Moi said:
There is still the majority rule in this country and it appears the majority of people are opposed to it too.
I hope it's put up for a vote from all citizens, not just a bunch of judges sitting on high.
There is no correlation to behaviors as there is to race or gender...no one can change their race or gender (unnatural surgery aside). People can control their behavior. That's kind of what sets us apart from animals. The fact that we don't have to act according to instinct or what we want to the detriment of society in general.
Majority rule huh? Like the majority that voted for Al Gore? Put it up for a vote from all citizens, not just a bunch of judges sitting on high? What like the supreme court in the 200 elections. I LOVE this irony!!!
Ok, that being said, I accept the result of the 2000 election. Our system chose a president, he's our man. It just seemed a funny tidbit.
Also, analogies to alcoholism, etc. have been made as natural tendancies that should be squelched because they are socially and morally abhorrent. Agreed. However I disagree that homosexuality is a BAD thing that needs to be denied, even if it is part of one's intrinsic nature. Of course you can't argue with a Christian that homosexuality isn't immoral, because the bible says it is and anything in the bible is self-evidently true because it is necessarily the word of God. Can't really argue with that one. But I will address the objections to homosexuality as they stand...
1. Health Reasons: Homosexuals have a significantly higher rate of contracting HIV/AIDS. This is because many homosexuals have anal sex. The solution to this is exactly equivalent to preventing spread of STDs among heterosexuals: use protection and have your partner tested for diseases. This is a health-awareness issue, much as it is in Africa. Again, Catholicism (and other sects) of Christianity don't approve of contraception, but in this case, it's obviously not contraception. Moreover, not all homosexuals engage in anal sex. Self included.
2. Desanctification of marriage: Many argue that allowing homosexuals to marry desanctifies the institution of marriage. Well, for many people marriage is a spiritual, but not religious, institution. They marry not in the eyes of the Christian God, but in the eyes of love, devotion and companionship. Christian Gays trying to marry in a Church is obviously the Church's jurisdiction, so they can block Christian marriages for Gays, which I totally support, because that is their right. After all, God abhorres gays, in black and white, in the scriptures.
3. Unstable/unhealthy home life for children: In reference to this I have personal experience. Three gay couples (2 lesbian, 1 gay) live in my building in NYC and all three have children. According to them, the neighborhood is very tolerant, and to this I can attest. The children forego very little intolerance or discrimination, which I have read on this board is reason enough not to have the child. However, historically, blacks who bore children were either born into slavery or into extreme rascism, intolerance, and discrimination. Does anyone agree that black couples should have avoided having children merely on account of the intolerance of others? There are many places in this counrty where it is safe and healthy to raise children in a homosexual marriage.
4. Homosexuality is abnormal: I have read on this board that homosexuality is abnormal and immoral, implying that abnormality is a negative trait. Well, this hardly bears saying, but are people with red hair bad because they're abnormal?
So, those are my reasons for believing that homosexuality isn't a trait one should repress. It follows that if one should repress homosexuality, one shouldn't get married, lest they risk lying to their spouse about being in love with them (I don't think romantic love can exist without sexual attraction). Is this fair to ask of them? Is this equal rights? Someone said earlier that I shouldn't be intolerant of people who are intolerant of homosexuality. I agree that our nation was built on tolerance, but tolerating intolerance is taking it one step too far. Should we sit back and tolerate the degradation and inequality of women in some Islamic communities? Anyway, I don't ask that anyone, Christians specifically, AGREE with homosexuality. How could you? Your very faith says you can't. But I do ask that you be tolerant of those not within the folds of your faith when they do something that doesn't, in my opinion, harm you.
