Why are you Against Homosexuality (to theists)

[bennyboy]

Well that's mostly just relying on the stereotypes, which doesn't paint an accurate picture at all.

Any time you try and draw inferences about groups of people (like homosexuals) in a cultural context, you are relying on stereotypes. However, I think it's reasonably safe to say that on average, gay men behave differently than straight men and have different physiology than women. I'd say, for example, that gay men are on average more likely to do yoga than straight men, or to be vegan, and less likely to get into bar fights over big-breasted women.

As far as homosexuals in heterosexual marriages, this is what Christianity has forced on people before. That's the actual problem. There's nothing wrong with two homosexuals being married and raising kids. That's what I'm actually promoting here.

There's nothing wrong at all with it, and in fact at least in Western countries, there are some real statistical benefits. Gay men who adopt are likely better educated, more cultured, and better bread-earners than the average American couple. (again stereotyping, but I'm pretty okay with doing that in this case)

As for the issue with reproducing, we really don't need to be focusing on reproducing more right now. That's taking care of itself and then some. The world's human population is in no danger.

That's right. However, when looking to WHY there are so many gay people (I've heard numbers between about 3% and 10% of the population worldwide), I'd assume there are real benefits to genetic fitness in having gay people around. Those numbers are statistically huge, too much so to be accidental in evolutionary terms IMO.

Now, since gay people cannot naturally reproduce (at least with each other), I'd look for secondary effects on genetic fitness-- a gay uncle successfully fighting off an attack against his nieces and nephews in tribal times, for example. I'd also look for reasons why that duty was particularly suited to the gay uncle and not the straight one-- in other words, some narrative in which being gay turned out to be advantageous, not "in spite of" but "because of."