of being homosexual. It’s not living with someone of the same sex, that is being a roommate, it has nothing to do with love because the vast majority of most peoples loving relationships are not sexual.

You can only be “gay” by exercise of or preference for specific sexual practices.
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Well, no. Being gay is defined by attraction, not sex. You can be attracted to people without having sex, and you can have sex with people you are not attracted to. Your ignorance is vast, and showing.
 
Mongidig said:
Children are a sponge of information. They are very easily influenced by their parents. They will want to think and act like their parents do. This what I call "grooming" will cause a lot of internal conflict if the child is not gay. I don't see this as the parents trying to enlighten the child about all what is out there. I think this is more "This is how things are and this is how you should be". They do this under the guise of wanting their child to accepting. The reality is they want to get to their kids before the heteros do. This works the opposite way as well. I say let the kids grow up organically and be who they are.
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That is just stupid. My mother is gay. Neither my sister nor I are. You really should think before you post.
 
Redress said:
That is just stupid. My mother is gay. Neither my sister nor I are. You really should think before you post.
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Did she read a book like the "GayBC's" to you when you were 5?
 
EMNofSeattle said:
No, not at all. Love of truth is one of the greatest forms of love. A lot of these sexuality movements, are based off of hatred of the truth. You apparently can’t even bring yourself to acknowledge the obvious truth about what sex and what it is for,
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Pot kettle achromatic
 
Redress said:
Well, no. Being gay is defined by attraction, not sex. You can be attracted to people without having sex, and you can have sex with people you are not attracted to. Your ignorance is vast, and showing.
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By attraction you mean “sexual preference”
 
Mongidig said:
Did she read a book like the "GayBC's" to you when you were 5?
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No, but I was around gay people, frequently many of them, every day. I know a few truths that escape you. Gay people are, in every way that matters, just like you and I. Some are great people, some are scum. Most are somewhere in between. Gay people are not recruiting. Most trans people are not drag queens, and just want to get through the day without being beat up by random assholes. They do not hang out in bathrooms hoping to catch a glimpse, and in fact, public bathrooms are avoided if at all possible. Gay people exist, have families and children, and anything that helps those children understand that there is nothing wrong with their parents and family situation is A-OK with me.
 
quip said:
Help me out here then: How do express your deep evolutionary feelings when performing sex with your ......partner?
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"Oh, baby! Let's get that natural selection going!"
 
Redress said:
No I do not. Sexual attracttion is a (small) part of orientation, but far from all.
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It’s purely desire for specific sex acts with members of the same sex. If you delete sex or desire for sex you don’t have someone who’s gay.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
It’s purely desire for specific sex acts with members of the same sex. If you delete sex or desire for sex you don’t have someone who’s gay.
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You don't have someone who is straight either, because then either will do for love and companionship.
 
maquiscat said:
You don't have someone who is straight either, because then either will do for love and companionship.
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There is no such thing as “straight” that is a political slur used to refer to normal

because homosexuals are abnormal, very abnormal, and their only difference that can be charted is sexual preference, instructing a child what gay is, by necessity is introducing sex acts to them
 
EMNofSeattle said:
There is no such thing as “straight” that is a political slur used to refer to normal

because homosexuals are abnormal, very abnormal, and their only difference that can be charted is sexual preference, instructing a child what gay is, by necessity is introducing sex acts to them
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Which is obviously false given then number of gay people there are and have been throughout history, despite being taught that it's not real and is a sin and all that.

Also, since straight is not used as a negative, it's not a slur.
 
quip said:
At what age do you believe minors should be exposed to the LGBTQ lifestyle?
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I think your side needs to stop trying to legislate sexuality. Kids do more on their own than you think. It is not a good idea for you to try to force your beliefs on them.

They will resent you for it.

If they ask for guidance, give it to them. Otherwise, leave them to learn and grow.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
There is no such thing as “straight” that is a political slur used to refer to normal

because homosexuals are abnormal, very abnormal, and their only difference that can be charted is sexual preference, instructing a child what gay is, by necessity is introducing sex acts to them
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This is absolute bullshit. It's reich-wing religious nonsensical bullshit.

It's such bullshit that it is hysterically laughable.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
It’s purely desire for specific sex acts with members of the same sex. If you delete sex or desire for sex you don’t have someone who’s gay.
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Well, the APA, and virtually everyone who has studied the issue disagrees, but go ahead and make up your own definition instead of educating yourself.
 
ColdHardTruth said:
I think your side needs to stop trying to legislate sexuality. Kids do more on their own than you think. It is not a good idea for you to try to force your beliefs on them.
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This has nothing to do with the law. It's a children's book.
ColdHardTruth said:
They will resent you for it.

If they ask for guidance, give it to them. Otherwise, leave them to learn and grow.
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And if they don't ask, specifically because they believe they're gay, what then?

I suppose your plan is to let them be and allow social conformity to take it from there.

The problem here is that social conformity = hate for the gay community. The goal of the book is to tell gay children (of conforming parents) that it's ok to be gay despite the social antagonism toward them.
Perhaps, one day society will accept homosexuality with open arms, until then such books are necessary.
 
Mongidig said:
Notice they didn’t use S is for straight. This book is clearly pushing the toddlers in a deviant direction.
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What word should they use for for + 90% people who are heterosexual?

Toddlers don't understand sexual orientation. That concept is served for 10-12 year olds.
 
Mongidig said:
What is “homophobia”? Nobody is afraid of gay people..

My example above has nothing to do with me having a problem with anything. You’re just making stuff up.
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Actually homophobia is being afraid that you are gay. That fits your posts perfectly.
 
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