[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
[quote]forlife wrote:
I won’t derail the thread further, just wanted to point out how it’s a little silly to claim that homosexuality should be condemned because it would eventually lead to the extinction of the human race, but celibacy should not be condemned, although it too would mean extinction.
Unless, of course, not everyone was gay or chose celibacy…which is kinda my point. Obviously that isn’t the case, so the argument is inherently flawed.
Back to our regularly scheduled program. [/quote]
I’m not sure who said it would lead to the extinction of the human race. If everyone was gay, yes it would probably quickly lead to a decline in population. However, homosexuality does not naturally produce offspring, therefore is not a socially recognized union. I know “animals” have similar interactions, this is usually when there lacks females. [/quote]
Celibacy doesn’t produce offspring either, so why should it be socially acceptable?
Celibacy in the permanent sense of course, not abstinence.[/quote]
Are the celibate clamoring to be recognized by the state as solo-married, single-married, non-intimate friends with state-marriage-benefits? Where’s the homosexual marriage angle coming from? [/quote]
Who said marriage?[/quote]
They can drive, hold jobs, have an influence on fashion and culture, show up in popular media, and make ‘skinny jeans’ popular. I guess the later ties into the fashion and culture thing. So, there’s little left outside of serving openly in the military. Or, the most often debated, marriage. If you’re asking why people like me don’t accept homosexuality on a personal level, you might as well ask why I find fecalphilia or furrydom (if I’ve called it by the correct name) repulsive. Outside, of that, I’m not sure where the social acceptance thing is going.