dmp
Senior Member
GotZoom said:Great debate everyone.
However, you are missing the point that D and I are making.
No one is justifiying rape or molesting a child. No one says that people who do this should get off from prosecution.
What we are saying is this: Years ago, homosexuality was a disease..it was abnormal and unacceptable. Through the years, with the proper lobbying from certain people with "agendas", it has become acceptable because they are "born that way." Since they are born that way, they are not abnormal and their rights should change accordingly.
Fast forward to a rape case or a child molestation case (or a murder case, or...any case). A crafty, sleazy lawyer can get a doctor on the stand to say that his client's behavior was born, not learned. He was born to rape, born to molest, born to murder, born to ________, therefore, using the same argument as homosexuals, their behavior is not abnormal, it is something they were born with. Therefore, the sentence must be lighter.
With some of the liberal agendas today, combined with the ACLU, and the way that some judges are ruling, this is not that far out of the realm of possibility.
I think I can speak for D (and myself obviously), that neither of us condone or want to lessen the stigma and criminality of rape or molestation. We do not want lighter sentences (get real).
We are simply saying that if society continues to progress as it has in the past decades, why is this so hard to consider?
Bingo. I'd also argue Homosexuality hurts society WORSE - because so many people don't realize they are victims of the behaviour; they skip along, happy and content (outwardly) while their insides, physcially and emotionally, are torn apart.