Posted by
Georgiaboy on Saturday, September 09, 2006 9:38:10 AM
Among supporters of gay rights, there is a concerted effort to portray homosexuality in as benign a light as possible. One of the principle strategies is to define homosexuality as something with which you are born. Hence the phrasing, "I discovered that I was gay..." Not, "I decided to be gay." The point is that no one can fault you with being a homosexual if you do not have control over it. If something physiological inside of you predisposes you to only be attracted to people of your sex, only bigots and zealots would make you oppose your natural inclinations. Let me be clear, if gay rights activists are ever able to convince a large majority of the population that this is true, that homosexuality is something you are born with, something you just are, the battle is over.
The idea that homosexuals are born that way is simply impossible. If they really are born that way, that means that there is some genetic information that causes their brain to be wired differently. The catch is that homosexuals do not have children. This leads to a very clear scientific conclusion. Genetic material that causes someone to be homosexual could never be passed down to the next generation becuase there never is a next generation. This leaves only the unsavory possibility that homosexuality is spontaneous mutation. I'm not holding my breath for gay rights advocates to claim that excuse.
But, as a hypothetical, let me pretend that homosexuality really is a physical disposition. That gay people are just naturally more attracted to members of the same sex. This does not mean that they should be allowed to marry. Every single person on the face of this earth has physical dispositions that are damaging to society. Most young guys have inclinations to have intercourse with every good looking girl that they see--but, they don't act on all these inclinations. Humans have inclinations to fight and say all sorts of damaging things, but we suppress these also. So, why are homosexuals the only people who should not suppress their inclinations? The key to all this is to prove that homosexuality is damaging to society. That is certainly a difficult task, but not impossible.
Finally, social conservatives can never be afraid to rest a certain amount of their argument on the fact that homosexuality is morally wrong. Many people dismiss morality, but as long as there is a "moral majority," this argument is necessary and effective.