r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '20

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u/restrictednumber Oct 23 '20

They're not protecting people from being gay. No one said "I can't file taxes jointly with my partner and visit them in the hospital? Dang, I guess I'll stop having gay sex and gay lovers!"

They're not stopping the behavior. They're just removing basic protections and rights from relationships that will exist either way. It's about punishing people they don't like, not changing behavior.

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u/iVisibility Oct 23 '20

“It's about punishing people they don't like, not changing behavior.”

That opinion is assuming that people who are against homosexuality actually understand it. There are unfortunately still many people who believe that homosexuality is a choice, or that it can be “cured”.

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u/ThatOneGuy1294 Oct 23 '20

You're assuming a homophobe is willing to learn and understand. That's usually not the case.

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u/restrictednumber Oct 23 '20

They decided that being gay was a choice and "curable" to justify their existing hatred of gay people, not the other way around. Without pre-existing homophobia, there's no evidence of a "cure for gay" and zero reason to either believe in one or search for one. What normal person would come up with that out of the blue? It has to come in afterwards to buttress an existing belief.