I am currently listening to a Christian actress on NPR who made this comment about being a Christian who supports homosexuality: “I think there are certain aspects you’re born with, and I don’t believe God makes mistakes.”
I disagree.
#1 There are people who are attracted to both sexes. Could be something else you’re born with… but I think that if a preference to one sex or the other is innate, then a) everyone would be straight because our instincts are towards procreation, and b) there wouldn’t be asexual people or (their opposite) bisexual people.
#2 I don’t believe heterosexuality is a “born with” quality, therefore I would be inconsistent thinking homosexuality is.
#3 People change. I read an article in O Magazine about women who were married to men… and then became lesbians. Were they lesbians the entire time? Maybe, but I doubt it.
#4 I honestly believe it’s more about taste than genetics. I like a certain type of person: funny, brutally honest, reasonable, able to compromise, laid back, balanced, etc. These qualities are found in both my male and female friends. Like pilates, I think it’s the combination of the exercises that render the best results and not the actions alone.
#5 I’m reading a book called “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” and it reiterates the idea that men are mostly concerned about Who they are, What they do, and How much they make. Their entire lives are centered around those 3 things, and they don’t feel like a human if they can’t answer those questions. As a woman, I don’t care who you are, what you do, or how much you make. I place WAY more importance on whether or not you treat other people with respect, and whether or not you can prioritize. Men don’t care if a woman treats the waitress with respect or if she can assign priority to a number of tasks. There seems to be an inherent difference which, I think, causes someone to be attracted to either a man or a woman.
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