Friday, April 22, 2011

Being Homosexual used to be wrong, but isn't anymore (rant)

By wrong, I mean in a purely biological sense. If our purpose is to reproduce and try to propagate our genes as much as we can, homosexuality is wrong.

If, however, you consider that now, modern medicine allows homosexuals to still reproduce with their own genetic material to raise their own kids, it is a somewhat roundabout way of getting the result, but it gets it nonetheless. This is an intellectual evolution that we, as a species, have developed to overcome the genetic mutation of homosexuality, if we can consider it that. For argument's sake, I will continue to assume it is a genetic distinction. 

So in this day and age, no, homosexuality is not 'wrong' in a biological sense because I, as a homosexual, can still perpetrate my genetic material while remaining a homosexual to whatever degree I choose. 

However, from a social point of view, being homosexual (regardless of why and how it is determined) has no bearing on anything, and isn't 'wrong' in the slightest. There are studies that are either inconclusive, or show that homosexual parenting has no bearing on a child's own sexuality, or of any deprivation they would endure because of their parent's sexual orientation. And just with common sense, why would it make a difference? We live in a society where broken homes are the norm. Children are consistently raised in homes with either no father or mother, or with fathers or mothers that are not the same throughout their childhood. 

If there are some issues regarding bullying, I would argue that we address the issue of why a child would be bullied for having two mothers, than to try and simply shield the child from that bullying. If a child is fat, or wears glasses, or is simply different in any way, is the fault in the parents that raised a child that is different, or in society (or at least the parenting of the other children) that thinks it's okay to make fun of them for it. 

This is similar to the argument for whether women should dress 'slutty' or not in Toronto. Or the argument for the 'burka' in Paris. Is it a woman's fault for dressing in a provocative way, or is it society's fault for thinking this is grounds for unwanted attention/rape. 

If a child is bullied for having gay parents, do we blame the child, or the parent for having decided to raise them at all?
If a woman is raped, do we blame her for leading on the man?
If a man shoots another man, do we blame the one shot for getting in the way of the bullet?

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