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While researching a presentation I'm doing, I found a quote on sexual orientation by Cynthia Nixon that I like enough to share. It reflects my view on the subject. Not that orientation is a choice for everyone, but that it can be and is for some people and there's no reason for that not to be ok.
"Why can’t it be a choice? Why is that any less legitimate? It seems we’re just ceding this point to bigots who are demanding it, and I don’t think that they should define the terms of the debate."
When we say that being gay is ok because it's not a choice in the context of justifying the existence of GLB people, then we're saying that there's something wrong with being gay. Otherwise, the issue would be moot.
"Why can’t it be a choice? Why is that any less legitimate? It seems we’re just ceding this point to bigots who are demanding it, and I don’t think that they should define the terms of the debate."
When we say that being gay is ok because it's not a choice in the context of justifying the existence of GLB people, then we're saying that there's something wrong with being gay. Otherwise, the issue would be moot.