Could you switch?

This post, “Queerly Yours” and all the recent discussion about Prop 8 and the evils of homosexuality has made me ponder attraction. All my life I’ve liked boys/men and I don’t have any real impetus to change that, but I do think I could like girls if I wanted to. I find some women very attractive and I think I could condition myself to think about them romantically if the circumstances were right.

However, even though I can imagine myself altering my attraction, I don’t think everyone can. Some people are clearly heterosexual or clearly homosexual. Which is why I think that equal civil rights for gays is a no-brainer and I’m disappointed by the church’s relentless campaigning for the Prop.

What about you, do you think you could go against your natural sexual inclination (whether hetero or homosexual)? Does this affect your stance on issues like Prop 8?

I kissed a girl…and liked it.

This link to a church billboard cracked me up. I’m sure many LDS would agree with the anti-lesbian sentiment expressed by this Pastor. I haven’t heard the song yet–because I live in an iTunes cave–but now I just might download it. Just in case I “like it.”

I’m curious how the rest of you would feel about your teen children or teens you preside over at church exploring same-sex relationships, especially if they are not crossing the chastity line? Does anyone know how Bishops typically react towards same-sex experimentation when it’s just kissing?