With all the hoopla surrounding Sponge Bob's endorsement of homosexuality on a video about tolerance, and the debunking of "myths" included on that video, I felt it appropriate to contribute to the tolerance by exposing a few more of the myths about homosexuality.
Much of what people know about homosexuality is based either on bad logic, double standards, or pseudoscience. Hopefully, I'll be able to shed light on the lies I have heard people spread so that they will evaporate under the scorching heat of truth.
1. Homosexuals are born homosexual because liking persons of the same gender feels good to them.
WRONG! Just because something feels good does not make it inborn. I like Lindsay Lohan's music, and it feels good to listen to it, so based on the logic that whatever feels good is innate, it should be considered a hate crime to criticize my taste (or anybody else's taste) of music, since it is as natural as green eyes, which would mean that Simon Cowell is the ultimate bigot for criticizing singing that some people like.
2. Homosexuality is genetic as proven by a few pairs of identical twins in which both of the twins were gay.
WRONG! Identical twins are genetically identical. That means they are practically clones of each other. If homosexuality was as genetic as the color of one's eyes, then all homosexuals with an identical twin would have a gay identical twin.
3. Homosexuals are harassed in their childhood, unlike heterosexuals.
WRONG! As a woman told Cabbage Head on Kids in the Hall in response to him having a bad childhood, "Who hasn't?" Many of the people who were taunted, harassed, and/or bullied in childhood aren't homosexual. Some were even harassed because of issues other than sexuality!
4. Homosexuals are underrepresented in the media.
WRONG! Will and Grace, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and the L Word are but a few of the many examples of homosexuality in the media. Anybody who homosexuality is underrepresented in the media has never watched television, read a newspaper, read a book, or went outside! Now, one could say that polyamory, another alternative sexuality, is underrepresented in the media, but notice how homosexual sympathizers, who claim to fight for people who are minorities because of their sexuality, don't even care.
5. Democrats support gay marriage.
WRONG! If Democrats support gay marriage so much, then why has legislation to ban gay marriage passed in even very Democratic states, such as California? Blame the religious right as much as you want, but it's clear that Democrats either oppose gay marriage, or don't care enough about the issue to vote against anti-gay marriage legislation, and neither seems like support of gay marriage.
6. Opposing gay marriage is equivalent to thinking homosexuals are subhuman.
Perhaps! If that is true, then that means that sympathizers of homosexuality who oppose polygamous marriages think of those who practice polygamy as subhuman, just like the Nazis thought of the Jews.
7. Homosexual sympathizers don't stereotype homosexuals.
WRONG! Ever hear of Clay Aiken? Ever hear how people accepting of homosexuality insist he's gay just because he acts effeminately? How is calling a man gay because he acts effeminately any better than a homophobe stereotyping homosexuals as effeminate? After all, both sides seem to agree that being effeminate is a sign of homosexuality.
8. Many homosexuals have children.
WRONG! Firstly, members of the same gender cannot have children together no matter how many times they have sex. Secondly, if homosexuals are having sex with members of the opposite gender, then how are they homosexual? Doesn't homosexuality mean that they are only attracted to members of the same sex? If not, then I can claim to be a homosexual even though I'd never have sex with a man!
"But they didn’t know they were homosexual when they had heterosexual sex!" If that's the case, then the homosexual sympathizers are implying that, if homosexuality is natural, that homosexuals are complete dumb asses completely oblivious to the signals of their own bodies
9. If homosexuality is a choice, then homosexuals are evil and must be destroyed!
WRONG! This too is implied by homosexual sympathizers. They insist that homosexuals must be tolerated because homosexuality is natural, as if homosexuals shouldn’t be tolerated if it isn’t natural. They are wrong though. Even if homosexuals are different, they should be treated with the same respect as any other human being.
And that is true tolerance. It’s not about just tolerating those who are different genetically or naturally. It is about tolerating those who are different, no matter the reason.