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LordGlenconner

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19. Excellent point

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 02:40 PM

Aug 2013

And one I started using several years ago whenever the "choice to be gay" canard came up, usually by an evangelical. It's a real "mind fucker" for some of those folks.

To take it a step further, since they believe homosexuality is the product of an environment or choice, I like to ask how much convincing it would take for them to perform oral sex on another man or woman, since, you know, our sexuality can be shaped and altered with words, at least in their eyes.

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When Did You Choose to Be Straight? [View all] HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 OP

That was really good, K n R!...nt GReedDiamond Aug 2013 #1

When, as a boy, I saw Linda Carter as Wonder Woman Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #2

yep, me too. d_r Aug 2013 #30

Great video. Thanks for posting... Agschmid Aug 2013 #3

One of the few contemporary ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #10

If nothing else, got them to think on it Scootaloo Aug 2013 #4

I'll tell you something good to choose.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #5

Very simple question to make people think. William769 Aug 2013 #6

Excellent, thank you. Several epiphany moments, in real time. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #7

K&R! I've seen this before and it's absolutely terrific! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #8

Captain Von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" applegrove Aug 2013 #9

Hate to break this to you, but Niel Boortz said this in the early '90s, late '80s. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #11

My brother and I were having a discussion ohheckyeah Aug 2013 #12

K & R SunSeeker Aug 2013 #13

I didn't mwrguy Aug 2013 #14

I wonder how many people with a strong opinion on this matter never even thought to RedCappedBandit Aug 2013 #15

. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #16

Hot Diggity-Dog! Like this a LOT! Such a terrific question! calimary Aug 2013 #17

Funny, I must be a weirdo Hydra Aug 2013 #18

Excellent point LordGlenconner Aug 2013 #19

July 12, 1979. KamaAina Aug 2013 #20

1970 ileus Aug 2013 #21

Sometime as a kid I guess. My mother had a story. Katashi_itto Aug 2013 #22

Well, you see, ladyVet Aug 2013 #23

~ 4th grade, my mother gave me a choice...dudes stank, girls didn't uponit7771 Aug 2013 #24

It's impossible to choose attraction. The brain doesn't work that way. Rex Aug 2013 #25

Sheena of the Jungle's skimpy outfit in the comic books gave me a.....clue. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #26

Is "straight" still the proper term? Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #27

What does cis stand for? Rex Aug 2013 #28

Latin for "on this side of" Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #29

Okay thanks! Rex Aug 2013 #32

i tried 'choosing' to be straight....it never took. nt xchrom Aug 2013 #31

about 12 Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #33

In the womb. nt riqster Aug 2013 #34

In High School....it didn't stick! Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #35

Great vid! CrispyQ Aug 2013 #36

when committing to a monogamous relationship with my current partner Matariki Aug 2013 #37

When I lived in Miami, I had many lesbian and gay friends and co-workers. RebelOne Aug 2013 #38

I've wondered about that loyalsister Aug 2013 #39

This doesn't work on the true bigots / evangelicals. yodermon Aug 2013 #40

I found my Dad's stash of Playboys when I was a wee lad and realized that something WCGreen Aug 2013 #41

I found my Dad's stash too...I was interested in the articles! Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #42

One of the most interesting things about this video... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #43

Why do people think this line of "reasoning" is a coup? Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #44