Well, this helps me put words to a “questioning sensation” I’ve had about this whole affair:

#1. Heterosexual relationships were, at one time, the only acceptable ones.

#2. Homosexuality is now the norm, as well as Transgenderism(?), which people argue as “sexuality exists on a spectrum”.

But my question is, where does the spectrum end? To put it another way, on a scale of 1 – 10, 1 being heterosexual, where and/or what is 10? Is there even a 10 in the first place?

There are clearly limits to the spectrum of light that humans can visibly observe, or the sounds we’re able to hear, but no such limits have been imposed upon sexuality that I’ve seen.

People just keep coming up with more and more “types” of sexualities, like genderfluid, or they/their, or non-binary, or pansexual, or whatever else.

So with all of that in mind, it looks more and more like the “sexual spectrum”, as it has become, is completely arbitrary. Homosexuality was once considered a mental illness, but if pedophilia falls on the same spectrum, why is THAT considered an illness while homosexuality is not?

Given all the arguments I’ve heard in the past, and the apparently limitless “sexual spectrum”, there’s really no ground to stand on to say “all of this is okay, but pedophilia is not”, just like people enjoy saying “being straight isn’t the only thing there is”.

(from here on I’m just thinking out loud)

And if the spectrum is arbitrary, then that has to mean that none of these other sexualities are actually real, and all of these “born this way” arguments may be true in the sense that you can be “born this way” just like someone with a bi-polar disorder, but not true on the same level as, perhaps, one’s race.

And in regards to race, if “gay people aren’t a race”, then why would you need the “born this way” argument?

If being born that way only lends towards sexuality and the chemical balances/imbalances of the mind (just like someone can be genetically inclined towards schizophrenia), then indeed one can lump homosexuality in with some sort of mental disorder, because it is, quite literally, all in your head.

If it is NOT, however, all in one’s head, and there is indeed some “gay gene” that determines whether or not someone is gay, on the same level as genetics determining one’s race, then there is indeed a “gay race”.

But perhaps no one wants to talk about that because it’s a fairly hard sell; it’s easier to simply say “I was born this way” and keep it somewhat vaguely confined to lifestyle and preference, but a lot more difficult to sell people on the idea of *“I sleep with members of the same sex as myself because that is what members of my RACE are genetically pre-disposed towards doing”*.

And if homosexuality and all of these other things on the “spectrum” are neither a mental disorder NOR a race, then the only option left is religion.

This would make at least *some* sense, as the LGBT community does display a number of religious characteristics, such as openly shutting down any dissent towards their views and beliefs, strongly discouraging any probing questions that might weaken the strength of their beliefs, or the belief of their followers.

Furthermore, they engage in activities such as branding the “unbelievers” of their society with heretical terminology such as “homophobic”, which is designed to call attention to said unbeliever and use the court of public opinion to shut them out of any further social discourse.

When questioned about their actions, they often imply the mistreatment of gays across history as some manner of justification, as if it is now “their turn” to do the same, with the same level of religious fervor that a Christian or Muslim extremist would claim that their actions were “divinely ordained”.

All in all, the whole thing smells fishy.