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Discrimination.
As Americans, especially in the latter half of the 20th century, we've been raised to think discrimination is a bad thing. Actually, it is and it isn't.
We discriminate constantly. It's often called wisdom. We discriminate and do not promote those things which are bad for us as individuals or as society. While what people do behind closed doors is their own business (mostly), when those things are brought into the public square, if they have a negative effect upon society, we should not condone or promote them.
Gay marriage is one of those ideas. It serves no purpose that a domestic partnership cannot achieve.
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@Horace said in Dewey wrote a book!:
I couldn't care less what people do with consenting adults. But if you want to claim oppressed minority status after choosing those bedroom behaviors as a middle aged adult, I might be skeptical.
Agreed, but these are two very different things.
Gays don't need some kind of special status or protection.
@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
Gays don't need some kind of special status or protection.
Agreed.
Tell that to the guys in San Francisco who parade down the street with genitalia exposed, or masturbate in public.
I would get arrested if I did that - and rightly so.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
Yes, of course that’s true. My point was that some have said that homosexuality is not a trait that is evolutionary advantageous, however if that was the case why does it show up even in societies where it heavily discriminated against?
I was only joking
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@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
Yes, of course that’s true. My point was that some have said that homosexuality is not a trait that is evolutionary advantageous, however if that was the case why does it show up even in societies where it heavily discriminated against?
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
Yes, of course that’s true. My point was that some have said that homosexuality is not a trait that is evolutionary advantageous, however if that was the case why does it show up even in societies where it heavily discriminated against?
Wisdom teeth or male breast nipples serve no evolutionary advantage either. Some traits are just a byproduct of something else, and that else may be evolutionary advantageous.
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@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
Gays don't need some kind of special status or protection.
Agreed.
Tell that to the guys in San Francisco who parade down the street with genitalia exposed, or masturbate in public.
I would get arrested if I did that - and rightly so.
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Though dentists often recommend wisdom tooth removal, it is not always necessary. In fact, where they are not negatively impacting oral and/or overall health, it is best to keep wisdom teeth intact. Properly erupted wisdom teeth provide support in the back of the mouth and help maintain bone in the jaw.
I thought it important to throw that in at this juncture.
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@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@George-K said in Dewey wrote a book!:
I'd hit it!?
I’d hit that rabble too….with grapeshot.
Just my deux centimes worth at the thought of public lewdness.
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Though dentists often recommend wisdom tooth removal, it is not always necessary. In fact, where they are not negatively impacting oral and/or overall health, it is best to keep wisdom teeth intact. Properly erupted wisdom teeth provide support in the back of the mouth and help maintain bone in the jaw.
I thought it important to throw that in at this juncture.
@bachophile said in Dewey wrote a book!:
Though dentists often recommend wisdom tooth removal, it is not always necessary. In fact, where they are not negatively impacting oral and/or overall health, it is best to keep wisdom teeth intact. Properly erupted wisdom teeth provide support in the back of the mouth and help maintain bone in the jaw.
I thought it important to throw that in at this juncture.
I still have mine. Wise am I.
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@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
Yes, of course that’s true. My point was that some have said that homosexuality is not a trait that is evolutionary advantageous, however if that was the case why does it show up even in societies where it heavily discriminated against?
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
Yes, of course that’s true. My point was that some have said that homosexuality is not a trait that is evolutionary advantageous, however if that was the case why does it show up even in societies where it heavily discriminated against?
Because that's not how evolution works?
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I’m obviously not really an expert on how evolution works, but I still kind of think there must be a reason for homosexuality that is more than just some funny stuff turning up.
My original point was that diversity is a good survival strategy from an evolutionary perspective and that describing anything outside the norm as substandard ignores this
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I’m obviously not really an expert on how evolution works, but I still kind of think there must be a reason for homosexuality that is more than just some funny stuff turning up.
My original point was that diversity is a good survival strategy from an evolutionary perspective and that describing anything outside the norm as substandard ignores this
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
there must be a reason for homosexuality that is more than just some funny stuff turning up.
