Larry the Radio Guy: "Do you really believe that homosexuality ......even knowing that only a very small portion of the population define themselves as homosexual.......is a serious threat to the sanctity of the 'family'?"

No, not as much as the exploiters of them, in blowing it out of proportion, and creating a hostility. That is what people find disturbing. What people do, in their private moments is THEIR business... to advertize it, and throw it in everyone's face, is quite another thing. To politicize it for ulterior motives, is also damaging to ALL parties concerned. To NOT admit that it does post health issues, just to 'justify or normalize' it is also stupid. As I posted in another thread, a while back, is that the AIDS virus was developed at Fort Kendrick, and 'tested' and targeted both in Africa AND the Homosexual communities. To say that those figures aren't higher, just to gain 'political' points is nothing short of sheer stupidity, would you also say?
The rampant hate posts that Akenaton has received for the past few YEARS now, pointing that out, is unwarranted, and if anything, he should be thanked, and appreciated for pointing the figures out. To deny that proportionately, AIDS is higher in the homosexual communities, OR in Africa, is nothing but falsified political lunacy!..and what's more is now that it has spread, beyond those two groups, does not nullify the FACTS.
Insofar as what it is (homosexuality), I described it in another thread, as being 'Reproductively impaired'. How can you, or anyone not agree with that? It is also NOT genetic, as falsely claimed, and politicized. Also, of the very few, I believe at the time it came out, it was .02% who felt they had it from birth, EVERYBODY jumped on that bandwagon. In reality, in has more to do with receptors and hormonal influences, during pregnancy, that causes that 'syndrome' (for lack of a longer explanation). Others, it was by choice or default...but to 'lift it up' as some 'ennoble calling' is again ridiculous. As I've said before, and borne out by ALL science, the two attributes of ALL living creatures on this planet, whether an amoeba, plant, vegetable, fish, amphibian, vertebrate, animal, or primate (did I leave out anything?), is the 'Will to survive, and Reproduce'!..Even Darwinism would agree to that!! ..and being as homosexuality isn't about the latter, 'Reproducing', it is looked upon by the greater of societies, as being a form of 'decadence' OR a form of 'Decay' from the 'Will to survive, and Reproduce'..which all living beings have in common...it IS about sex, it is a choice or a choice made by 'resignation', (and any educated psychologist can enumerate the factors that go into that 'resignation'! The alternative would be to say that homosexuals don't see themselves as being worth propagating to another generation, and raising their natural offspring...and I've never said that. That is their own CHOICE....not by edict, politicization, religion or societal norms. To believe that you can't reproduce, with the opposite sex(as if there was another sex), is in itself a disability...is it not?

Larry the Radio Guy: "Does it really matter if a certain person said or didn't say something several months (or years) back?"

Certain truths are unmovable. Political posturing and trends are subject to change...and they do. What I've said before, still holds, and time will tell. what is 'popular' today, may be as practical as a Hula-Hoop tomorrow.

Larry the Radio Guy: "With this in mind, I have a question for Guest From Sanity. (Please, no liberal bashing.....yes I'm a liberal and I'm totally willing to explain what 'liberal' means to me and why it's consistent with my values)."

I think what I've said about 'so-called liberals' should not be confused with a genuine liberal point of view. 'So-called liberals' are phony wannabes, as opposed to someone who can hold forth a decent exchange of ideas, not resorting to the 'so-called liberal' handbook of dumb 'tactics'. Those same 'so-called liberals', are nothing but manipulated pawns, who haven't taken the longer view of what the hell they're talking about, and exhibit very childish hypocrisy, when pressed to explain subjects beyond their political programming. Phil Ochs NAILED IT years ago....Wannabe 'so-called liberals' have done more damage to Liberalism and the 'left' than all the Conservatives, Tea Party, Fox News combined!..(even those three are working for the same people as the 'so-called liberals'!!

Larry the Radio Guy: "And another related question........is there a distinction between a sexual orientation and a lifestyle?   I've made many gay people who are monogamous.....and have been most of their lives, and many straight people who are extremely promiscuous."   

First of all, your question, as asked, doesn't make complete sense. People who decidedly marry because they love their mate, and have children with that mate, and remain committed with that mate fall under the category of 'surviving and reproducing'.
Promiscuity is a result of selfish immaturity, and an inability to commit..for the same reasons of selfish immaturity, and an inability to commit. Self absorbed people really don't make great mates, do they?
Man has the nature to 'pair bond'..otherwise 'breaking up' would be a fun pastime, rather than a heartache for one, both, or the family, wouldn't it? The fact is, a 'break up' most likely causes trauma to one of the above......and the entertainment industry has made a fortune from it, as well.

I hope that answers your questions, as objectively as I can. The nasty remarks may come from the Wannabe 'so-called liberals'!! They hate it when their bullshit is exposed!
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Thank you. Feel free to cut and paste the web address on it, and forward it out to as many people as you think may benefit. It is not monetized, so I make nothing from it...just trying to give the planet some beauty. Check out the other ones as well. the ones with the lyrics are heavily double meaninged.
The new stuff, is also nothing short of phenomenal, so they tell me...but it's not up yet. Also there is some other stuff from the movie soundtrack, with vocals that blow people away. I may post them on YouTube, but to hear those it will be limited by permission only. if you'd like, when I put them up, you'd be more than welcome to check them out!
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