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Originally Posted by FuglyStick
But when you muddle the issue of sexual orientation, you debase the gay community's pursuit of civil rights.
In a perfect world, there would be no need for laws to protect different religions, races, sexes, or sexual orientations. But the world we live in does require those laws to protect and ensure the rights of minorities. Homosexuals are persecuted, discriminated against, and victimized by hate crimes. In order to obtain that protection, homosexuality must be defined. If you water it down and say "everyone's a little homosexual," then there's no need for civil rights for homosexuals, because the laws in place for everyone would already apply, and that's simply not the case. "Labels" and "definitions" are necessary to establish what you are fighting for
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If you're going to argue that keep in mind that people are never exactly one race either and yet we protect people from discrimination on that basis as well. The protection extended to sexuality isn't based on a specific sexual orientation anyways, it's the discrimination based on any form of sexuality (this is the concept, the practice is always different of course).
I'm of the opinion that sexuality isn't an either or thing. The continuum makes a lot of sense to me personally because while I am attracted to both men and women, I tend prefer men. I really just don't label myself, if other people want to that's fine but to me it's not that simple.
I would say it's just fine to do whatever you want. Don't worry about the labels.