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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:32 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is your sexual orientation a choice for you? |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where's "hell, no"? |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Where's "Fuck, no!"? n/t |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. What the (censored) matter does it make? n/t |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. i just want to know whether under less accepting circumstances |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
50. .... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think I chose it. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. lol |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. the only choice i made was to come out of the closet. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. What does that even mean? |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not a choice for me |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Sorry, Rob... |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. screw toasters |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
68. Sweet! |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. and none of this cheap Wal-Mart crap |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. If I lived in Iran (or Utah, for that matter)... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd like to know who the idiots are that voted yes. |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Huh? Are you saying... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I never have and never will consider it or believe it a choice. |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I've known too many political lesbians to say... |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Really? |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Have you ever slept with a man? |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:13 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Yes as a matter of fact! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. "men particularly" |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes I shall join you, Thom... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Here, have a beer too. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I just cracked out a bottle of wine. This might take awhile. |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Ooooooo... |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Thank you Thom... |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. No, I'd never make such a sweeping claim.... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That seems to boil down to a belief |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I suspect it's less a matter of natural bisexualism than... |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
72. Maybe we are all to some degree bisexual |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
83. Wow, does my life ever prove your guess wrong! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
74. Honey, bring that bag of popcorn and sit next to me! |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Honey, any woman who tells you she chose to be a lesbian... |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. On the other hand.... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. And that might definitely be true. |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Those women are bisexual... |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Psychotic? |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Could be... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Oh, this should be soooo good |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. You may know women who chose a behavior, but not an orientation. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
52. What is a political lesbian? I'm political and I'm a lesbian. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
64. So with women, it is a beat them to fit, paint them to match sort of |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. It gives the bigots exactly what they want. |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Gay rights does not *depend* on gay being genetic.... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Atheism is not a choice |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I choose not to debate genetics with the fundies |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. I agree with that. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. This is an argument advanced by hardcore social constructionists. |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Which argument? n/t |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Social constructionists often blather |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
65. Me too. I am placing my bet on those |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Your being nicer with you comment than I ever could. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Emphatically NOT a choice. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. they hang them. there are pictures on the internet, sadly. nt |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. The only choice I made... |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
55. did you wear underwear |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 05:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
77. Oh the first date, yes!!! |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. The only people who can choose |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. thank you |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I can't speak for anyone else but me |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
84. I take issue with that. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:02 AM Response to Reply #84 |
101. "I'm pansexual" |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. Sexual orientation is immutable. That is, unchangeable. Hence, |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
73. Sexuality is a continuum |
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election_2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Speak for yourself |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. Science has discovered what causes homosexuality.... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Only in men, my friend, only in men. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. and Birkenstocks. Damn!! I knew that. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. No birkenstocks in my household. Lots of tattoos, hair products, power tools. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
49. It's definitely a choice |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
51. I'm innately a dyke as far as I can tell. But if I could choose it, I would. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
57. After my glib, flip, white wine comment, I thought I'd add the real McCoy |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
58. NOT a choice, of course. And since I'm preaching to the choir: |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Your not the only one! |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
61. it was like that here. they tortured us; murdered, gang-raped/ |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
62. interesting pertinent statement: |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
63. and, no, not choice. born dyke. and happy to be, eom |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
70. Is being fabulous a choice? Remember when everyone was fabulous? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
75. I don't remember choosing to be straight, so how can I logically think anyone would |
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FernBell (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
78. Well, OF COURSE it's a choice!!! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
79. No. |
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election_2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
80. No, I've never been attracted to women |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
81. It stinks that it matters whether or not it is a choice. |
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election_2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Also, how does anyone "prove" that it is or isn't a choice....? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Bingo |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
82. No |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
88. The politics of the very, very private-sexuality |
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Zealot (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
89. totally a choice |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Are you gay or straight? And when did you make this decision? nt |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. Wow, I hope you get de-programmed soon. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. You honestly believe any parents would raise their kids to be gay? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Please tell how and when you made your choice. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:32 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. I don't remember choosing to be straight, so how can I logically think anyone would |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Okey, dokey. This straight PhD in psych says that your sexual |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #89 |
97. Your name speaks volumes about you. N/T |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:00 AM Response to Reply #89 |
98. Welcome to DU and you're full of shit. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Your post makes no sense |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:21 AM Response to Reply #89 |
100. you lgbtqi? why not answer posts to you? eom |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:06 AM Response to Reply #89 |
102. Yea right |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
94. No, and I'm amazed that anyone in DU would suggest such a thing. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-04-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
103. NO! it's not a choice! |
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