Reply #103: Maybe you will choose to listen then...

[TAZller]

You do seem to be part way there in understanding that being gay is not a choice. So you could likely understand the outrage if someone said "It is OK the bill was vetoed because being gay is a choice. It is sometimes chosen to get attention or because there is some other problem...it isn't like being black or something. I believe this because I read it somewhere."

And now as you identify with the wrongness of the above point imagine if you are wrong when it comes down to gender identity... if you were misled because you read something misleading or because your experience has not been balanced enough to this point to provide you with the correct information. That is unfortunate.

Please trust that you are ill-informed at least enough to expand your sources of information. You can hear it from me...you can hear it from the large number of posters outpouring of dissent....and you can choose to explore this "interesting topic" by researching it yourself. The VAST majority of information out there will direct you in the opposite direction of your current position. Learning something new can be empowering.