Reflection 15

Homosexuality for many people is an extremely touchy subject. We all know how the highly religious feel about homosexuality and how some people who are homosexual feel about themselves. The highly religious feel that homosexuality is wrong. They feel that it is a choice. I believe that religious groups have many problems aside from their view of homosexuality and the people who feel the shame of being homosexual feel that shame because of all the negative connotations associated with being homosexual. I remember when I was in grade school, being homosexual was the worst thing in the world to be. If you were suspected of being homosexual you were alienated, teased, and usually only had all girl friends. I was one of the kids that would tease someone for being homosexual and could never imagine myself having a homosexual person as a friend. For some reason I hated homosexual people and so did everyone one else but no one had no idea why. I knew they liked the same sex but never thought that was a strong enough reason to have so much disdain in my heart for someone who was homosexual. I remember when I was in church we were told that homosexuality is a sin and it is wrong. We were told that people choose to be homosexual. I never really understood that because I know that I didn’t choose to be attracted to girls, I just was. I was born attracted to girls but I just went along with it because the church and the bible are always right. I grew older and started to formulate my own views. I realized that everything the church and the bible said my not have been true. I also realized that everything in the bible may not have happened.
My personal view on homosexuality is that you are born homosexual. As I said in the first paragraph, I did not choose to like girls or to be attracted to girls. I was born this way. I was born a heterosexual male. I know in my heart that homosexual people are born homosexual also. I know a few homosexual who have said that they have had these kinds of feelings since they were three years old. What are we supposed to tell these children, you were making a conscious choose at three years old to be homosexual. I also feel we should shed the negative stigmas of being homosexual. If this is done, people will be less ashamed and will to get treatment for AIDS and other diseases. Also, suicide rates of homosexuals will dramatically decrease. I am happy to see that homosexuality is becoming more accepted in society. I have had these views for a very long time and if the highly religious or prejudice take time to see that homosexuals are people like you and I than the world would be a better and more accepting place.