Sounds like you have more faith in homosexuality than you do religion.
For what it's worth, I have no problem whatsoever with homosexuality. But I find all this selective hand-wringing to be bullshit. I'll be moved by calls for tolerance when they're applied to people who vote differently from the person doing the moralizing.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
there must be a reason for homosexuality that is more than just some funny stuff turning up.
Sounds like you have more faith in homosexuality than you do religion.
For what it's worth, I have no problem whatsoever with homosexuality. But I find all this selective hand-wringing to be bullshit. I'll be moved by calls for tolerance when they're applied to people who vote differently from the person doing the moralizing.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Dewey wrote a book!:
I'll be moved by calls for tolerance when they're applied to people who vote differently from the person doing the moralizing.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Dewey wrote a book!:
I'll be moved by calls for tolerance when they're applied to people who vote differently from the person doing the moralizing.
@Horace said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Dewey wrote a book!:
I'll be moved by calls for tolerance when they're applied to people who vote differently from the person doing the moralizing.
Amen. Which is pretty much the point I was making much further up. Tolerance has to be a two-way street. Today it is not.
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@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
Yes, of course that’s true. My point was that some have said that homosexuality is not a trait that is evolutionary advantageous, however if that was the case why does it show up even in societies where it heavily discriminated against?
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Dewey wrote a book!:
And before somebody says their can’t be an evolutionary advance to being homosexual, because they can’t breed, then answer why it occurs so frequently in nature.
Of course homosexuals can breed, and they do. They just enjoy it less. The vast majority of homosexuals has had heterosexual intercourse at some point.
Yes, of course that’s true. My point was that some have said that homosexuality is not a trait that is evolutionary advantageous, however if that was the case why does it show up even in societies where it heavily discriminated against?
The advantageous part is that sexual urges can be overwhelmingly motivating, even in the face of cultural condemnation. Why those urges are so variable, well, I guess that's complicated. But same-sex attraction, as abnormal attractions go, are probably not top of list for wondering how or why they exist.
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@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
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@Klaus said in Dewey wrote a book!:
Judge people by their character, not by their sexual preferences.
Ironically, sexual preferences used to be a character issue not that long ago.
Do pedophiles have character issues?
It's been the easiest argument when I mention that homosexuality is a form of a sexual preference disorder. Yes... a disorder. Similar to other physical or mental disorders, and not to be directly judged (seriously). But being attracted to the same sex is the milder version on the spectrum of sexual urge disorders, the more extreme side of the spectrum including attraction to children, animals, and family. I'm not equating them, but I do think there is a spectrum of sexual deviation from the standard (attraction to an unrelated adult of the opposite sex... you know, how we survive as a species).
No, you have your boundary wrong.
The boundary is at "consenting adults". It's nobody's business what consenting adults do with each other.
Something is a disorder if something is not alright with it. If something causes pain, for instance. There's no victim in homosexuality. There has always been homosexuality, and it exists in basically all higher species. Just because it is not conducive to procreation does not mean anything. You could also call a woman on contraceptives s "disorder". 99% of all sex is not for procreation.
I'm talking about sexual attraction. Ok sexual attraction disorder, or sexual attraction impairment, or sexual attraction disease, or whatever you want to call the deviation from the normal sexual attractions of human beings. If being bipolar is a disorder, I think abnormal sexual attractions (e.g., to the same sex) could be considered as such (again there is a spectrum of extremes).
Let them have their fun. It's none of your business.
So you're good with a 40 year old man banging his 63 year old mom? That's within your normal boundary?
Man this gives me deja vu from 2007 debates lol
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Man this gives me deja vu from 2007 debates lolThat it does. (And you're still wrong :P)
(Hello all).
@Moonbat said in Dewey wrote a book!:
Man this gives me deja vu from 2007 debates lolThat it does.
Quiet, you! Go back to 2007 where you belong!
(Also, HEY! How's it goin'?)
