I feel that marriage should be the social and civil recognition of the socio-economical union of two individuals, inclusive but not soley defined by its sexual implications. Just as a Hindu or a Christian or a Shinto marriage ceremony can be recognized, legally by any state as "marriage," I believe it should be the prerogative of the involved parties, be they same or opposite biological sexes, to determine if they would like to be legally married. Our nation is secular, therefore I believe religion biases should be removed from any legal argument. I strongly object to any legal issues in this nation becoming corrupted by the idea of 'sacred' because such ideas are personal and various. Homosexuals should be allowed the same legal recognition as heterosexuals for a "civil union," and be allowed the accorded benefits of inheritance, tax status, or other institutional privileges.
While biologically I believe that Homosexuality is 'wrong' it is not the fault of the individuals. There are theories that I support that compare the presence and frequencies of such behavior to other discrete psycho-genetic disorders that continuously occur in high frequencies because of behavioral advantages afforded to heterozygous individuals. Such disorders occur in homozygous recessive individuals, while homozygous dominant individuals are less fit than heterozygotes. In the case of behaviors like homosexuality there are probably many contributing alleles, as well as several compelling factors in the development of the individual, but my point is, homosexuals should not be punished for what they cannot control. They have been rendered Darwinian failures because they cannot communicate their own hereditary material, but there is no justice in treating them any differently than other social or biological variants of the human species.

Hey, is it politically correct to abbreviate Homosexuals to Homos in casual conversation? To be on the safe side, I don't but I'm always a fan for shortening words and 5 syllables is a stretch for my attention span.

posted by Adrian   [10:21 AM]

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