So it’s only valid in cases where someone has a choice?
I’m not sure I would say it that way, but I’m not really sure how I would say it.
By that logic, I can’t “hate the sin” of an individual attracted to the same sex, but I can “hate the sin” of someone having homosexual sex, right? Bear in mind that you probably don’t know my views on homosexuality (and others who’ve known me longer and think they do likely not either) so don’t bring me personally into this. It’s merely a question. Homosexual sex is in fact a choice.
Sexual relief is a requirement for humans, and if you’re gay then the only way to get that is through gay sex. It may technically be a choice, but it’s a choice in the sense that your only other option is to be unhappy/sexually frustrated.
Sexual relief is a need, not a requirement for humans. The same with procreation. I don’t know of any reports of people dying from abstinence. Being a sentient life form is hard enough without all the other frustrations that come with it.
That’s a better way of saying it. It’s a need.
Being forced to be abstinent can be pretty harmful, not physically, but emotionally and psychologically. I think it’s fucked up to demand someone to be abstinent.