CNN Poll: Do you think gays and lesbians could change their sexual orientation if they wanted to?

CNN ^ | 6-27-07 | CNN

[Arcy]

Current vote count:
Yes: 31% No: 69%

[Old Professer]

A lesbian hairdresser with bell-bottomed pants, wouldn’t that look silly with a butch haircut?

[PeterPrinciple]

Is lusting in one’s heart a behavior? Does the object of that lust, male or female, help define whether a person is heterosexual or homosexual?

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Depends on what is is.

[PeterPrinciple]

Is lusting in one’s heart a behavior?
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On a serious note that is a good question. If one is are a fan of the Bible, lusting would be a behavior with consequences.

[marvlus]

can you explain to me why gays and lesbians want to adopt children?

I'm afraid I can't. I am not an expert in homosexuality. All I can say is that I don't know why a heterosexual would want to do homosexual acts. I'm speaking primarily for myself and probably most heterosexuals.

[Theo]

The thing is, a lot of “them” don’t want to be gay. I know several Christians, for example, who struggle to overcome their same-sex attraction orientation.

[AppyPappy]

I guess their editor is dead. “wanted to”?

[massgopguy]

Bingo, that was during a time called the Lesbian Chic Era. I knew two girls in a rock band who, due to their boyfriend’s “business” were doing a serious amount of Blow. Well, that affects men one way (good-bye Schmeckie) and girls differently (still want it, Schmeckie unavailable)So they turn to each other. They move in together and after a while decide to drop the Coke. Guess what? Clearer heads prevailed. They both became Born Again, went their separate ways, married men and had families. I run into the singer’s father now and then. She’s doing great.

[beckysueb]

Freeped for all the good it will do.

[beckysueb]

Its on the right quite a ways down the page.

[Antoninus]

Funny, "straights" can become "gay" but not vice-versa.

Ironic, that.

This poll may as well say: "Do you believe an alcoholic can recover and stay off the sauce for the rest of his life?"

Those who say "no" do not believe in the Grace of God to do the impossible, IMHO.

[Antoninus]

May as well ask: "Can a transsexual change his gender if he really wants to?"

You can mutilate the human body, chop off your wee-wee, take all the estrogen you want, but the chromosomes are still going to say "XY". At the end of the day, homosexuality is a mental disorder and always has been.

[scripter]

Funny, "straights" can become "gay" but not vice-versa.

Indeed. There is a double standard here that many don't realize.

[scripter]

Confession from a former homosexual

[scripter]

People Can Change

[scripter]

The Great Escape (Mike Haley)

[BearCub]

So there is no reason a gay man couldn’t fall in love with a woman who he was not “physically attracted to”, but still have sex with her and be physically satisfied,

I once asked a gay coworker if the thought of 'being with a woman' was as ooky to him as the thought of 'being with a guy' is for me. He said he thought probably so.

It's not simply a matter of having sex with someone you're not attracted to. Could I have an orgasm with a guy? Yeah, maybe (if there were no women left on the planet). It's a disgusting thought.

[beckysueb]

Wow! Thats powerful!

[CharlesWayneCT]

It’s disgusting to me to, but for some reason really tough guys who end up in jail often find the idea attractive enough to risk punishment for it.

[MEGoody]

Yes, but it’s not easy. Course, neither is dieting if you are ‘addicted’ to food, nor is ceasing to drink if you are an alcoholic. (Yet we don’t respect those who don’t try to do either of those things.)