The Similarities Between Zoey And Homosexuality

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Born Gay? In the first grade, Zoey’s mom chopped her daughter’s hair short, and the next day at lunch the other kids in her class ripped her apart with nasty comments. There were two tables to sit at during lunch hour, a girls’ and a boys’ table. To be really honest with herself, Zoey wasn 't certain where to sit. The other kids named her a boy; therefore, was she a boy? Obviously Zoey was a girl, but the trauma from the first grade haunted her forever. Flash forward 10 years: Zoey is 16 years old and is afflicted by sexual interest in girls. The nature of Zoey is female, but on account of the way she was nurtured, she’s confused about her sexuality. Individuals are not born gay but are nurtured in such way like trauma, abuse and neglect that …show more content…
Society is corrupted to the point people can’t “come out of the closet” without wondering if they will be loved or hated. No person wants to be hated by others, stripped of their rights, shamed, shunned or looked down upon for who they love. So why choose to be gay when every person is fully aware of the brutal outcome? Hundreds of thousands of LBG’s (Lesbian, bi, and gay) say they didn’t choose to be who they are. Didn’t choose to risk being beaten by some passing street walker. Didn’t choose to risk being cut off from their families. Didn’t choose to be in a society where strangers decide what rights they have, what jobs they can keep, where they can live, whether they can marry, whether they can adopt the children or be at the bedside of a dying loved one. They are defending themselves from shaming, which comes as no surprise. Why choose to be gay and be shamed for it, rather than choosing to be straight and accepted? Loving the same sex is not a choice, and it never has been. Therefore, the statement “God hates gays” is not true. Jesus made and loves all people; there is not one soul that he hates. The fact that there is no choice means that Jesus himself planned every person’s life to make them exactly who they are. That comes to the next question: why would God himself create something that he hates? He wouldn’t and he never

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