POST 25 Posted 11/26/24
It’s been said that “There’s no pancake so thin that it doesn’t have two sides.” Homosexuality is a hotly disputed topic regarding what it is, its source, and what the response should be to both those who prefer it and to those who wish to be relieved of their unwanted draws. The fact is, some are happy being and doing gay, while some same-sex attracted men are not. It is only equitable and fair that those from both sides of the issue be given an opportunity to respectfully state their position and voice their concerns. I have emphasized my respect for those who comfortably pursue sexuality with others of their own gender. They need to be allowed to freely choose their way and, at the same time, be free of denigration or any form of ridicule or abuse. Also, there are men who feel greatly stressed and unable to find harmony between their deeply held spiritual and religious convictions and their draws to certain other men. They feel assured that their same-sex inclinations have been largely uninvited and are unwanted. They, too, deserve the liberty to consider different options and viewpoints without being ridiculed or abused.
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Post 26 *** Posted11/29/24. Thanksgiving Day
“Necessity is said to be the ‘mother’ of invention.” People may spend a lifetime struggling to overcome an addiction or deeply entrenched behavior. Often it is only when their circumstance becomes life threatening, their hitting a wall, such as facing eminent death, that they are willing to entertain new ideas and draw upon resources not previously considered. I hit my wall almost sixty-five years ago, in my mid twenty’s. Through study and struggle I learned useful concepts and experienced a legitimate reality which I hope to share. Such could benefit men desiring to move beyond being and doing gay.
Post 27
Many of the most insightful ideas concerning gay issues have come from gay men themselves. Some of their messages have been valued, others not. Edward Sagarin, revered as father of the American gay revolution, fell from grace and was rejected when he conveyed new information based on his studies of Sociology. He affirmed that gays had been psychologically wounded and deserved special supportive care. And during the height of the aids epidemic, when so many gay men were dying, Larry Kramer, gay New York playwright and author of Faggots, was vilified by gays for baldly urging them to modify their sexual behavior. He warned them that they were “f…ing themselves to death.” Sagarin and Kramer’s critics, like many today, saw nothing of greater import than validation of the gay lifestyle and protection of erotic access to others of their own gender.
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