My Political Views On Homosexuality

Pretty much the same as my religious views, I must add.

Published on April 10, 2008 By erathoniel In Politics

Anyways, welcome to yet another politically charged rant, this one on... politics!

Now that I have the smilies out of my system, let's go on.

I believe that homosexuality is wrong, but not criminal. Just as many sins are wrong, but not criminal, homosexuality should not be banned, because the police have better things to worry about than people's choices in spouse. I do, however, feel that all the benefits of conventional marriage should not be conferred into a homosexual relation for multiple reasons. First, a homosexual relationship is incapable of creating new children, and therefore contributing to society. Second, a homosexual relationship is immoral, wrong, and unnatural and as thus should not be granted rewards for its presence. Third, a homosexual relationship is one of a desire for pleasure, not a desire to make a better world or future.

Comments

Zoologist03

on Apr 10, 2008

First, a homosexual relationship is incapable of creating new children, and therefore contributing to society.

They could always adopt...there are a lot of kids without parents. I think two people of the same sex is better than growing up alone...and you know, feeling unwanted.

Second, a homosexual relationship is immoral, wrong, and unnatural and as thus should not be granted rewards for its presence.

Eh...that can be argued. Some finer aspects of morality are subjective, who you have sex with being one of them. Now if they were eating babies, that would definitely be immoral. Unnatural? Perhaps...but there's no shortage of homosexual relationships in nature.

Third, a homosexual relationship is one of a desire for pleasure, not a desire to make a better world or future.

Homosexuals have no capacity for love? If it's only pleasure they want, then they wouldn't want to marry, just screw and screw and screw.

~Zoo

erathoniel

on Apr 10, 2008

1. Yeah, they could adopt, but I'm unsure of it.

2. See an earlier article of mine.

3. I never meant it that way, love is a pleasure, is it not?

Leauki

on Apr 11, 2008

First, a homosexual relationship is incapable of creating new children, and therefore contributing to society.

They can adopt, as Zoo said. Plus producing children is not the only way to contribute to society. In fact children might cost society more than immigrants.

Many heterosexual relationships also don't produce children. Should we condemn those too?

Second, a homosexual relationship is immoral, wrong, and unnatural and as thus should not be granted rewards for its presence.

"Immoral" depends on what you regard the moral authority. I tend to use the Tanakh (Bible), but I reject its teachings when I don't understand them.

I see no immorality in homosexuality if it is practiced in fixed relationships and away from me.

"Wrong" is even worse a term. What is "wrong" about homosexuality? What's the supposed goal that homosexuality fails to reach?

And "unnatural" it is not. It is quite natural, like eating bacon, and many animals practice it. In fact it is morality that is unnatural, it is forbidding acts that is unnatural.

Third, a homosexual relationship is one of a desire for pleasure, not a desire to make a better world or future.

Hate to disappoint you that pleasure is the better world.

erathoniel

on Apr 11, 2008

Leauki

Hate to disappoint you that pleasure is the better world.

That's what the Romans thought. Where are they now?

Leauki

on Apr 11, 2008

That's what the Romans thought. Where are they now?

In Italy.

They ruled Israel for a while, executed Jesus, then took over his sect, remained one of the churches that derived from it, made it their state religion, and still run the largest church in the world.

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Apr 11, 2008

The Roman Empire fell from within and is well documented. No other country was to blame for their demise as was usually the case.

The culprit? Immorality run rampant. Homosexuality was a part of this downfall. Again, well documented.

erathoniel

on Apr 11, 2008

Thank you, KFC.

That's what I was gonna say, but you beat me to it.

Rome eventually fell into such a poor state that anyone who wanted to could take them over. Kinda like the French (joking).

The_Politico

on Apr 15, 2008

quoting article

    Anyways, welcome to yet another politically charged rant, this one on... politics!
    Now that I have the smilies out of my system, let's go on.
    I believe that homosexuality is wrong, but not criminal. Just as many sins are wrong, but not criminal, homosexuality should not be banned, because the police have better things to worry about than people's choices in spouse. I do, however, feel that all the benefits of conventional marriage should not be conferred into a homosexual relation for multiple reasons. First, a homosexual relationship is incapable of creating new children, and therefore contributing to society. Second, a homosexual relationship is immoral, wrong, and unnatural and as thus should not be granted rewards for its presence. Third, a homosexual relationship is one of a desire for pleasure, not a desire to make a better world or future.

They can't have children? So are you willing to deny the right to marry to someone who happens to be sterile? Are you saying that women should be forbidden to marry after they are menopausal?

Why don't you say what most rightwingers mean when they say that , naemly you only want that to count as a qualification when its convenient.

erathoniel

on Apr 15, 2008

No, but there's no potential to have children. There's no fairness in restricting the same ceremonies to only those who are the top candidates. However, it is not the same ceremony.

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