[Vision2020] What Part of innapropriate Don't You Understand?

[Paul Rumelhart]

Tony wrote:

>Can't you get it through your thick skull Teach?  There is nothing 
>inappropriate about a person being and acting as a woman.  There is nothing 
>inappropriate about someone having and living with black skin.  But there 
>is, as I have repeatedly discussed unimpeachably, something manifestly 
>inappropriate about homosexuality.  Our respective genitalia, male and 
>female alike, were obviously designed and intended to interact to facilitate 
>reproduction.  Homosexual behavior is a MALADJUSTMENT.
>  
>

I've heard many accounts of people who are attracted to their own gender 
despite the pressures in their environment that are trying to get them 
to conform to what society has deemed to be more "appropriate", and 
despite the fact that their plumbing isn't compatible.  Most of these 
people at some level would rather not have the desires they have at 
times just so that the pressures would go away.  Many will be relieved 
to know that they are simply maladjusted and that they should easily be 
able to change their natures with a little meditation, some expensive 
therapy and maybe some yoga thrown in for good measure.

If, on the other hand, they really are simply built that way and not 
some environmentally-derived mistake in parenting or something, than it 
would be criminal to suppress their rights merely because it offends 
some people who aren't in that situation.

Me, I tend to leave it up to the individual when it comes to determining 
whom a person should be attracted to.  If they are attracted to someone 
with whom their plumbing is compatible, so much the better.  If they are 
attracted to their same gender, more power to them.  If it's in their 
nature to be that way, then who am I to criticize their design?  If 
you've got a problem with it, and believe in a god or gods, then take it 
up with their Creator.  As long as we are talking about two people who 
can both consent to a relationship, then what's the problem?

If it's our ability to reproduce as a species that worries you, have no 
fear.  Technology today can do wonders in that area.  We have sperm 
banks, fertility clinics, and surrogate births to help us survive.  Not 
to mention very specialized pre- and post-natal care.  Oh, and 
adoptions.  We are not in any danger of dying out as a species based on 
our reproductive capability any time soon.

Is it your desire to help these unfortunate, maladjusted people that 
makes you so passionate about this?  If so, that's very noble of you. 

Paul