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In the movie, “The Gay Agenda,” there were five major claims stated. The first claim was that people who are gay could be cured. The next claim is that gay men spread disease. The movie also claimed that gay men have homosexual relationships because they are not satisfied in their heterosexual relationships. “The Gay Agenda” also claimed that gay men have a recruitment process. Meaning, gay men try to convince young boys that they are gay. The movie said that school counselors are to blame for this as well because a young boy will come to them confused about their sexuality and the counselor will explain to that young boy that he may be gay. The last claim that the movie made was that gay men use extreme representation in order to get attention. For example, gay men will use shock tactics in order to make all of society aware that they are gay. The movie showed gay parades where men would perform explicit sexual acts in order to broadcast their sexuality. Progay advocates might respond to these claims first by stating that “homosexuality is construed as a real, life-long trait defining a distinct type of person- the gay man and lesbian. This essential orientation is natural, trans-historical, and trans-cultural” (Smith and Windes p32). Progay’s argument, then, is that a gay man or lesbian can not be “cured.” According to Smith and Windes, “Robert Bray, a leading gay advocate, asserts that essentialism ‘points out that gay people are made this way by nature. It strikes at the heart of people who oppose gay right and who think we don’t deserve our rights because we’re choosing to the way we are’” (Smith and Windes p32). These responses also dispute the movie’s claim that gay men have homosexual relationships because they are not satisfied in their heterosexual ones.
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