No, people don't chose to be gay!
That is a remark made by religion since thousands of years ago written in the Penthateuc, which was at a time of human ignorance, in which people believed the world was flat, they believed sick people were possesed by evil spirits, they believed God is a man, so men should be first and women second.
Centuries later, religion still makes that argument, which at the 21 century is Ridiculous, things have changed, humankind had advanced in science and technology, and still believing that gay people are evil is crap and pure IGNORANCE.
Actually that is one of the reasons that I questioned religion dogma a few years ago.
I am straight, am I allowed to say all of this?
Soph I sympathize with you for your feelings about religion
maybe they need to change this, they had change a lot of things with time, so why not change this view?
Your use of the word religion seems too vague. There are all sorts of religions that embrace all types of sexuality including some Christian denominations, Episcopal, to name one.