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Strumpling
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Fed911]
#1128987 - 12/10/02 01:07 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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do you have any particular reasoning or logic behind your claim that "gays should be shot," fed911?
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Phluck
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I think maybe it was meant to be a joke.
He's a comedic genius.
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Phluck]
#1129290 - 12/10/02 02:43 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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In reply to:
Arrrgh! Not genetically! Genes don't determine sex! They could cause a change in development that would lead to different sexuality.
I guess by your definition then genes don't determine whether an organism is a human, or a billie goat, or a banana.
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Fed911]
#1129300 - 12/10/02 02:46 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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round up those beers, steers, and queers, and you can shoot it all over me, cowboy. yippy yo hi yay, pard'ner 
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Re: homosexuality [Re: ]
#1129363 - 12/10/02 03:07 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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What I find interesting is the intensity with which some of the members argue about this issue. That always means they have some sort of vested interest in the outcome. The ego is in full bloom when that happens.
It's good to have a monator like you here then Mr. Mushrooms. I like the way you think.
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What if all the world you think you know,
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Is it all you want it to be?
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Phluck
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Um. They do. They don't determine sex though, that's determined in the womb.
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Murex]
#1129611 - 12/10/02 04:19 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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Here here... much praise....
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Phluck]
#1129637 - 12/10/02 04:31 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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>>Um. They do. They don't determine sex though, that's determined in the womb.
Sex is determined by hormones that are made by proteins that are encoded by genes.
Normaly XX results in a female, and XY results in a male. The genes are the main controlling factor.
That's what I meant by "genetically one sex"
"genetically male" means about as much as "hypotherically feasable".
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Re: homosexuality [Re: ribbit]
#1129679 - 12/10/02 04:53 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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Here is an article that was published in Circle magazine by a man I once shared home and bed (on occasion) with. Though I don't take much pleasure in thinking about how our friendship ended, I'm grateful for the inspirational perspective on gaeity he shared, in which for some it is not only an issue of nature/nurture, but a transcendental matter of heritage and birthright of one's Self.
Dear Gods! Queer Gods?!
Few would argue with the statement that gay, bi, and transgender men have had to struggle for acceptance within the mainstream religions of the world. However, some folks might be surprised to learn that queer men have not always had an easy time of it in today’s nature- based and Pagan religions, despite the reputation of those faiths as reservoirs of tolerance and progressive values. Indeed, up until fairly recent times, queer men were virtually shut out of paths such as Traditional Witchcraft, or else were forced to subsume their identities and play roles that did not honor their own unique threads in the warp and weft of Creation’s tapestry.
Like the mainstream religions, the paths of Witchcraft, Paganism and Nature Spirituality have sometimes been conflicted when trying to fit their queer brethren into the mythos and the magick that make up their worldviews. Some Priest/esses have gone so far as to say that, because they do not participate in the creation of life, queer men have no place in ritual or myth. Such reasoning appears to be breathtakingly myopic at best when compared to the overwhelming documentation of queer men as shamans and priests throughout time and across cultures. A listing of the many Gods Who have gender-variant and/or homoerotic stories and imagery associated with Them includes the likes of Zeus, Dionysos, Hermes, Coyote, Tammuz, Set, Oshumare, Apollo, Loki, Skanda, Freyr, Xolotl, and Shango. An examination of the mythologies surrounding these Gods (and many others) -- the collected artwork, the surviving writings, and even the criticisms of successor faiths -- leads one to an incontrovertible conclusion. Most Gods are queer Gods.
Let’s face it. If your God abducts beautiful young men to share his bed (to the consternation of His Goddess wife), that’s queer. If your God slugs down entheogenic brews, dances ecstatically, and makes His rounds through every man and woman in the crowd like a switch-hitting social butterfly, that’s pretty queer. And if your God changes into female clothing or takes on a female form in order to have sex with another God, AND becomes pregnant to boot – well, that’s real queer! In this sense, queer Gods, and the men who have served Them, have been with mankind since the dawn of time.
