(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Important note: This is a very touchy subject to some people and rightfully so. Whilst negative comments about any given sexuality are OK, pointless and unnecessary bashing of other people's sexuality will not be tolerated. Once you cross this line your post(s) will be deleted and you will be warned, and if you persist you will be punished for flaming. I know this is a very strongly worded warning, however I feel given the thread topic it's utterly necessary.


Anyway, onto the debate itself- sexuality. There are many different labels of sexuality, so I'd thought I'd list them below(largely C/P to save time, if I missed any or falsely described anything let me know):

• Heterosexuality- Is the sexual attraction between members of the opposite sexes such as a man attracted to a woman and vice-versa.
  
• Homosexuality- is the sexual attraction between members of the same sexes such as man to man and woman to woman.
  
• Bisexuality- Is the sexual attraction to both the opposite and same sexes such as man to man and man to woman, woman to woman and woman to man.
  
• Asexuality- Is also known as nonsexuality which is the lack of sexual attraction and sexual interest towards others.
  
• Polysexuality- Is the sexual attraction to more than one gender but do not wish to be known as bisexual as it implies that there are only two binary sexes, do not confuse this with pansexuality ('pan' meaning all) and ('poly' meaning many).
  
• Pansexuality- Is the sexual attraction towards people regardless of gender also known as omnisexuality. Some pansexuals refer to themselves as gender blind as to them gender is insignificant in determining whether they will be sexually attracted to others.
  
• Transexualism- Is when a person identifies themselves as a certain sex different from their own biological one. For example a person may be born male, and is uncomfortable with their gender as a male and changes to a female, or vice-versa.
  

Personally I'm heterosexual, however I have no problems with other people expressing their own sexuality and being who they really are.

Feel free to comment below and be honest, then hopefully this thread can be used to maturely discuss sexuality away from the nonsense you so often see elsewhere

You people are morons. Heterosexuality is the norm. Growing up with different people with different ideals change your sexuality. You could call it almost like peer pressure, because everyone around you is doing it so it must be ok. Don't listen to your parents, because they don't want you to try new things, and they are wrong and don't understand.

It is not something you are born with. To kiss a man I find revolting, I could vomit just thinking about such a act, but some people are there to push themselves to enjoy it so they can be loved or accepted. Good example? Beer... the stuff is awful in flavor. You drink it because you want to get a buzz, or to get drunk. You push yourselves to enjoy a liquid that taste foul, you know its foul, but you want to fit in like everyone else does. So you drink it and act cool among your peers. Eventually the taste isn't foul anymore. You adapted to liking the foul taste. Same principle with sexuality.

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Except the part where alcohol is a drug. Then there's the fact people tend to know if they are gay at a very young age. Also, people don't tend to commit suicide when dealing with alcohol.

No it clearly shows that Gay marriage is not on peoples agenda when we're in one of the biggest crisis's this country has faced in modern history. You do realise there are issues surrounding the economy, immigration, the upcoming energy crisis, flooded housing market, sharp rises in A&E/GP waiting times, lack of NHS resources ultimately because of government funding. Civil partnerships confers all the legal rights and benefits that married people enjoy. So they have equality already. This was never about rights. This is about redefining "marriage" as an institution - and I find that objectionable.

For a start this isn't an argument, welcome to the debate forum, I live in Britain and I'm not a homosexual. So basically what it means is that you're a complete imbecile.

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If that's what you managed to infer from my original statement then seriously, you shouldn't be debating anything.

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So then you are saying Gay marriage is the most important thing to be debating in this country right now?

I find this objectionable that each time we try to do something like this "It's not the right time" what is the right time ?
And we still have the issue of sex education reform to do on top.

There will never be a right time because there are much more important things to be ammended, put forward etc. But at a time when Europe is a big talking point, immigration and the NHS too then Mr Cameron isn't doing himself any favours. This applies to gay people & gay people only and for what? to make them feel important? As I said earlier civil partnerships confers all legal rights & benefits so they've got their equality.

For me, just allow gay marriage so that another word doesn't have to be said on it. This really doesn't interest me or the vast majority of the public so why we are seeing newspaper headlines dominated by the topic is beyond me.

This is the biggest load of crap I've read all week. First off, our government, as incompetent as it is, is more than capable of multi-tasking. They can't spend all day talking about one issue as that wouldn't be productive, so at any given time numerous things are sorted in tandem. There's no reason this can't include a civil rights issue as eminent as gay marriage. Secondly, homosexuals do not currently have legal equality. I don't care if civil partnerships hold the same legal benefits; the mere fact that the name is different means that you're taking homosexuals, cordoning them off and putting them in the corner separately from the rest of society. In the twenty-first century this sort of immoral behaviour on a legal level is unacceptable. Furthermore, to counter the inevitable apologetics regarding marriage being a religious institution, my answer, again, is that I don't care, by which I mean it's utterly irrelevant. When something is so heavily entwined in law like this it becomes a civil rights issue, regardless of the religious bigotries that oppose it (this is also why I oppose the part of the current proposal that says churches have the right to turn gay couples away -- they should only be able to do this if they're solely performing religious marriages with no legal involvement, which is as good as never the case).