Welcome! This website contains a wealth of information and well-reasoned thought for people who are trying to understand homosexuality--something that's not easy to do. If you're here for the first time, congratulations. You're taking an important step.
Thinking about sexuality, however, can be an uncomfortable task for anyone, and it's not unusual to have strong feelings. So go easy on yourself and don't try to absorb all of this material at once. Bookmark this site and come back after doing some reflection. Talk about what you read with other thoughtful people, and surf the net to check the accuracy of what is reported here.
A few of the most useful links are listed at the top of each page and are the same on each page. The "Further Reading" links to the left vary with each page according to the material presented. Links are also sprinkled throughout the text to show at least one example of a source for a piece of information.
Is homosexuality a choice?
At the present time the United States is trying to make its mind up about homosexual marriage...and about homosexuals in general, for that matter. Central to the argument offered against homosexuality is that it is a choice-- a choice to live a destructive, unstable lifestyle that can potentially damage our society.
However, this claim is being made without proof. To use a rather awkward example, if its proponents were magically able to make this message into a pill and ask Americans to swallow it, the FDA wouldn't approve it. They'd say there's not enough evidence to prove that it's both safe and effective (accurate). They'd insist on more research. But research isn't something we seem interested in doing.
We're not doing our homework
It should concern us that our country is not rushing to study homosexuality, given the message that is being put forth about the character and intentions of gay people. Unfortunately, many people who are outspoken about homosexuality know little about it. They speak with sensationalism, stirring up fear and hostility at the price of our families and national unity.
"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
Thomas Jefferson Notes on Virginia, 1782
Where are the scientific studies showing that homosexuality is the result of choice? Which studies show that gay lives are intrinsically unstable and that a change to heterosexuality is possible? It may be true that no definitive, widely accepted technical proof has been found that homosexuality is primarily the product of genetics. But no proof has been found for the opposite either, and yet we march on as if there were! And if one considers the Bible to hold that proof, then keep reading for at least the next two pages.
The goal of this website
The purpose of this website is to raise questions about the headlong pursuit of many in our country to encourage a negative view of homosexuality. Part of the reason that those on the progressive side of racism, women's suffrage, and many other similar causes made the progress they did was because their causes were just, and the suppositions underlying arguments against them were not true. Eventually, the same progressive outcome is likely to happen with homosexuality. However, how much damage will be done in the process?
The current decision to condemn homosexuality is primarily an emotional decision rather than one that is well thought out. Yet, the happiness and well-being of our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and friends is at stake. We must learn how to live reasonably and knowledgeably with homosexuality. As you continue to read here you'll learn why many people's feelings are so strong on this subject, and how we can make some sense of homosexuality for ourselves.
What are the consequences of our country's outlook that homosexuality is a sick, immoral lifestyle choice? Click below.
Homosexuality: A Choice?
