re: Mizzou DE Michael Sam comes out

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People make these sorts of illogical "choices" everyday. It's a meaningless argument.

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No they don't.

Let's say someone decides to take heroine. Why do they take heroine? To get high. Now, can you get high by making the choice NOT to do heroine? No, unless you use another substance which generates a high and would be an equally "illogical" choice. The choice is get high or not get high.

Same thing with adultery, Why do people cheat? Because something about their current partner is not meeting their needs. The social stigma of cheating is "worth it" in order to meet their unmet needs.

Now, let's say a straight man chooses to be gay. He is choosing gay sex over straight sex, gay relationships over straight ones. The choice is NOT sex or no sex, the choice is one type of relationship or another. WHY would ANYONE pick the choice that results in making their life much more difficult when they could have a relationship they enjoyed either way if it were a true choice? There is no gain by choosing to be gay in this scenario.