[AF] Home is not a choice

[Rich Wood]

------ At 02:10 AM 5/8/2007, Rex Hyum Lee wrote: -------

>Not sure it would have been a crime though, I'd call it self-defense,
>and there is no way in heaven I'd have left her side to go looking.
>That will never happen again, I WILL punch out the guy that tries
>to distract or turn ME around from a freshly poured drink, and
>explain later.

I'm not a bar person. I only drink at social events and dinner with 
friends. However, I know very well that you never, ever, take your 
eyes of your drink in a bar. There are many reasons for spiking a 
drink beyond trying to convert you from a life of heterosexuality. 
For women it's often an attempt at rape and for men it's often 
burglary when the Good Samaritan that spiked the drink offers to help 
the victim home. Talk to any big city police officer.

>The word orientation is synonymous with direction. At one time or 
>another we all
>choose or have forced upon us our own orientation. It's still a 
>direction that can
>be changed, deny it or not.

Most in the fields of Psychiatry and Psychology will dispute that. 
One's orientation is formed at a very early age. There was/is a group 
called Exodus that claims great conversion success. So much that the 
two men who were their spokesmen are now life partners. I also doubt 
that Ted Haggard's homosexuality was cured after three weeks of 
church indoctrination. I'll bet he'll join the legacy of Jimmy 
Swaggart in another motel room in the future. I'm curious. When did 
you choose to be straight? Was it a place like voter registration 
where you had to declare your political orientation? I checked with 
the Town Hall and they don't have an orientation declaration 
department. Not even a form to fill out.

>We all sin. Those living a homosexual life are included in this. 
>Their sin is NOT
>worse than my sin, it's just diferent than my sin. It is also no 
>harder to change ones
>sexual orientation than it is for me to stop lusting after another 
>mans wife. For that
>reason I know it can be done.

How do you know that? If the other man's wife gains 100 pounds your 
lust might go away on its own. That would make you a very superficial 
person. She's still the same person, though a bit heftier. I 
understand it's a deeply held, though inaccurate, religious belief 
that changing orientation is simple. If that were true, it would be 
very simple to change you into a homosexual. Logic has it it works 
both ways. The fact that the children of gay couples tend to grow up 
straight tells me it's built-in, not forced or chosen.

It isn't something I'm going to spend much time worrying about, 
though I will continue to watch my drinks very carefully. I'm sure 
I'd hate the headache I'm told results.

Rich