sexuality should be like a hair colour

I think it doesn't matter if sexuality can be changed. It's just like changing a hair colour - a personal choice, doesn't affect others, and you can make friends with people who like the same colour. You're born with your hair colour or you change your hair colour, so what?

However, the notion that gayness can be prayed away is hindering progress and equality. If homosexuality can be changed, then why would they bother giving equal rights to homosexuals?

Well, to those religious folk who are praying day and night for homosexuals to become straight, here's something for you: try praying away cancer before homosexuality. Hey, cancer's life-threatening. Are you saying that you'd rather force others to conform to your personal beliefs than save the life of innocents?

Yeah, that was a rhetorical question. There is only one answer, and the answer is that unless cancer has completely disappeared, praying for homosexuals to "change their ways" just makes you seem extremely stupid.

Basically, if society could pull its head out of its arse, then whether homosexuality could be changed would merely be a scientific curiosity. There wouldn't be ridiculous "sexual conversion" bullshit, and young people wouldn't be killing themselves because society is too backwards to accept people who are different from the majority. 

Sexuality is personal, unless someone rapes you, then it's not a question about sexuality, but a question about morality and decency. (To heterosexual people who say "but what if a gay man rapes me??")

Homosexuals ask "oh, what if a straight man rapes me?", and for those who don't understand, gay men can rape straight men, but straight men can rape lesbians. Yet you don't see homosexuals calling for heterosexuals to be killed or sent away. 

If someone rapes you then he should be locked up. That's it. It's very easy.

Sexuality is personal, unless someone is shoving PDA in your face, then you should tell them to get a room, or just walk away. (To people who say "it makes me uncomfortable to see gay people going at it")

I mean, no one's forcing you to look. And you've probably done the exact same thing with your significant other of the opposite gender before. If you don't want to look at their PDA, they don't want to look at your PDA either. But you don't see homosexuals trying to get heterosexual marriage banned. And you don't see homosexuals forcing heterosexuals to go for sexuality conversion therapy. 

Plus there are laws against public indecency anyway.

Sexuality is personal, unless your religion says it's a sin, then you should shut up about sexuality because it's YOUR religion. (To people who say "the bible says it's an abomination and a sin!!")

Frankly I would like to tell Christians "the Flying Spaghetti Monster says Christianity is a sin! We must outlaw Christianity" and see how they feel about being persecuted because of someone else's belief. (Also to see if they can spot the parallel, but unfortunately, not a single Christian that I have spoken to has spotted the parallel.)

In the end, this sexuality debate isn't about whether homosexuality is "curable", nor is it about religious decrees, nor is it about personal safety. It's about human decency, and right now, humans are embarrassing themselves. If only we could be accepting, then this debate wouldn't exist. 

Also there would be a lot more peace and a lot less fighting. There would probably still be a few wars, though.

The point is that homosexuality shouldn't even be something that gains attention. Homosexuality should become as accepted as heterosexuality. Homosexuality should become as mundane as a hair colour change. No more stigmatising or fetishising homosexuality.

Homosexuality should become normal. I mean, no one ever bothers to investigate whether heterosexuals are born heterosexuals or not. That's what I want for homosexuality. 

Be a decent human, okay. Some people on this planet make me want to regress back into an embryo, just so I won't have to deal with their bullshit. ("The sun is a star." "No, it's a SUN, stupid." Ugh. /attempts to rip out my own scalp)

Anyway, people are homosexual, so what? It's none of your business. Just as homosexuals don't ostracise heterosexuals, heterosexuals shouldn't ostracise homosexuals. 

I mean, if heterosexuals make laws against homosexuals (who have never tried to make laws against heterosexuality, as far as I know) then they're effectively admitting that homosexuals are more decent people than themselves. 

 Just be a decent person, okay. It's not even that hard. I'm so tired of seeing idiots railing against gay people. Or transgenders. Seriously. Be a decent person. 

If you aren't a decent person then odds are that at least one person is feeling some intense secondhand embarrassment for you. And I don't know how you feel, but having others feel embarrassed for you and being obliviously to your own idiocy is one of the most painful things on earth.

Edit: speaking about being decent people, we can see that the Texas legislation isn't too keen on being decent. I'm talking about how Wendy Davis had to stand up for women's rights to their own body (literally for eleven hours) to prevent those rights from being taken away. 

And then supporters of the bill tried to pass the bill even after midnight. A commenter said something about even with people from all over the world watching the live stream, the legislation is trying to cheat the bill into being passed. 

(The abortion bill was not passed. Thanks to humanity for protesting so vigourously that they couldn't lie.)

Also I heard that Rick Perry said that he'd sign the bill. I was rather surprised. Rick Perry, that unbearable idiot? He's still in some position of power? What were the voters high on when they were voting? No one in their right mind would vote for that man.

Edit 2: oops Rick Perry called for another session or something to try and pass the bill when it was supposed to be only touched upon again in two years' time. Rick Perry is such a nice man isn't he. I'd like to spray insecticide on his pillow.