'Homosexuality Isn't Natural or Healthy'

a little bit of a tangent, but i was watching yesterday's daily show & they were looking at the republican new hampshire debates
- the subject came up about translators being sacked from the military for being gay, then the candidates got asked whether they thought gays should be in the military - and not one of them spoke up & said they thought gays should be allowed to serve

here's the link - funny clip, but also a bit sad i reckon

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml

( second link down, "GOP debates: round 3)
 
Typical Bush nominee!

What people do in their private life is of no concern to me nor should it be anyone elses concern. Keep religion and politics out!
 

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What's next, a former lynchman as Secretary of Minority Affairs? A Texas oil man running Dept of the Interior or the Federal Parks?

Actually, the reality is that we're two steps away from that possibility at any one time in the states.... :(
 
Scary thought but i actually think that it will be all legal in most states in the US in the not so distant future as long as nasty ass dikes like Rosie are out there beating the drum.
 
The article where he said that was from 1991? I don't think he'd still say that today.
 
I can see from a biological standpoint where you can argue that the function of sexual organs, to reproduce, is supposed to work a certain way and by nature it doesn't for gays since men can't get pregnant, so it might not be natural. As far as a physiological standpoint who knows if it's natural or not? The fact it can lead to death seems rather ridiculous however considering I don't think it's that much more dangerous than thousands of daily activities. Maybe next they will tell people to stop masturbating because the palms of their hands will grow hair.
 
I don't see the problem people have with gay people. The institution of marriage and relationships is something completely subjective, some countries men are allowed to have dozens of wives. Why should that stop someone from marrying someone of the same sex? Does it really affect anyone but the people getting married? I think people care too much about useless shit.

And as for the article, if I believed that I would never be allowed to:


* Receive oral sex, that is not what they are meant for
* Have anal sex with a woman
* Have sex without intent to reproduce
* Use of condoms should be illegal

Also, a money shot wouldn't be allowed either ...

Its my penis, I'll do whatever I want with it!
 
I can see from a biological standpoint where you can argue that the function of sexual organs, to reproduce, is supposed to work a certain way and by nature it doesn't for gays since men can't get pregnant, so it might not be natural. As far as a physiological standpoint who knows if it's natural or not? The fact it can lead to death seems rather ridiculous however considering I don't think it's that much more dangerous than thousands of daily activities. Maybe next they will tell people to stop masturbating because the palms of their hands will grow hair.



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I can see from a biological standpoint where you can argue that the function of sexual organs, to reproduce, is supposed to work a certain way and by nature it doesn't for gays since men can't get pregnant, so it might not be natural. As far as a physiological standpoint who knows if it's natural or not? The fact it can lead to death seems rather ridiculous however considering I don't think it's that much more dangerous than thousands of daily activities. Maybe next they will tell people to stop masturbating because the palms of their hands will grow hair.



My friend the Bush Administration or should I say the Boogeyman Administration is all about spreading fear!
 
I would consider it to be unnatural, yes. It's not a behavior that is practically viable in a species. Perhaps I'm wrong and it does serve a purpose (like a failsafe to control population growth, however that managed to evolve), but I'd like to see a bit more research about that.
Being left handed is technically a defect as I recall, but it's not directly counterproductive.

But like I've said before, I don't particularly mind who or what people have sex with any more than I mind if they pick up the fork with the left or right hand as long as it doesn't affect me.
 
Homosexuals can still have children (using surrogates, invitro, adoption, whatever), none of those are natural...

Adoption is natural and fairly common among animals that live in groups. Surrogates and such are an unnatural work-around to a natural desire, but there is a difference between means and motivation.

...neither is your food, neither is your lifestyle, car, house, whatever, if we're using technical prehistoric ideas of what nature is...

There is a clear distinction between an item and a behavior. How something is made has nothing to do with why it is made. Food for example, regardless of how it is produced and of what it's made, provide nutrition which satisfies a basic biological urge (or tricks my body into thinking it does). How you manage to connect the dots between those two are beyond me.

...but did anyone ever stop to think maybe NATURE is what we EVOLVE into, what we become, not what we were traditionally supposed to be.

Which of course brings the question; is homosexuality the result of evolution? Fact of the matter is, we're still not sure what the exact cause of it is. For all we know, it can be a disease or a defective gene or God having a boring century. Show to me that it serves a biological purpose and it's just dandy.

Homosexuality has been found to be "naturally ocurring" in several other animals, so why when we stuffy self important humans do it, is it suddenly unnatural?

It has been observed, but it's not very frequent. I wouldn't consider that natural either. If anything, I'd say the frequency of these observations indicate that it's a defect rather than a natural occurrence.

I am in a long term relationship with a bisexual woman who gets all wet and horny over bautiful women, there is NOTHING unnatural about the passion and desire for the same sex experienced by homos and bis, anymore than the passion and desire experienced by heterosexuals.

Ah, here we go. You seem to have trouble separating "natural" from "good" (and by extension, "unnatural" from "bad"). If not, I'm not sure why you're bringing this example up at all, it's just an iteration of the same things you've already said but cast from a subjective viewpoint. Fact of the matter is, just because you don't see anything wrong with it, it doesn't make it natural. I don't see anything wrong with it either, but from a biological point of view it's still genetic suicide.

Imo science has evolved beyond what you consider science to be, and a lot of scientists I know would agree with you, which is more to do with scientists being unable to adapt to the rapidly evolving puzzle that is humanity.

That's certainly one possible explanation. Far from the only one though.

By the same logic most of everything we do would be unnatural, and if there were any other creature on the table, by definition, "most of what that creature did" could not be unnatural, it would by definition BE that creature's nature.

You'll have to give me examples here because quite frankly, I can't say I can think of many things that I would say goes directly against basic biological urges.
 
Loving somebody is the most natural thing in the world. What I can't understand,and maybe someone can explain it to me is how its okay for a man to perform anal sex on a woman, but when its man on man it suddenly becomes distasteful and abhorent to so many people.
 
actually, 100% reproduction isn't a viable option among species either. controlling the population on a sustainable and maintainable level is a much needed and neccesary survival function. so stick it up your ass.
 
I do believe I mentioned that possibility earlier. The thing is, if it is a dormant mechanism, where did it come from? When has population control been an issue except the last few hundred years? Available resources has been the regulating factor up until then simply because humans have been able to control the supply. Yet, homosexuality must've been developed a lot sooner than that. If so, when, how and why?
 
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