What is "The Homosexual Lifestyle"?

Pardon me for beating a dead horse, but I've been trying to figure this one out for a couple days.  One poster (well, several, actually) said she is against teaching the homosexual "lifestyle" to children, and I cannot for the life of me figure out what that lifestyle is.  It seems to me that homosexuals live as varied lifestyles as anyone else, but based on comments like that, apparently there is a perception that all homosexuals live only one way.  I'm just curious to know what way that is.  I live next door to a lesbian couple and they are as different from DSM and me as night and day.  So I wonder which household isn't doing it right.  

Can anyone help me out on this? 

I would assume that it means not teaching children that homosexuality is "normal" or OK.

Teaching that homosexuality is okay falls far short of teaching any "lifestyle".

Well, I think they have the definition of 'lifestyle' confused with the actual sexual act.  It's my opinion that people labeled homosexual live their lives the same as I do.  They get up, get dressed, go to work or whatever, come home, go to bed.  There aren't any lifestyle classes taught at our school, homosexual or otherwise. Home & Careers teaches cooking, cleaning, sewing, find a job...I suspect that's all the same, unless of course you're from another country.  Lots of Mexicans around these parts, those people eat things I would never put past my lips!  Kidney, liver, all those hot peppers 

I am not sure at what point it became so important that we know who a person is having sex with. That information should be something that is between the parties involved.If people were more concerned about the real issues in this country and taking care of their own families I think we would all be much better off. I personally don't go around asking people who they are having sex with and don't consider that something that is any of my business. Maybe there are people who think that homosexual people are out to convert everyone to their "lifestyle". I wish I had an answer for you,

sstetzel:

 those people eat things I would never put past my lips! 

 SoF, I finally sorted my own feelings about this whole issue many years ago....understanding my own perceptions was the most important part.

Simply put, there is no single definable lifestyle for anyone, and you know it and I know it and so do many others here. If that were so, we'd be all eating the same foods, drinking the same drinks, all at the same time.... we'd be robotic. Sexuality, as I understand it, amongst my many and varied friends, is as different from one person to the next, as their tastes in food and drink. Geez, the fetishists sure don't enjoy sex the way I would, but they're not asking me to take part, and they enjoy it, and they're hurting no one, and their activities are consentual with their partners, so I'm happy for them. 

Putting certain kinds labels on people is wrong.   

"OMG...he's one of those...those...BROCCOLI lovers, you know!!  SHUN HIM!!!"

I'm not saying that any sexuality is a choice, nor that any fetish is a choice, but I am saying that it is a part of who each and every one of us is, from asexuality to heterosexuality to bi-sexuality to homosexuality. But it is not a label. Otherwise, after Dr., Mr., Mrs., or Ms. would be the next label:

Mr.homosexual Bill Smith...or Mrs.asexual  Joan Doe...(poor Mr.heterosexual John Doe)

JMHO

ViolaB 

Soldier___Of___Fowl:

teaching the homosexual "lifestyle" to children,

Teach 'em, eh?  I'm just as curious about how THEY go about teaching the hetero 'lifestyle" to their own kids? 

Eek!

"Pardon me for beating a dead horse"

Beat it til it bleeds then beat it for bleedin'!

Real  footage  of  homosexuals  doing  the  laundry  !

I guess it's any style of living which does not revolve around hiding who you are and living in a closet.

Very well said ViolaB.  I for one think who cares as long as all parties are happy.  And for the record I love broccoli and even curry.  My dearest friend is a lesbian.  She is a Sargeant Major in the army.  She has been in the service for 30 years.  She has raised a daughter on her own.  My husband and I love her very much.  It never crosses my mind to introduce her as "my lesbian friend."  She is my friend, a human being, a person with emotion, love, compassion and love for her fellow human to fight for our country with dignity and PRIDE.

let's see..my cousin is gay and has been living with his partner for many year's..and they remind me of a old married couple..i have a nephew in his twenties and living in malibu..like most 20 somethings..he dates and parties..goes to school..plus works..but then i don't ask him about the personal details of his life..