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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
Steve do you care to comment on my point about where the choice occurs?
People have all sorts of tendencies. Some people have a tendency to drink, some have a tendency to gamble. Some people have a tendency to be attracted to women, some have an attraction to men, some have an attraction to children, some have an attraction to goats. Some people have a tendency to mutilate little animals and fantacize about serial killings.
The point of it is that you CHOOSE to act on your tendencies. It is that CHOICE that you are held accountable for.
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Alcoholism is hereditary to some extent, and alcoholics have often chosen to abstain for their health, but some can still drink in moderation. Same for gambling, etc. The traditional Christian viewpoint is that the practice of homosexuality is a sin, but that homosexuality in itself is a not a sin.
If this is what you believe, then God is really the only one that has a say in the matter. If we lived in a religious based society then we would make laws to reinforce a certain religion's view. But that is not America, it is Iran.