I mean 80-88% disapproval for homosexual behavior in Russia
That much disapproval for something that people are born with?
Think the problem here is propaganda AGAINST homosexuals...
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The law is awful. Let me make that clear.
But the Games went to China and they're going to Rio, so no boycott of Sochi is warranted.
“It bears remembering that this legislation has nothing to do with discrimination against sexual minorities, which, as any other discrimination, is absolutely prohibited by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The amendments have been adopted solely for the sake of protecting children, who can be too young to objectively and critically assess the information forced upon them, which might do harm to their psyche and imbed distorted perceptions concerning human relations,” Dolgov said.
I really want to know how many people in US will disagree with bolded part
This is precisely why I think it is important NOT to boycott the Olympics. The Russian LGBT community, and especially the LGBT youth, need to see LGBT athletes compete as equals, and to see them and the Russian LGBT community respected and supported by straight athletes as well as the spectators. Let the LGBT athletes go to Sochi and shine--they are precisely the kind of positive role models that LGBT youth in Russia and around the world need to see.
If it were a choice, what person would choose to become gay in a place where they will be so deeply hated and so endangered?
Gays who feel they must blend in will marry. If they still conduct their true lives in secret, many of them will betray their spouses in a profound way. Would you want your son or daughter to enter, probably unknowingly, into such a marriage?
...The amendments have been adopted solely for the sake of protecting children, who can be too young to objectively and critically assess the information forced upon them, which might do harm to their psyche and imbed distorted perceptions concerning human relations,” Dolgov said.
:yes:
I just hope there wont be a scandal at the closing ceremony
If it were a choice, what person would choose to become gay in a place where they will be so deeply hated and so endangered? What kind of recruiting would possibly make such a choice attractive?
Again you just take one part and apply it to the whole. Can you say that there is absolutely no recruiting in US? I remember once an actress said that her being lesbian is because she chose to be lesbian. Of course, it is politically incorrect. She was forced to apologize afterwards.
In many situations, restricting one group is the price to pay to protect the other. To strip smokers' freedom to smoke in public buildings is to protect the secondhand smoking hazard to non-smokers (by the way, I absolutely applause for this restrictions). Is it unfair to have smokers go into designated areas or standing in the outside of the building?
Yea. I just don't get why people freak out over two people of the same sex who like eachother, but not as much over molestors, etc. It's like they truly HATE gays.
Sexuality is a continuum, and while most people fit in one or the other end of this continuum, many are somewhere in between. For example, a person who has long identified as heterosexual may at some point fall in love with a person of the same sex. Some people are romantically attracted to men AND women--one attraction may be dominant, but not always. We as human beings like to categorize and tend to think in binary terms--we prefer things to be "either/or" instead of "yes/and". Most things are not clear-cut, however, and sexuality is one of those. According to research very few homosexuals feel they had any choice in terms of their sexuality.
Here's what American Psychological Association has to say about sexual orientation: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx
And although I'm linking you to the major US psychological organization, please note that they specifically point out that homosexuality is NOT a mental disorder. Instead, "Lesbian, gay, and bisexual relationships are normal forms of human bonding."
Thanks. The link you gave said that "many think that nature and nurture both play complex roles." You just gave this new Russian law a reason to exist.
I remember reading a few years back about a high-school boy getting harassed by some neanderthals in the Nova Scotia school. Some seniors noticing the harassment decided to do something about it and so they all wore pink sweaters. It was brilliant, effective and noble. I don't think anything will happen in Sochi but could you imagine reaction from the world's press if the Olympic athletes in solidarity with their gay brothers and sisters did something similar in the streets of Sochi? It would be scary but beautiful.
I don't think there is any in the so called "closet".
How many straight teens and adults have chosen suicide? It is a struggle not just among gay people.
Gay Bullying Statistics:
According to recent gay bullying statistics, gay and lesbian teens are two to three times as more likely to commit teen suicide than other youths. About 30 percent of all completed suicides have been related to sexual identity crisis. Students who also fall into the gay, bisexual, lesbian or transgendered identity groups report being five times as more likely to miss school because they feel unsafe after being bullied due to their sexual orientation. About 28 percent out of those groups feel forced to drop out of school altogether. Although more and more schools are working to crack down on problems with bullying, teens are still continuing to bully each other due to sexual orientation and other factors.