Furor Over Baptist's 'Gay Baby' Article

Big difference between prenatal anti-gay 'treatment' and abortion: A child who whose sexual orientation was changed (if this is even possible) would have to live with the decision their parents made. Abortees don't live at all, therefore (in a way) they are unaffected by the decision to abort.

Originally Posted by Dhsu

On a side note, I find it amusing that so many gay people defend themselves by saying "Do you think I *wanted* to be this way?!" and then proceed to get their panties in a twist when a possible remedy is proposed.

Try to think of it this way: Let's say someone tells you that one of your traits, one that you didn't control, was wrong. They also tell you there is a way to 'correct' it. Sounds fine and dandy, right? But you don't think your trait is wrong. Don't fix it if it isn't broken, and it isn't broken at all.

We can play house, we can play cops and robbers, but please, let's not play God.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Dhsu

How many straight people live with some uncanny feeling that they should have been born homosexual?

Well, ever hear of transexuals? They are biologically one sex, but mentally/emotionally they are the other. It's pretty unpleasant, especially if you live somewhere the majority of people would be quite glad to lynch you if they knew (I have a good friend in this situation u.u). Biologically he's straight, but emotionally/mentally she's homosexual.

Originally Posted by Dhsu

And even if that were true, but personally I'd rather live with a pre-determined sexual orientation than not live at all. I dunno though, I might be in the minority.

I wasn't trying to say abortion is better. Frankly I'm not a fan of that either, but it's all up to the individual, I suppose, as there are always too many circumstances to consider. The way I phrased it was rather callous though, sorry. I was merely pointing out that these are actually rather different issues, as the one has very definite results (no child), whereas the other, assuming it did anything or even worked as it would be intended to, has a very high risk of screwing up the child quite a bit in ways unknown.

There's nowhere I can't reach.