Why we can't let them be is because they try to stick it in our faces, discrimination, parades, rights.. & that's without mentioning the moral, social and/or religious, plus ethical, etc. reasons. Honestly I'm aware how I must sound horrible when I speak about ghey people, but I challenge anyone to tell me a SINGLE THING why it would be alright for someone to not be heterosexual (& that's a rhetorical statement, because it's impossible to actually have a valid reason :)).
This one was so BS on so many different levels that I just have to repost that gem before I go at it sentence by sentence.
Why we can't let them be is because they try to stick it in our faces
I have never seen 2 men kiss in public, but I have seen lots of heterosexual couples kiss in public. If we are going to talk about "in our faces" I think we'll soon discover that it's us, the heterosexuals, who are "in our faces".
discrimination
They fight so they are not discriminated against. Imagine that you would be discriminated because of your sexual preferences.
"Your resume seems in order, your qualifications are good and I like how you work with the team. Now to the final question, do you like your wife to be naked, wear regular lingerie or stockings and crotchless panties when you have sex?"
"Lingerie or naked. Stockings turn me off."
"I am so very sorry, but we can't hire you. Try one of those 'alternative ideas'-employers."
That's what gays experience every day.
rights
See above. Seriously.
that's without mentioning the moral
Now here you are right on the money by accident. "Moral" by definition is a group and society thing. Everything that goes against accepted behavior is amoral. So being gay might actually be considered amoral.
But that definition also applies to being against slavery in the early 19th century, being for women's voting in the early 20th century and being for equal rights for minorities in the 1950s. For a long time it was not only immoral, but actually illegal for a white men to marry a black woman.
Moral is overrated.
social
Here you might be right. Our society produces less and less children. So it is against society to be gay since they don't get children. But by that same logic it would be against society to be childless for whatever reasons. And it would also be against society to have less than 2.3 children (2 to compensate for the parents and 0.3 to compensate for those who die before they can have 2.3 children themselves). And it would be a-social for somebody in China or India to NOT be gay because of their overpopulation problems. I think we'll not go down that argumentative road.
So let's talk about the usual conception of "social" which is closer to "moral". Is it demaging to the group if a member of society is gay?
No. It's really that simple. The social interactions of a group do not get damaged if somebody is gay. I can buy a newspaper with a gay chiefeditor from a gay newsvendor while listening to music made by a gay singer on a mp3 player that has been build by a gay worker. We have manufacturing, culture and technology in which gays are participating and society is not breaking down.
religious
I would like to present you with 2 quotes and 2 questions:
Quote 1:
(Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)
"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment."
So, do you have a daughter that I could buy? I am single right now and...I promise that if I fall in love with another woman and marry her, I will continue to bang your daughter against her will and continue to give her clothing and food for being my slave.
Quote 2:
(Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT)
"If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her."
But if you are not willing to sell your daughter, I might just rape her and then buy her for 50 pieces of silver.
This is religion. If you are going to use religion as argument against homosexuality, be prepared for the counterarguments. Religion is not a good justification for anything because the bible contains passages justifying murder, rape, genocide and torture.
ethical, etc
Name one.
Because I do not see one ethical imperative about homosexuality. Not one. They don't hurt me or others with their behavior, they do not pose a danger to anybody, why should I be ethically bound do do anything against homosexuals?
Most people mix up ethical and moral. Homosexuality might be a-moral but it is definetly not unethical. And very soon it wont be a-moral either.
but I challenge anyone to tell me a SINGLE THING why it would be alright for someone to not be heterosexual (& that's a rhetorical statement, because it's impossible to actually have a valid reason :)).
You are right. There is no possible reason why somebody should not be heterosexual.
There is also no reason for donuts. I like donuts but they are unhealthy. Gay's wont shorten my life and they are not responsible for the love handles I developed over the last years. Donuts are. Actually, there are valid ethical, moral and social reasons against donuts.
There is also no possible reason for stockings to be considered sexually attractive. In my opinion they make women look like cheap hookers.
Some might say that it's a bad comparison because it makes no sense to debate homosexuality from a "reasons" perspective because you can't reason with how somebody is born. There is no reason for dark skin in mild climate but dark skinned people are born with it. No amount of arguments will change that same as no amount of arguments will change if somebody is gay (btw, I did not intend to insult anybody with this. I just used if for the sake of argument. I am as unracist as they get, believe me.).
But what if we could change it? What if there was an anti-gay pill? Take it and you are heterosexual, no risks, no side-effects. Then there still would be no reason to make somebody take it. Because people have the freedom to be who they are as long as their behavior does not hurt anybody.
-------------------------------------
That said, I personally find homosexuality disgusting. I really can't imagine anything sexual that I would find more disgusting than sex between 2 men. I do not want to see it. I do not want to see men kiss. I have never seen "Brokeback mountain" and never will. And if homosexuality ceased to exist I would not be bothered by it. Not for one moment.
But I believe in personal freedom. I wont tell anybody how to live their lives. Same as I do not want anybody to tell me how to live mine. My personal ideas of what I find attractive and what not are no measure for other people and should not be one.
I think humanity should be wiped out and then we can give evolution a second chance.
reply
share