Although I do not expect to witness the right of marraige of homosexuals residing in Oklahoma to come about any time soon its nice to see someone taking the initiative.
Hearing about this issue made me think about the mentality behind homophobic America and their campaign against same-sex lovers. The stereotypes that feed this epidemic are all too ridiculous, and i think its time someone pointed them out. (Not to say i am an innovator in these arguments, just that i hope all can recognize the fallacious nature of the common arguments put forth against homosexuality.)
First and foremost, after the APA dropped homosexuality from its list of disorders in 1973 things have been on a slow and painstaking slug of progress for the homosexual community. But that is not to say that the protest against homosexual couples gaining the rights of the heterosexuals through legal marraige has become any less brutal. Here are some of the main arguments against homosexuality:
1. Its unnatural - goes against nature. This can be taken in a few different ways. It might be talking about improper use of the genetalia, going against nature in the sense that there could never be offspring through the sexual relations purely of two male or female partners, or just the plain ignorance factor of those who are not inclined toward the same sex. There are obviously much more in depth arguments, but for the meantime, i shall stick to these.
2. Religious - The bible says its wrong, they tell me in church that it is an abomination, it violates the sanctity of marraige, etc.
There are a few blatantly obvious problems with both of these arguments.
When considering the fact that no homosexual couples could produce children without outside aid many homophobs derive the argument that clearly same-sex couples would be inadequate parents. If it is true that a family is supposed to consist of a mother, a father, and children, then following this logic ("all homosexual couples who choose to have children are immoral" being the main argument using the premises "parenting requires a man and a woman") single parent families are all immoral too. Clearly the idea of heterosexual parents as a necessity for a good upbringing is false otherwise myself and milllions of others raised by single parents would have been at the hand of immoral parenting.
Another disturbing aspect of the ignorance toward homosexuality (even since we seem to have recognized it is not a disorder) can be viewed in the requirements of the Boy Scout's of America to be a troop leader. You must NOT be gay, athiest or a felon. Why might you ask must you not be gay? Well the obvious answer is that surely if you are gay you will molest the little boys because you are attracted to them. Hello people! here is a news flash for you! HOMOSEXUALITY DOES NOT EQUAL CHILD MOLESTER! There are heterosexual child molesters too. And even if you don't agree on the application rules for the troop leader, it was the first thing that came in to your head! I am no different.
The discrimination of homosexuals and the stereotypes that this discrimination feeds on (men as "fairies" and women as "butch," and the list continues...) get more and more ridiculous as they go along. Homosexuals are portrayed as promiscuous sex maniacs who are incapable of monogamy. These accusations couldn't be more wrong. Of course there are homosexuals who exhibit this behaviour, just as there are heterosexuals who do. To label them all this way just makes for faulty logic.
If preference toward the same sex goes against nature then why are most homosexuals simply wired this way? I don't claim to be an expert, but wahtever it is that differs in the hypothalamus or otherwise in the brain was different from birth, if i like girls or Tommy likes boys then who are you to call either of us immoral because of the way we were wired by nature??? This makes no sense.
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