R&S: If I ask a question about homosexuality and sin, does that mean I'm gay?

I've been called gay a few times for defending homosexuality. It's not the act that I'm defending so much as the freedom for someone to do it.

I try to allow for everyone else every right that I claim for myself. I find women attractive so I pursue women. If they find other consensual men attractive, power to them. I'm not going to try to tell someone who they can and can't love nor am I going to let some other bigot try.

I'd rather be gay than judgmental anyways. It's harder to love a bigot than it is a fag.

In my opinion asking questions or being friends with a gay person does not make you gay. If people are saying you are then they are jumping to conclusions and it is your life how you live it one way or the other. I'm not the one to be judging how you live your life.

There are some very fine gay people in this world, the same as every other group. I'd like to know why so many have to be so prejudice against someone who isn't like themselves.

Isn't it long over do to learn to except one another without the hatred and judging? It would certainly be a far better world. The kind of world God want in the first place. love and peace.

No, it doesn't mean you're gay.

"Is there such a lack of understanding about homosexuality that some of the religious assume anyone who talks about it must be gay?"

I don't think it's that. I think it's more a case of people jumping at the chance to tell people they're in sin. Maybe a case of over-compensation? If you have a serious question about it, ask. Don't worry about the responses like this.

****, I might go gay for David Tennant. hehe, j/k, but Doctor Who is awesome. :P

Edit: Oh, and they assume you are gay because they think everyone is a sinner and we are all inherently evil and can only be saved by the grace of God. There's really no point in questioning why they do anything, though. Most of them can't hear you or actually read what you type. There is a large wall in between you called The Bible that makes everything you say/type fall on deaf ears and blind eyes.

Of course not. Just because you ask questions about sins and homosexuality does not necessarily make you "gay." Some sheltered folks lack understanding and thus assume that those of us who ask questions must be gay. The only dumb question you can ask is the one you don't ask. I'm curious by nature and ask a lot of questions--to gain better knowledge and perspective. Thank you for pointing out questions about sin, love, homosexuality. :)

First of all, no, asking such questions does not mean you are gay. Secondly, nice choices with the genders there. They are both incredibly beautiful. Thirdly, although I do not agree with homosexuality, I will not treat those who are gay with hatred. Those who call themselves "Christian" and do promote hatred for homosexuals are not displaying themselves as TRUE Christians.

You'll see the "finest" religion has to offer in R&S. There are so many whose brains are so hard wired that they are incapable of abstraction. These are the folks who ask why there are atheists in R&S. They cannot tell the difference between the topic of religion and a religion itself (which doesn't say much for their religious beliefs). It's a wonder that when they go into a restaurant, they don't eat the menu.

You are talking about a segment of people who are scared of ideas, devoid of compassion, incapable of abstraction, and who think that showing there faults in public advances their cause. The ironic part is that 6-10% of them are gay, just like the general population. They assume your gay. They assume atheists are looking for religion if they show up in R&S, just before they go flame LBG&T. Laugh it off.

Homophobia is an irrational fear and hatred, and thus it responds in irrational ways. A century ago, those who supported equality for Blacks were equally berated. When you attempt to question something like this, those who cannot approach the issue rationally and calmly will invariably make accusations or respond with lengthy scriptural diatribes. (One person on here comes to mind who seems to have several paragraphs saved on his computer, and pastes his novel length treatise on homosexuality at least once a day.)

Finally somone who isn't a homophobic bigot. Haha... no, asking those questions shouldn't make people assume you're gay. But so what if you were? Pretty much all of my friends are gay guys..I didn't plan it that way, but it's who I get along with I guess.. so I can relate. I love them and like you, I'm constantly fighting with people to just GET OVER IT. Ugh very frustrating..

There have been many activist spoilers who try to defend homosexuality. Perhaps readers have become de-sensitized or overly suspicious.

I perceive homosexuality as a form of sexual addiction. The purpose of life is to grow spiritually, not to become obsessed in the pursuit of pleasure. The natural man is an enemy to God. Promiscuity leads to sorrow, suffering, and sometimes death. It is hard to estimate the human cost of selfish and short-sighted acts, although it is substantial. The future of the world depends on the strength of families. Anything that threatens families threatens society.