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GirlyGirl™ 2012/06/09 03:40:28
+9People should be who they are, with no apologies. My brother didn't ask to be gay, nor does he apologize for it. I didn't ask to be straight, and I don't make apologies for it. Be who you are and be proud of it.
Read this article about the health risks of gay sex. And don't dismiss it simply because it's on a Catholic site -- it's written by a DOCTOR and it contains citations to nearly 130 MEDICAL sources.
http://www.catholiceducation....
You're falling for the tired modern mentality that things are all equal to each other, that things aren't better or worse than other things. Not true.
Heterosexuality is what our bodies are anatomically designed for. It is our biological "default position." We are not physically or even emotionally designed for homosexuality. We're just not.
So, let's not equate homosexuality with heterosexuality. Let's not make the fallacious claim that homosexuality holds "no more or less value" than heterosexuality.
Heterosexuality is our species' normal sexual inclination. Any other sexual proclivity is less than that. It is not to be held up as "equal" to heterosexuality -- because biologically, anatomically, logically, and in terms of reproductive potential (upon which our species' entire existence is based), it's not equal at all.
Value:
val·ue/ˈvalyo͞o/
Noun:
The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance or preciousness of something: "your support is of great value".
Verb:
Estimate the monetary worth of (something): "his estate was valued at $45,000".
Synonyms:
noun. worth - price - cost - merit - rate
verb. appreciate - evaluate - estimate - appraise - assess
The definition of value is, in this context, the worth of something. I never mentioned equality, and nor had you, in fact. You start off on how two conflicting perspectives aren't equal but then you state how homosexuality isn't to be mistaken for heterosexuality, when the key word here is "value," not "equality," when equality is:
e·qual·i·ty/iˈkwälitē/
Noun:
The state of being equal, esp. in status, rights, and opportunities.
The condition of being equal in number or amount.
Synonyms:
parity - par - evenness - sameness - uniformity
When I myself, hadn't referred to equality. I referred to value....
Value:
val·ue/ˈvalyo͞o/
Noun:
The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance or preciousness of something: "your support is of great value".
Verb:
Estimate the monetary worth of (something): "his estate was valued at $45,000".
Synonyms:
noun. worth - price - cost - merit - rate
verb. appreciate - evaluate - estimate - appraise - assess
The definition of value is, in this context, the worth of something. I never mentioned equality, and nor had you, in fact. You start off on how two conflicting perspectives aren't equal but then you state how homosexuality isn't to be mistaken for heterosexuality, when the key word here is "value," not "equality," when equality is:
e·qual·i·ty/iˈkwälitē/
Noun:
The state of being equal, esp. in status, rights, and opportunities.
The condition of being equal in number or amount.
Synonyms:
parity - par - evenness - sameness - uniformity
When I myself, hadn't referred to equality. I referred to value. Please do not get these two concepts flummoxed.
Also, you refer to this idea as "the tired modern mentality," when, in fact you're not looking at the full perspective; not everybody believes this oh-so "tired" way of thinking. While potentially the majority of civilization may believe this, not everybody does.
Please do not take offense toward any of this, for it is nothing personal. I am merely expressing myself and stating my opinion.
And this is my opinion as well. I just wanted to add some things to this discussion.
I also happen to agree with you, because in my belief, homosexuals shouldn't be perceived as anything out of the ordinary, shouldn't be alienated, as we are all humans, and so now I'm attributing to everybody as being equals, thank you. This is my perspective and it's okay if nobody finds it politically correct in their morals and values, because it happens to be mine, thanks.
Again, I'm merely expressing myself and stating my opinion.
Heterosexuality is our biological and sexual "default position." It is what we are anatomically, physiologically, and even emotionally meant to be, as a species.
Homosexuality is not our "default position." It is not what our bodies are designed for. It is an unnatural orientation -- and that is a biological fact, not a religious or moral assertion.
Your brother is, I'm sure, a perfectly good and normal person in other aspects of his life. But his sexual inclination is not normal. As a man, your brother is physically and even emotionally designed to have sex with women. The fact that his proclivity is to have sex with men may not be something he chose, but it's disordered nonetheless.
Unfortunately, many people have fallen for the flawed belief that just because something exists, it's to be seen as equal to everything that's alike to it. People are equal as human beings. But our proclivities to do certain things are not all equal to each other -- some are normal, and some are not.