We have a concept of "freedom of religion" and religion is a choice. EVEN IF homosexuality was a choice what difference would it make to the question of it being a behavior that could be legitimately be descriminated against?

So if people choose to be gay, they obviously also choose to be straight.  So how did you make that choice?  How did you choose to be straight rather than gay?

I don't think anyone can get out of that question without (a) looking like an idiot, and (b) showing that they don't really believe it's a choice.

What is surprising and quite frankly sickening to me is that as a DA, he put his backward values before the rights of an "alleged" rape victim.  Because she had a prior relationship with the suspect she was just experiencing "buyers remorse" and he declined to prosecute the case--nevermind that the suspect confessed and that under Colorado law she was not in a position to give any kind of consent.  

I've been disappointed with Obama, especially with his economic policies.  But how can anyone sit out this election when you look at the alternative?  How can anyone think that our country will be better off electing folks like Ken Buck in Colorado, Rick Scott in Florida, Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, and Sharon Angle in Nevada?  I've never seen a more worthless group of candidates than those running under the GOP banner.  

And when I consider that list of things I feel are threatening to the traditional family, I realize that these are also things that conservatives don't give two hoots about and, in the case of those items that have to do with jobs and money and the finances of health care, have no interest in the government assisting with at all.

OR

3.  A combination of the above.

Your sexual orientation...aka what sex you are naturally attracted to upon reaching sexual maturity...that you are born with.  

I gotta believe nurture has some role, it can't be that how your were "born" is the only parameter.

For example, I've seen Melissa Etheridge in concert a few times (she tears the house down) and have heard her reference the sexual abuse by her older sister that she was the victim of.

According to The Truth Is..., between the ages of roughly 7 and 10, Etheridge [...] was sexually abused by her older sister Jennifer, now a home-maker in Arkansas.

Etheridge, unwilling to be more specific about the abuse, says she is sure it affected her sexual orientation and left her unable to form a stable relationship from adolescence on, when she first realized she was a lesbian.

"I don't think it's what made me gay," she says, "but it definitely shaped it."

I remember him telling me how important it is, in this case a baby boy's interactions with, and decisions about, other males he's exposed to early on. For instance, let's say a baby boy's father is a dynamic, powerful, and successful tycoon of some sort. The baby takes in all the input, and right then makes a decision, or comes to the conclusion, as to which path he, himself will follow. If he determines that he could never successfully compete with his father's accomplishments, stature, whatever, he quite simply gives up trying. Imagine, an infant, a year old, has his life's path, and mental state from then on, determined so early. A dull, introverted, "failure" at one year old.

Conversely, the infant may determine, "yeah, I can do that; I can do that even better!" And then, from that moment on he meets life head-on, confident, eager, adrenaline pumping.

Naturally, I've done my amateur psychoanalysis regarding friends and aquaintenances during my years and, darn if it doesn't pan out. Of course it could be just "projection" but an actual "shrink" (Pop) told me about it.

I could have "chosen" to deny who I am, get married and have children - believe it or not we are able to do that - and either bury any troublesome urges I had deep or cheat on my wife.  clearly many republicans choose B.  and I know too many people who chose A and were ultimately unable to do it resulting in broken homes and families.
I chose to be who I am.  and have never regretted it.

so Ken is right.  its a choice.