{"id":127572,"date":"2015-08-21T13:56:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T19:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/21\/omg-the-fundies-were-right-homosexuality-is-spreading.html"},"modified":"2015-08-21T14:57:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T20:57:15","slug":"omg-the-fundies-were-right-homosexuality-is-spreading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/21\/omg-the-fundies-were-right-homosexuality-is-spreading.html","title":{"rendered":"OMG! The Fundies were right! Homosexuality is SPREADING!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Snort.)<\/p>\n

Assuming the survey results are i the general realm of accuracy, what I think you're seeing here is not the Creeping Spread of Teh Gayz, or Evil Recruitment by Sodomites, or Proof Positive that Homosexuality is a Choice. In a society (especially among younger cohorts) where same-sex attraction isn't subject to major legal and social punishment, people are able to answer more honestly (to others and themselves) these kinds of questions.<\/p>\n

Call it the "Free Market of Orientation," if you like. You're free to seek the product — or products — you like with consenting adults.<\/p>\n

So, yes, you're going to see an uptick in people who identify as something other than purely straight. You'll probably see an uptick in people who actually pursue relationships on that basis, too. That's not a matter of licentiousness or the collapse of morality as much as freedom, and a recognition that sexuality is a lot more complex of a subject than our political process has painted it to be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nYouGov | A third of young Americans say they aren’t 100% heterosexual<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Snort.) Assuming the survey results are i the general realm of accuracy, what I think you're seeing here is not the Creeping Spread of Teh Gayz, or Evil Recruitment by Sodomites, or Proof Positive that Homosexuality is a Choice. In a society (especially among younger cohorts) where same-sex attraction isn't subject to major legal and … Continue reading “OMG! The Fundies were right! 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