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Discrimination against LGBTI people : Comments
By Peter Bowden, published 15/10/2018Is freedom to practice one's religion an overriding belief? Are people ever allowed to discriminate against others because of their religious beliefs?
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«You stated to me on page 5:
"Sexuality is an affliction, a disturbance of the mind.
We may have to live with it and make allowances for it,
but it's not something to be proud of or jolly about."»
Yes I did, because this is the truth.
You seem to confuse between sexuality and "sexual orientation", so let me pull out some crayons and explain the difference:
Sexuality is about the craving to be involved in sex or similar sexual pursuits.
Sexual orientation refers to the selection¹ of object(s) towards which one is sexually attracted and with which/whom s/he wants to have sex.
The mental and emotional affliction that I referred to relates to sexuality rather than to sexual orientation.
The gay movement is presumably only concerned with sexual orientations, but as they fuss about it they, intentionally or otherwise, are promoting sexuality itself, along with the pains that come with it.
Religious schools strive for the ideal of celibacy and attempt to lessen the impact and the resulting pain of sexuality over their pupils. Promoting sexuality, including but not limited to, by gay activists, is unhelpful and undermines the school's aims.
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¹ This selection could be natural/genetic/biological and/or wilful, but whichever the case is, is not important for this discussion.