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Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
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Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
Is there and Secular reason why being gay is bad. not religious reasons, any not religious arguments?
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
(May 13, 2012 at 10:09 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: Is there and Secular reason why being gay is bad. not religious reasons, any not religious arguments?

Yes, but it only qualifies if too many people are gay. If too large a portion of the population is gay (and I mean a HUGE percentage), then the human race would die out. However, since this is obviously not the case, gay marriage is in fact beneficial. Gay couples can adopt kids which is beneficial, and that means that fewer people are causing the world to overpopulate, and overpopulation is becoming a serious problem
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
(May 13, 2012 at 10:09 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: Is there and Secular reason why being gay is bad. not religious reasons, any not religious arguments?

Yeah, but they are all bigoted and self-serving. Even the answer above mine assumes that the human race dying out is inherently "bad," or at least worse than going against one's own sexuality.
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
(May 13, 2012 at 10:22 pm)Shell B Wrote:
(May 13, 2012 at 10:09 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: Is there and Secular reason why being gay is bad. not religious reasons, any not religious arguments?

Yeah, but they are all bigoted and self-serving. Even the answer above mine assumes that the human race dying out is inherently "bad," or at least worse than going against one's own sexuality.

This is true, it's just the best thing I could think of. And even assuming ones race dying out is inherently bad, it ignores the possibility of artificial insemination.
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
(May 13, 2012 at 10:26 pm)libalchris Wrote: This is true, it's just the best thing I could think of. And even assuming ones race dying out is inherently bad, it ignores the possibility of artificial insemination.

I was about to bring that artificial insemination up and also surrogate pregnancy, but yeah. You got it covered.
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
So to sum it up for the OP:

No.
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
Being one, how really unfortunate it might be, isn't really their choice so being homosexual can't be helped. But it can adapt itself to the environment around them. That is what I expect from any person, homosexuals included. Be in harmony with society.
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
Being a homosexual is in no way "unfortunate". You are who you are, you love who you love. There are people in the world who don't share your heterosexual attractions. Deal with it.
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
(May 14, 2012 at 3:32 am)Tiberius Wrote: Being a homosexual is in no way "unfortunate". You are who you are, you love who you love. There are people in the world who don't share your heterosexual attractions. Deal with it.

On the same accord, being deaf or mute isn't unfortunate either, yes?
But enough is enough. I will not debate on this subject any further as it's getting a bit boring.
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RE: Is there any secular reason why being gay is bad?
(May 14, 2012 at 4:08 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote:
(May 14, 2012 at 3:32 am)Tiberius Wrote: Being a homosexual is in no way "unfortunate". You are who you are, you love who you love. There are people in the world who don't share your heterosexual attractions. Deal with it.

On the same accord, being deaf or mute isn't unfortunate either, yes?
But enough is enough. I will not debate on this subject any further as it's getting a bit boring.

nobody asked you to.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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