Supreme Court Ruling on Protester Buffer Zones Affects LGBT Community

Yesterday, 6-26-14, the unanimous vote on Supreme Court case McCullen v. Coakley ruled that it is unconstitutional as per the First Amendment to enforce a buffer zone of 35 feet upon petitioners and protesters outside of abortion clinics in Massachusetts. To the LGBT community I would like to say that I implore you to think seriously about the implications and ramifications of such a ruling.  Right now buffer zones for protesters of every LGBT Community activity are on shaky grounds!  This Supreme Court ruling has created a precedent which makes any buffer zone unconstitutional and up for appeals.  Our First Amendment right gives us the right to free speech, it does not give us the right to force others to listen! I encourage you to tell others about this unjust ruling through Facebook, Twitter, in person, or by any other means possible and to contact the Supreme Court to let them know what a grave mistake they have made!

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Gay is Not a Choice

I have never understood people that claimed that being gay (or any part of the LGBT community for that matter) is a choice.  Nothing has proven or supported that theory ever in the history of mankind.  In fact, every last shred of evidence proves the opposite.  But still, in the face of scientific fact many people continue to believe and spread the lie that being gay is a choice.  So instead of talking facts, I just want to talk about common sense right now.  These are the reasons it's simply illogical to believe that being gay is a choice.

Number one:  If being gay was a choice why would we lie about it?  It would save us a lot of time and energy and wasted breath if we just admitted that it was a choice rather than fighting tooth and nail that it's not a choice.  Furthermore, why would every single one of us lie about it?  Not some, not most, but all of us are adamant that being gay is simply a part of us that we had no control over and that there was no option for us to make the choice to be gay or straight.  If it was a choice at least one of us would have slipped up and said so don't you think?  Or do you really believe that we have the power to create and perpetuate such a global conspiracy even in the face of being such a fractured, ill-connected community.  If that's the case, I wonder why we haven't overthrown the government yet!

Number Two:  If being gay is a choice then that means sexuality as a whole is a choice.  It would mean that everyone who is straight had to make the conscious effort to be straight and not to be gay.  It would also mean that every straight person has the ability to change their mind and become gay if they wanted.  This means you too!  Go ahead, try it.  Imagine a hot, sweaty person of your same gender rubbing all over your naked body... now really, really try to enjoy it because you want to be gay!  Did it work?  Did you feel your sexuality changing?  No!  I wonder if it has something to do with hormones, brain chemistry, or neural receptions?  The fact is, attraction is an instantaneous reaction to stimuli that are controlled by biology not conscious thought.  Because it is instinctual and subconscious is it unchangeable, no matter how hard we try.  If you did "choose" your sexuality, it means you are living a lie.

Number Three:  Why would anyone make the choice to be subjugated and discriminated against?  Everyone wants to be normal and fit in with society.  Everyone wants to be happy and healthy and successful.  But globally, gay people are disowned by family, friends and community.  They are discriminated against in the workplace and in housing.  They are raped, beaten and tortured by their communities.  They are even imprisoned and murdered by their own governments!  In the face of such adversary members of the LGBT community everywhere are in hiding.  If being gay was a choice they would have never chosen to live this way!  And if it was a choice and they did chose to be gay not fully understanding the consequences, they would have certainly returned to being straight as soon as they understood the repercussions.  

Number Four:  If being gay is a choice then why are gay teens and adults killing themselves?  If I choose to do something it’s because I think that choice is in my best interest and will lead to happiness.  I assume everyone works off of this same basic principal.  If so, why are so many gay teens and adults unhappy with the “choice” to be gay.  If they were happy they certainly wouldn't be offing themselves more than any other demographic in the country. But according to The Trevor Project "LGB youth are 4 times more likely, and questioning youth are 3 times more likely, to attempt suicide as their straight peers." I would think that if it’s so easy to choose your sexuality, you could choose to be straight faster than you would choose suicide, don’t you think?!

Number Five:  If it’s a choice to be gay, then why doesn't gay conversion therapy work.  Actually, I would like to point out that if it’s so easy to choose to be gay then it would be just as easy to undo this choice and we wouldn't even need conversion therapy.  Anyway, conversion therapy exists, so let’s just deal with that.  There have been countless gay conversion camps all over the globe that touted that they could cure your gay child or even you!  But in the end, no one has ever been successfully converted and many people who have been through these camps or have worked for them directly have exposed them as lies.  Take Michael Bussee and Gary Cooper for example.  They were the founders of an ex-gay ministry called Exodus International and they left their own ministry to marry each other and speak out about the tortures of gay conversion therapy.  You have it straight from the owners themselves, it doesn't work!

There are so many reasons why I just can’t understand the belief that being gay or LGBT is a choice and this is just the tip of the iceberg.  For those of you who don’t want to listen to science maybe you will listen to reason instead.  Thinking that being gay is a choice just doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it!  It’s just a venomous lie with the power to ruin or even take lives.