Because I've known actual gay people, even one that got straight (after leaving the US for a few years, interestingly). Many are otherwise normal people, and would prefer not to be gay. Now, I've also had neighbors that were immature promiscuous flaming fags, that you could tell from 100ft needed a good father figure when they were young, and that I wouldn't turn my back on if there were boys around.
Just like how I only have ever known middle and working class Torah-following Jews, so I don't categorically have distain for them, either (it's the Jews, still, but a subset of Jews).
Observe, and form your own damn opinions. Inform yourself with ancient wisdom, but don't blindly follow it in a world quite divorced from the one that made it.
Because I've known actual gay people, even one that got straight (after leaving the US for a few years, interestingly). Many are otherwise normal people, and would prefer not to be gay. Now, I've also had neighbors that were immature promiscuous flaming fags, that you could tell from 100ft needed a good father figure when they were young, and that I wouldn't turn my back on if there were boys around.
Just like how I only have ever known middle and working class Torah-following Jews, so I don't categorically have distain for them, either (it's the Jews, still, but a subset of Jews).
Observe, and form your own damn opinions. Inform yourself with ancient wisdom, but don't blindly follow it in a world quite divorced from the one that made it.