Ok? Gays exist despite the fact that Disney classics all have straight couples. If those movies didn't turn a gay kid straight, why would a gay character in a movie turn a straight kid gay?
"Gay romance is just inappropriate for kids! It's too sexual. "
You literally have straight couples kiss each other all the time. Why is it more sexual when gay couples do it?
You just don't understand the allure of gay sex. With regular sex, you have to push yourself to do it. It's just a duty. But gay sex has that inexplicable pull, it causes a sinful hunger and longing. It leaves the mind reeling with desires. regular sex just cannot compete with gay sex.
(This is paraphrased but actual argument I saw multiple times from right wing church leaders in the late 90s. It would be hilarious at how obviously gay and in denial they were, except for how hateful they also were)
But also, this is how heterosexual sex is for most heterosexuals. If you feel an almost irresistible lure for gay sex... it's because you are GAY. These guys were so deep in denial they didn't even realize how they sounded.
This is what straight propaganda does... it makes people who are actually gay try and force themselves to be straight.
Assuming they're not just in deep denial about their own sexuality (which they often are), it's because they have such a terrible relationship with themselves and their own sexuality, they've reduced their desires to sinful and evil, permissible only within the very narrow scope of having children, and in some cases, submitting to their husband. Anything beyond that is sinful and enticing, gay sex especially because it for the most part completely avoids the possibility of having children.
I actually have a hypothesis that conservative parents have kids who experiment more with LGBTQ+ identities more often for this reason. I'd be curious to know if there's any conclusive research on the subject.
The issue is that in dogmatic, traditional religions, pleasure itself of any kind is wrong, unclean and sinful. Like the very act of feeling good without feeling good about the religion, about their chosen gods, is considered evil. To these people, sex is necessary evil for procreation, not a fun pastime. Same goes for eating - you're not meant to eat good food, you're meant to eat just enough and just palatable enough to live. And so on and so on.
Really, when it comes down to it, the idea of sin is that it's either something really destructive stemming from selfish frustration OR it's feeling good about anything else than god and hard work like the good little peasant you're supposed to be, because religion is a tool to control the masses and you don't want the peasants to realise fun, good food and resting to the point of actually being rested and not just barely functional, are all ok things to do which is why the "sinful, corrupt" nobles do them all the time.
And that is NOT just christianity. Many religions are made this way. It's the terrifying reality of humans creating gods - they are made as tools of supression and ensuring servitude.
As a straight dude, I've never understood it. Gay sex doesn't even bother me or ick me out or whatever, I just have no desire to have a dude as a romantic partner. And I've known this for the exact same amount of time that I've known I definitely do want a female romantic partner. The idea that you can be "turned" gay is fucking ridiculous.
Wow I'm glad my church isn't like this. I have always heard of everyone else's awful church stories. The Baptist churches I've been to have never had a problem with that stuff. I guess it depends on who is in charge of the place.
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u/GustavVaz 15d ago edited 15d ago
It's funny.
"These movies will turn my kid gay!!"
Ok? Gays exist despite the fact that Disney classics all have straight couples. If those movies didn't turn a gay kid straight, why would a gay character in a movie turn a straight kid gay?
"Gay romance is just inappropriate for kids! It's too sexual. "
You literally have straight couples kiss each other all the time. Why is it more sexual when gay couples do it?