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Aug. 4th, 2010 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Woohoo! Well, still a long way to go but definitely a step in the right direction:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/04/california.same.sex.ruling/index.html
SO FUCK YOU, MORMONS AND HOMOPHOBES! Equal rights for all Americans!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/04/california.same.sex.ruling/index.html
SO FUCK YOU, MORMONS AND HOMOPHOBES! Equal rights for all Americans!
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Date: 2010-08-05 10:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-05 11:12 pm (UTC)As far as that goes, what a person chooses to do, or not do is up to them. They have free will. I wouldn't choose anything for them.
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Date: 2010-08-06 12:01 am (UTC)This continues to happen all. the. time. (cheating on both sides) despite our best efforts to live on a higher moral ground and act less like the animals we are because society tells us to fight this part of our nature. On the other hand, the only real benefit to developing these so-called "morals" of pair bonding is to know for sure whose offspring belongs to whom, and hence not-so-great-specimen-but-good-provider gets to pass on his genes as well, giving the genetic pool more variation. The question is, do we want to keep his genes or not? And it's a completely moot point regarding gay people since they can't reproduce naturally, anyway.
As a lifelong student of biology, I can tell you the evidence is overwhelmingly clear that the root of homosexuality is biological, an anomaly that crops up in all species across the world with heterosexual parents. It isn't detrimental, or at least not detrimental enough, to have been bred out of animal populations, and it can even be beneficial (e.g. gay penguins that adopt and raise an egg that has lost its biological parents). I suspect in humans either it has seemingly become more prevalent due to the crazy amount of hormones that get into our water and food supply, or just that people finally feel less terrified about coming out of the closet and aren't willing to live a straight lie any longer. In any case, I definitely think it's a good thing, since many gay people will never have biological children, because the human population is running rampant out of control toward a serious overpopulation disaster; the more non-breeders produced, the better!
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Date: 2010-08-06 12:21 am (UTC)But on the other hand, how to you deny your very most basic urge in life, which is to have sex with the person you're attracted to (technically which should lead to procreation, but it's just a means to an end), simply because other people don't like the thought of it? Catholic priests have been trying to do it for centuries and failing miserably; they end up just keeping it behind closed doors. Many others would rather kill themselves than live in such constant agony, and I think forcing them to do so is just about one of the most horrible and cruel things society can do.