These past few weeks, I’ve met a few people who consider homosexuality to be “un-natural” or to be a “disease that can be cured.” Typical of such a perspective is the refusal to define “natural” or to define “disease.” If “natural” is what exists in “nature,” what is found amongst other animals, then homosexuality is quite natural. It is found among other primates (other than us, that is), other mammals, and even among birds. Check out this news story about Lesbian Albatrosses :–)
… as a side note, one of the most vociferous opponents of homosexuality (yes, incidentally, all the folks I’ve met recently who considered homosexuality to be a disease and a sin, etc. etc., are men) was stunned when I told him that I may deny my son were he to join the US army but that I would love him equally were he to be a homosexual. (He raised the comparison – expecting me to welcome my son – hypothetical that he is – to join the US army and to reject him were he to be gay.) I explained though that one is an institution that teaches killing and another is merely a different way of loving. He said he’d rather his son be a serial killer than a homosexual. sigh…
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