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I've come to the sad conclusion that it is impossible to impart what
most of us see as common sense into people who claim to understand the logic behind the theory of evolution, yet profess to seeing nothing wrong -- or even unusual -- about sexual practices that by themselves would guarantee the end of the human race. That sentence makes no sense. By "by themselves" do you mean "if the only kind of sex were gay sex, there's be no reproduction"?, or do you mean "in and of themselves", as in the simple act of engaging in gay sex will guarantee the end of the human race? If the latter, there is much evidence to the contrary (gay sex has been around since the beginning of history, and probably since the beginning of evolution). If the former, then the same could be said for eating chocolate. (If the only thing people ate was chocolate, the human race wouldn't last long either). And eating is just as important as sex. Therefore, I don't find your statement above to be convincing. It has a serious error in logic. And to argue that "there's no comparison between gay sex and eating chocolate" is to say that you really are reaching your conclusion through reasoning other than what you just presented. If they had any sense at all, they would spend their political capital on obtaining equal rights for same-sex unions -- call them whatever youwant, except "marriage" You seem to be trying to give the impression that you are ok with same sex unions (let's call them "ssunions") having the same rights as married heterosexual couples. However, this is an illusion. So long as private contracts (of which there are millions) have the opportunity to use the word "marriage" to mean one thing, and ssunion to mean the other thing (which is the whole point), then those private contracts can easily deny benefits to ssunions that they grant to marriages, thus defeating the impression you seem to want to give. Further, the millions of contracts already written (such as health care contracts and hospital visitation rights) will retain all the discrimination that "equal ssunions" is designed to make us believe it eliminates. Therefore, I believe you are giving lip service to one idea while actually supporting another. Whether deliberate or not I cannot say. But this is the reason why "Separate but equal" flies as well with gay couples as it does for blacks. No mainstream national politician can support such a stance... Perhaps not in the present atmosphere. In that case, just like in the sixties, the aim is to change the atmosphere. ... the specious claims that these couples are somehow "married" or "normal". Whether they are "married" or not is a simple matter of definition. That can be changed at the stroke of a pen. Whether or not it is "normal" begs the question of what "normal" means. If two percent of the population has green toes, is it normal to have green toes? No. However, it =is= normal for two percent of the population to have green toes. It is also quite possible that, while green toes puts an individual at an evolutionary disadvantage (easier to be seen by predators), having a population where some people have green toes is an advantage to the population (by attracting predators they also attract food), and having a strong population is itself an advantage to all individuals (protection from predators). So, your reasoning above is flawed, making use of the emotional baggage carried by the word "normal" while being very loose in its actual meaning. Jose -- "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter). for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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