(September 16, 2012 at 8:16 pm)Polaris Wrote: The only reason you start to see homosexuality promoted as being something as black and white is due to people trying to argue against what the Christians in America have stated.
I would partly agree with you in that sexual orientation isn't black and white but shades of bisexual gray. Prior to the rise of Islamo-Christianity, ancient societies like Greece or Rome had no word for "gay" or "straight", though same-gender affections were documented even among their gods. I sometimes wonder if we should even have words like these when we don't have words to describe one's preference for hair-color, body-type, religious background, etc.
That said, shades of gray do become black and white at their extremes. Most people will have a preference and this preference seems to be innate. This being the case, society should allow for equal treatment under the law for those inclined to choose a partner of the same gender.
The question for Islamo-Christians who adhere to the taboo against same-gender affections is why love becomes evil when the body parts are similar.
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