Traditions have come into existence in the last several decades to honor this thread of queer consciousness and experience. These have included the Minoan Brotherhood in 1975 and the Radical Faeries in 1977. The Minoan Brotherhood is a men’s ritual Witchcraft Tradition founded by Gardnerian and Welsh Elder and classical scholar Eddie Buczynski. Its goal is to provide a safe and sacred place for gay and bisexual men, who were often excluded from Traditionalist covens, to work Witchcraft. The Deities of the Minoan Brotherhood are the Great Mother, Rhea, and Her Divine Son, Asterion.
Asterion is known as The Starry One. He is the Bull of Heaven, whose black hide is mottled with the innumerable stars of the Universe. He is both the Son and consort of Rhea. In the Minoan Brotherhood, Asterion is the patron of men-loving men. He is both brother and lover. To Minoan initiates, when one looks into the eyes of one’s lover, one is looking into the eyes of Asterion. And the reflection of oneself in those same eyes is also the reflection of Asterion, and so on in an infinite progression of love. The tide of passion that sweeps through a queer man, whether on a dance floor, in a civil rights march, or during the frenzied coupling in bed, is the pounding heartbeat of Asterion. His bellow is the groan of Life incarnate. His stamping hooves are the pulse of tide and time. In His vegetal aspects, He is equivalent to Dionysos and other dying and rising Gods of the earth. His is the dance of eternity, the visionary ecstasy, the nurturing calm of easy strength, the rest before renewal, and the humor of it all. A Son both devoted and divine, Asterion is proof that the Gods manifest Themselves as necessary to preserve and protect that which is necessary for the wellbeing of Their people.
Ultimately, it does not matter whether one believes that man made the Gods, or the Gods made man. If the former, then the myths associated with the Gods reflect the vein of queer consciousness that runs through the human psyche. Their same-sex love affairs, gender-bending, and periodic scrambling of the social order reflects this queer energy in the mytho-poetic pool of the human soul. If the latter, then the Creator-Gods have within Them the Divine spark of this queer consciousness, for They are the Makers of the Universe and They are the furnace in which all souls are forged, both queer and not. The origin of every person on Earth began in this furnace, with the fusion of like atomic nuclei in the hearts of long-dead stars. Therefore, may it be said that like cleaving to like is a matter of heritage, not heresy. We are all Starry Ones. Blessed be.
Further Reading
Conner, Randy P.; Blossom of Bone: Reclaiming the Connections between Homoeroticism and the Sacred. Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1993. ISBN 0-06-250257-3
Conner, Randy, et al.; Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit. Cassell, London, 1997. ISBN 0- 304-33760-9
Evans, Arthur; Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture. Fag Rag Books, Boston, 1978. ISBN 0-915480-01-8
Evans, Arthur; The God of Ecstasy: Sex-Roles and the Madness of Dionysos. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1988. ISBN 0-312-01033-8
Roscoe, Will; Queer Spirits, A Gay Men's Myth Book. Beacon Press, Boston, 1995. ISBN 0-8070-7939-1
Garan du is a High Priest in the Minoan Brotherhood and co-founder and co-facilitator of The Green Faerie Grove in Columbus, Ohio. He has presented workshops on queer spirituality at PSG since 2000 CE. www.greenfaeriegrove.org
Leap of Faith (c) 2002 Garan du
O Asterion! My God! Great Bull of Heaven Whose stride spans infinities. I meet Your steady gaze, I grasp Your shining horns And leap And tumble, fumbling Riding across the rumbling Cosmos Of Your star-spattered back Till finally Lungs burning Legs aching Sight fading A last Gasp! And shuddering I fling myself Up And Away Into the waiting arms of My catcher My brother My lover My God. Asterion.
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If we could look into each others hearts, and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.
