I thought i posted this in the life and relationship section, not the religion one.
What a disappointment.
its weird, how u guys can badmouth ur MIL or talk about ur gf/bf or other significants here and be ok with it and have so much hatred towards the gay.
I see so much immaturity in this thread.
In reference to not being friends with a gay person: If you guys befriend someone and dont know hes gay, i bet u guys wont find out unless he tells u. You cant tell who is gay by the way they act certainly unless they are in the fashion industry (or work in a retail).
and zobo hunny, straight people get HIV too. Whomever is infected passes it on the other person by having an intercourse. So it doesnt matter whether they are gay or straight.
sigh
just bcos you posted something in life and relationship forum doesn't mean that it becomes acceptable and perfectly ok. if someone opens a thread in cafe' about killing or blowing up someone to pieces, do you think that it will not be taken seriously simply because it is posted in cafe'...?
about badmouthing MIL or talking about BF/GF...what does that have to do with not liking gays? a person can love / hate anyone he or she likes / dislikes based on any/many reasons. just because you love gay guys does not means that all of a sudden whatever they do have become permissable both religiously and socially and you are bound to hating or liking people based on your outlook towards them.
the only immature person i see in this thread is you and the likes of you who think that everyone should see the world through their eyes and understand the world through their mind. i'm sure there are many things / people in your life you hate for many reasons. similarly you'll be aware of people who adore or admire the same people. so just because you hate them, should others start to hate them too? why not you start loving them because others love them. don't think you'll be able to do that because you have your reasons. and similarly others have theirs.
as for being friends with them, well knowingly a person won't be friends with them if he/she has reservations about them and their lifestyles. what would you do if you are friends with someone you thought was very caring and sensitive towards you only because he wanted to get into your pants [as you so elegantly put it in your post]...will you still remain friends with that guy? will you still see him in the same light as before..? you have already said in your initial post that gays are better simply because they don't try to get into your pants if you are a girl. we straight guys don't like gays simply because gays like to get into the pants of other guys. even if they just, for most part, think only, that still makes it as much wrong as a guy thinking about getting into your pants.
last part about HIV...yes many straight ppl have HIV too...does that make it an acceptable thing in gays? no...and also chances of gays infected with HIV is far more than straight people. but then no one really said anything about hating people who have HIV. its their gayness that is not liked by many.
so, if you want to be friends with them...sure be the queen of gays...but don't enforce your opinions and their gayness on others. you stated your opinion by admiring them for reasons acceptable to you...other simply did the same by sharing their opinion and reasons.