Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court has brought on, for whatever reason, speculation of Kagan’s sexual orientation. Some have reasoned Kagan is gay because she played softball. (So, playing softball undoubtedly means you’re gay? Right. Sure. That makes sense.)The problem with all of this is: What does that have to do with Kagan’s ability to function as a Supreme Court Justice? Nothing. This is an obvious answer.
The next question that comes to mind is: What is sexual orientation and sexual identity?
It’s a personal matter. A friend of mine once said, “There’s nothing you can do about it, if someone thinks you’re gay.” This is true. There are situations where a “gay” guy sleeps with women or a “straight” guy sleeps with dudes. This does not necessarily signify that each individual is gay or straight.
People have sex for various reasons: lust, love, companionship, boredom, curiosity, money, security, conformity, loneliness, comfort, drugs, bus tickets, moon pies, etc. The act means less than the intent and the true meaning of the intent is determined by the individual.
Does all of this matter? No. It’s semantics.
Sexual preference/orientation/identity is a subjective experience. For outsiders to conjecture about what a person is and isn’t, is time wasted. It’s a meaningless exercise.
In the end, labels mean nothing.
As in the case with anti-gay activist, George Rekers, who hires male prostitutes, he may honestly think he's not gay even though he may have sex with men. Who knows? However, in Rekers case, his acts and intents are hypocritical, convoluted, manipulative, and indicative of malevolence.
Once again, labels mean nothing.
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