It takes a lot of courage to go out there and radiate your essence.
I know you scared, you should ask us if we scared too. If you was there, and we just knew you cared too.
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Re: homosexuality [Re: ribbit]
#1133950 - 12/12/02 12:53 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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Most people are heterosexual, some are homosexual. Who cares? Why's it such a big deal?
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Re: homosexuality [Re: ribbit]
#1133964 - 12/12/02 01:15 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't think that people generally "turn" gay so much as they "realize" that they're gay. I had a gay friend in High School who used to date girls, but at some point had some sort of revelation that he was gay. I can't get in his mind, so I can't figure out how he got to that point, but my guess would be that he had been struggling with questions about his sexuality for a long time before getting to that point. Many gay people start out dating members of the opposite sex, most likely because of the societal norms which dictate that that is what they are meant to do. Most likely at some point they start to realize that something just doesn't feel right, and after that start questioning their sexuality. I think many homophobes are people who are afraid to confront their own sexuality and ask the question, "Am I gay?" I myself once asked myself this question, and the answer I came up with was that I was bi. Actually, I don't think at any point I thought I might be gay, because I've always loved women. The point at which I really started questioning my sexuality was after my friend came out of the closet. I would meet some of his gay friends and couldn't help but notice how cute they were. I actually found myself attracted to some of them. My questions about my sexuality were answered when I made out with a guy and not only enjoyed it, but felt perfectly natural about it.
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Re: homosexuality [Re: mr_kite]
#1134427 - 12/12/02 05:09 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's such a big deal because some people are making a huge deal out of it by, say, protesting funerals of AIDS victims, or murdering gay people.
Have you ever seen www.godhatesfags.com ?
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Phluck]
#1134440 - 12/12/02 05:12 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's a fucked up website.
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Evolving]
#1134502 - 12/12/02 05:36 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, it's about as sickening as they come. Check out the "Photos" section...

-------------------- "I have no valid complaint against hustlers. No rational bitch. But the act of selling is repulsive to me. I harbor a secret urge to whack a salesman in the face, crack his teeth and put red bumps around his eyes." -Hunter S Thompson
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Edited by Phluck (12/12/02 05:38 AM)
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Phluck]
#1134589 - 12/12/02 06:02 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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Man I was about to post the exact same two photos. These people's hate seems to be directed randomly at every known institution... The US Navy, the Red Cross, Laura Bush, the Catholic Church, HBO, the New York Fire Department...

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Edited by dee_N_ae (12/12/02 02:16 PM)
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Re: homosexuality [Re: dee_N_ae]
#1134599 - 12/12/02 06:08 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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This is just rediculous. Judging by these photos it is clear to me that hate in this context must be obsolete....
These people fear what is unknown to them and apparently the subject of butt sex between two guys wraps up all their fear and hate into a nice little package complete with colorful signs, smiling photos and a slick web site.
Oh and of course, good 'ol "God" happens to be on their side.
Edited by dee_N_ae (12/12/02 06:09 AM)
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Re: homosexuality [Re: ribbit]
#1134786 - 12/12/02 07:19 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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After reaching a sertain level of conciousness...you can be anything you want to be, and get pleasure out of anything you want. It is just a matter of choice. If you want to control your thoughts and emotions, you can.
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Re: homosexuality [Re: Phluck]
#1134831 - 12/12/02 07:46 AM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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awww.......no place to post or chat on that site I was going to have so much fun......oh well
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Re: homosexuality [Re: ribbit]
#1135656 - 12/12/02 01:03 PM (22 years, 2 months ago) |
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i think everyone is bi to be hoenst. people always say "it's the inside that counts" and i believe it. i fall in love with a soul. and if the body of that soul happens to be the same sex as me, then so be it. but thats just my opinion :P
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i fall in love with a soul. and if the body of that soul happens to be the same sex as me, then so be it.
I love how you put that! I agree completely.
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