Homosexuality Cut and Paste Info
Homosexuality Cut and Paste Infoby Matt Slick
Agenda, acceptability, recognition, and approval of homosexual behavior as a right.Homosexuals want others in society to think like them (and behave like them?). Their aim is to change moral, social, and political opinion to be more in line with what they want. They are not content to behave and what they decided to be and want. They want others to accept and change their opinions about homosexual behavior by claiming it to be a human and civil right and all should conform to their ideology. Does that give them the right to try and change society into what they want it to be?Animal kingdom: If Homosexuality occurs in the animal world can it be classified as being natural.?By saying homosexuality is natural because it occurs in the animal kingdom does it mean it is morally correct.? Animals also eat each other alive, devour offspring, etc. Because the animals do that, should we imitate those things as well? Of course not.Is it possible for homosexuality to further the development and distribution of the human species from an evolutionary perspective? No, it is not. Homosexuality would obviously work for self-extermination. Therefore, if it leads to self-destructionhow can that be natural?It would seem that natural selection would have removed the “gene for homosexuality” since it would not lead to reproduction. It would also seem, that homosexuality is not natural but is a sexual behavior that one acquiresor learns and prefers. Born as Homosexuals: If homosexuals are born that way, it would be natural to them.There is no proof that homosexuals are born that way. Researchers all over the world have not found conclusive evidence to show or provethat they are born that way. If a certain behaviour is said to be natural and because of that such a person should be accepted, this is why they claim homosexual behaviour should be accepted.Is it not also natural for people to lie and should lying now be accepted? Children are not taught how to lie; it appears to be natural to them. Should we then say that because the behavior of lying is natural and that there should now be special privileges for people that lie and accept their behavior in society because that’s just the way they’re born and that it is their truth-orientation?Freedom like anyone else:Every one including homosexuals, are already free to marry a person of the opposite sex.They can still get married and express love, they can own businesses, property, have sexual relations, received an inheritance, etc.For homosexuals to advocate redefining marriage to include a union between a man and man and a woman and a woman and have it legally protected is to demand special rights to suit their behavior. If legal protection are granted to peoples behaviors, then what about the behaviors of pedophilia, jump roping, and scuba diving? Should those behaviors also be given political protection?Homosexual peopleare free to love, hate, work, eat, play etc. as everyone else, but in addition to that marriage should now be redefined to suit same sex intercoursebehavior.Freedom requires responsibility.People are not free to rob banks, to murder, to steal, etc.Simply by saying you are not free to marry who you want to isn’t a good enough objection because:By Law a person is not free to marry another person who is already married.A brother and sister are not free to marry each other.A pedophiliac and his younger “partner” are not free to marry each other even if a 13-year old person wants to marry the older person.By Law, a person is not free to marry an animal.By Law, a person is not free to marry another person against that person’s will.If freedom to marry whomever you want to is the litmus test for marriage, then marriage will become meaningless as people redefine it to include those already married, siblings, children, animals, etc., as long as “love” is the defining characteristic.If we allow and promote homosexual marriage, then shouldn’t we also allow and promote polygamy, polyandry, brothers and sisters getting married, pedophiliacs marrying children, and adults marrying animals? If not, why not?Health:Is homosexuality harmful to society? According to statistics….yes. Why then should it be protected and promoted by government?
- 28% of homosexual men had more than 1000 partners,
- 43% more than 500 partners
- 83% more than 50 partners.
- 79% of homosexual men say that over half of their sex partners were strangers, (Bell and Weinberg p 308-309.) (exodusglobalalliance.org/ishomosexualityhealthyp60.php).
- In 2008, over 1.1 million in the U.S. were infected with HIV (cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm#exposure).
- 19% of MSM [men sex with men] are infected with HIV;
- 44% are unaware that they are infected, (Center for Disease Control, cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htm).
- “Worldwide, approximately one in every 100 adults between the age of 15 to 49 is HIV-infected,” (The Body, thebody.com/content/art6580.html).
- 4% of the population in America take part in MSM and the HIV ratio to that of other men is 1:44 (cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/fastfacts-msm-final508comp.pdf)
Love:The homosexual view point is that one should be able and allowed to marry someone that you love. But why then is it not allowed for a person to marry someone who is already married or if that someone is a child? Should that person be allowed to marry someone because it is a matter of love? Of course not. Love is not the only measure that validates marriage. So to say that homosexuals should be able to marry whoever they love is a misrepresentation of the issue.Population percentages.“Based on the 2013 NHIS data, 96.6% of adults are identified as straight, 1.6% are identified as gay or lesbian, 0.7% are identified as bisexual. The remaining 1.1% of adults identified as ‘something else,’ stated ‘I don’t know the answer,’ or refused to provide an answer.” (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr077.pdf).QuestionsIs it okay for the schools to teach the children that homosexuality is just another acceptable lifestyle when their own parents disagree? If so, what gives homosexuals the right to contradict the moral values of parents? If you say it is not a moral issue, then you are saying sexual behavior is not a moral issue and, therefore, adultery, pedophilia, bestiality, etc., would not be moral issues either.What then is the definition of marriage ?Civil RightsMarriage is not a civil right. It is a privilege the same as the behavior of driving a car is a privilege, not a right.Homosexuals already have the same civil rights and restrictions as everyone else.They are able to hold jobs, marry people of the opposite sex, use the same bathrooms as anyone else, vote, etc. Homosexuals are using the civil rights movement to force their moral agenda onto the rest of society . . . a moral agenda based on sexual behavior.Unalienable rights are given by God, according to the Declaration of Independence in the U.S.A.“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”These rights are irrespective of skin colour, gender, age, etc.
They are not based on behaviour. If they were, then parachutists should get special rights, along with Jump Ropers, Race Car Drivers, and Skate Boarders because of their behaviours.What is to prevent pedophiliacs from wanting their sexual behaviour protected by “civil rights” laws?
What about necrophiliacs, and those who practice bestiality?
They also are defined by their sexual behaviour. Should they also be protected legally? If not, why not?Rights, special rights based on a behaviourHomosexuals have the same rights under the law as do allpeople..
Civil Laws of a country applies to everyone equally. But those Laws often have restrictions. Behaviors are not civil rights.
Stretching or going to the gymevery day is not a civil right, nor is walking, going to the bathroom, etc.
Sexual behavior is not a civil right. It cannot be used to change the meaning of marriage and force society into accepting it as normal.To marry the same sex is to request special treatment by having special laws passed that politically approve of a particular sexual behavior. This is, by definition, special rights.The statements above looked at Homosexuality and same sex marriage purely from a moral, civil, social, and political point of view and not from a biblical perspective,for those people who may not be Christians and therefore may not accept the interpretationof homosexuality as described in the Bible as a sin at all to bring across the enable ensure that