Some interesting posts here.

Let's not forget too, folks, that it was less than 100 years ago that left-handed children were often punished and forced to write with their 'natural' hand - to the extent that their left hand was sometimes bound.

We find that rather shocking now.

Left-handedness is a natural phenomenon, I don't care what the bible says about it. I will befriend left-handed people as equals. I refuse to discriminate and make them feel they have a terrible affliction.

"A quick second question if I may; I remember watching a documentary on an online pedophile ring which got busted in Europe, and they interviewed the people who had been caught engaging in the most despicable activities. They showed the interviews, and what got me was how all the pedophiles said that their urges were natural, and just what they felt, and that this was just their sexuality.

So what makes them wrong and homosexuals right?"

It's called consensual sex, GW. A child cannot consent, therefore it is morally and legally wrong. A homosexual couple can consent and they are hurting nobody.

Good luck Jim and Andreas. I hope that you will eventually be able to live with all the economic benefits that heterosexual couples enjoy.

I read this forum quite often and there does seem to be a pattern in relation to condemnation of homosexuals. It appears that most are condemning male homosexual sex and that they have a major problem with the thought of it, so then they just condemn Homosexuals as a whole based on whatever they are imagining takes place in the bedroom.

My suggestion is don't think of it in terms of what happens between two people sexually, just as you shouldn't be thinking of what your hetersexual neighbouring couple are sexually doing at any given time in the bedroom or elsewhere.

Do not base your opinions on what you or others might interpret from the bible either. Because there are many different interpretations. God would want people to be looked upon as equal. Just because they fall in love with someone from the same sex, should not be grounds for people to discriminate.

Do not base same sex relationships as wrong because they cannot produce children like alot of hetersexual couples can. Because if you wish to treat Homosexuals as less then equal in their relationships based on that, well the law better take into account that alot of hetersexual loving couples cannot or choose not to have children and govt and society should legally make their relationship less than equal to those that can have children. Hey lets just take away their marriage rights.

Personally I try to not picture in my mind what two men might do sexually together nor do I allow myself to think of what two hetersexual people might do during sex. But even though both thoughts creep me out,(because of my sexual orientation) I am not going to treat people differently and want laws invented or changed that will not allow them equal relationship or family rights

There has been another view on homosexuality on this very site.

‘Homosexuality is not biologically determined – latest research’, by Dr. David van Gend was published on ‘OLO’ Tuesday, 8th June, 2004.

Worth a look, even from an historical point of view. Kenny was dishing out his one-line name calling in those days, too

Leigh. Why do people like yourself, have such a bitter opinion of other people in society. Maybe medical science can do some research, into why there are some in society who continually express vitriol towards others, and are not affected in anyway, by the being of the people the vitriol is directed too.

What you think mate, will you put your name forward. Me thinks not!

As to the online piece by Dr David van Gend. I would say he is not a homosexual, so how can he have any understanding of homosexuality. Because someone has a PHD. does not automatically credit them with expertise. Remember Thalidomide?