Jose wrote:
Maybe not. There are evolutionary processes going on around us all the
time. There are also evolutionary processes that we, as humans, have
done our best to counter. Poor eye sight, for example, has been pretty
well eliminated as a reason to die -- therefore, more and more humans
are being born that need glasses.

Evolution is a fairly long time frame process. Eyeglasses have been
available for only a handful of generations. This is not enough to make
a significant impact on the gene pool.

IMHO, homosexuality is probably more akin to poor eyesight than it is
to any evolutionary *advantage*.

What do you base this HO on?

Why, then, has this become such a problem for homosexuals?

For one thing, gay partners are not allowed certain visitation rights in
hospitals, as they are not family. This kind of irks them.

concentrated on equal rights, not equal labels.

But labels confer rights, or remove them. Thus, labels are important.

Jose
Actually that can be entirely avoided by simply making your partner your
medical power of attorney. Yes, it more work then for married
heterosexual couples who only need to show ID to prove they should be
there but it's doable. By the way, the same problem occurs for hetro
couple who are not married. They lose visitation privileges as well.