It's rather like a right-handed person asking, "Should left-handedness be discouraged in American society?" There is a history of discrimination against left-handed people, but there has been progress, and it is being overcome: Many languages still contain references to left-handedness to convey awkwardness, dishonesty, stupidity, or other undesirable qualities. In many societies, left-handed people were historically (and in some cases still are) forced as children to use their right hands for tasks which they would naturally perform with the left, such as eating or writing. In the late 20th century, left-handedness became less stigmatized, and in many countries, particularly the Western world, left-handed children were no longer forced to switch to their right hand. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ijshs/6/0/6_IJSHS20070298/_article
Here's my kink..... I do celebrate my heterosexual sexual activity in private. I am not ashamed to admit that. In public, however, I celebrate my heterosexual monogamist, marriage and I WILL promote that!
I am left handed. At a very young age, my father taught me to shoot a rifle right handed. His reason? As a WWII veteran he knew military rifles were only right handed. (that's long been changed) he did so out of love. He knew someday my marksmanship might come in handy against those that want to destroy our culture. I think I am far better shooting right handed than had I shot left.
I am right-handed, but left-footed, and was always the punter on football teams when I was growing up. If I should ever confront anyone that wants to destroy my culture I shall kick him with my left foot.
As will homosexual couples celebrating their marriage in public. The difference is no one is trying to stop you while you would love to stop them for expressing the same freedoms you are celebrating. There is a word for that — a few of them actually
How would you feel about that relationship, connection and choice if heterosexual relationships were not the predominate coupling and other people wanted to punish you, harass you, stop you from being with your love solely because of his/her gender (or race or religion or shoe size or nationality, etc.)? I don't know where you live but here's an easy experiment you might consider. Go somewhere you are not represented by your gender and/or race. Examples...If you're male, go to a nail salon or hair salon for women. If you're white, go to an ethnic restaurant or neighborhood movie theatre, etc. Ask for service and pay attention to the other patrons and any employees in your line of vision or hearing. Notice body language and tones. If possible, sit down in a waiting area and observe how staff members treat other customers (that aren't in your demographic). What do you imagine that would look like? Feel like? What differences, if any, did you notice in how you were treated versus how others were treated? Did it feel comfortable or uncomfortable? Why or why not? Did you enjoy the service, food and/or movie outside any discomfort you may have felt? If so, would you return to that venue even if you were very uncomfortable and/or unwelcome? I am not asking you to answer these questions for me or publicly. I'm asking you to take a small step outside your own comfort zone where you feel safe, respected as a human being and "accepted", if you are willing. Most likely, you will notice a difference from whatever your usual experiences are in your daily encounters and in that difference is where the OP (and similar questions) exist.
There is another falsehood you promote in an attempt to win favor of your behavior. All I have mentioned in concurrence with the spirit of this thread is that I would "discourage", not stop the behavior you embrace. It is a free country. You do whatever makes you feel good.
Another lie. Is discouraging the same as "stopping"??? No I don't think so. You just have little tolerance for opposing values.
The answer for your first question makes it easier for all the others. If heterosexual relationships were not the predominate coupling......there is a very good chance you and I would not be here so that hypothesis is completely invalid. I believe every human being has intrinsic value. We are not talking about those values.....we are talking about behavior. One man can live with a man or several men. They can have affection for each other. I see no reason why I would discourage that. It would be like one big "Frat" house! That is not part of this discussion. We are discussing "homosexual behavior" that I personally would discourage, granted, I am not "stopping " anything. Can I leave it at that?
Maybe if society had always been free and open to homosexuals, far fewer alter boys would have had their lives messed up by priests. You aren't going to change who people are and to whom they are attracted,
as long as it's a consenting adult, I couldn't care less if one is heterosexual or homosexual the first two can't consent
Said I would discourage it. Not make a law against it. Do you mind seeing two men open mouth kissing on the television set when you watch TV with young children?....or in any event? Do you feel that is healthy?
You are an American citizen, I assume. Therefore, you have the right to do whatever you choose to do. My question is if you aren't within the demographic that fits in LGBT-Q, why does what they do or don't do matter to you? I am not in the demographic that fits in LGBT-Q and I don't think about anybody else's sex life except my own. I don't care what anybody does as long as nobody in the connection is being abused or exploited. I am also not Ukrainian or Russian but my heart hurts for all the soldiers and families that facing the invasion there. I don't like it. I don't want to see it. I don't think it's right. I don't think it's natural. But, I also don't believe I have the right to tell any of the people involved in it what they should be doing so *I* feel comfortable. That's what you're saying. I'm asking you why that's okay?
This argument doesn't work because anal sex is not limited to homosexual or bisexual males. Did you discourage producers not to play "Charlie's Angels" or magazine and tabloid publishers not to publish photos and articles during Farrah Fawcett's popularity?
Can you expound on this? What young children do you think are confused about what? I have never seen two people have sex in public except one time in my life and it was a heterosexual couple on a Chicago train and I would have had no idea what they were doing if I was a kid. I'm not aware of prostitution being legal anywhere except Vegas and I am not sure it is legal to purchase or provide those services in public there. Are people having sex in the open where you live? Have you reported that to your local police?
How do you recommend homosexuality be “discouraged” while allowing them to retain the same rights as everyone else?
I have seen what your opposing views are You compare homosexuality — a consensual act — to pedophila and have said tons about the subject in other threads. You are damn right I do not tolerate your views.
As opposed to the average of over 20 violent acts on television per hour. While media violence exposure may have short-term effects on adults, its negative impact on children is enduring. As this study suggests, early exposure to TV violence places both male and female children at risk for the development of aggressive and violent behavior in adulthood. https://www.apa.org/pi/prevent-violence/resources/tv-violence It has always amazed me that many people would not only prefer their children watch people get their brains blown out, than watch homosexual behavior, they also favor blood and guts and brain matter to heterosexual sex scenes
