I'm putting aside religion and faith for a moment because I do not want this to be perceived as a "Christian" bashing Homosexuality. I believe all people should be treated with dignity, respect, sensitivity and equality. You absolutely would never catch me holding a hateful sign that read "Gay's go to hell". It pains me to see those who proclaim to adhere to the same faith i adhere too, spew that type of venom.
This is simply my assessment on the impossibility of rectifying alternative lifestyles
I'm not shy to vocalize my thoughts or feelings surrounding anything, but at the same time you will not catch me blabbing just because I can. Having the right to do something, does not give one the right to do it.
But i do believe, if someone is to voice their thoughts, feelings, opinions or convictions, be prepared to hold two stances.
1. This is my thought on a particular subject, and i will not engage in any further discussion about it.
-or-
2. This is my best educated thought and I am willing to entertain conversation.
This first stance is pious- if one is voicing thought for the mere sake of pontificating their own wisdom, then that person should remain silent. As a wise man once said- it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak and prove everyone right.
I am willing to engage in open conversation regarding my thoughts-maybe the folly of my thought can be corrected.
Placing aside any religious presupposition i find several fundamental flaws in the defense of same sex attraction. To me it's simple.
First you have to identify what the current social agenda regarding same sex attraction is. What is society attempting to do?
That's easy to see. In a nut shell it would appear that the overwhelming theme of current influence is simply this: accept alternative lifestyles, stop "judging" people" and let people make their own decisions, same sex attraction is not a choice...on and on.
We've heard them all, people want equality.
The desire is understandable...i would never dispute equality. What i am in conflict with is simply the concept of defending "same sex attraction".
If you can debunk same sex attraction as a societal norm then you debunk alternative life styles altogether.
My dilemma can be summed up in two ways:
1. Working in the mental health field, we pride ourselves in working towards recovery for people who suffer from persistent and severe mental illness. Within this field we encounter thousands of individuals who struggle with the crippling illnesses that without treatment would dictate a persons life, robbing them of a normal healthy quality. Often these individuals turn to substances which intensify the symptoms, and in some circumstances, originate the illnesses.
Practitioners continually refer to the DSM-IV Mental Health Manual as the diagnostic tool by which almost ALL people can be given a medical diagnoses of a mental illness. Literally from Marijuana addition to too much soda or french fries- almost anyone can find their vice, and legally be given a mental health diagnosis with this manual. Whether or not this is flawed is a different topic.
My discussion is simply this.
How is it, that we have managed to identify a baseline level of normality for almost all mental state of minds, but in the case of same sex attraction, the base line for normality has been moved- or relocated?
Think about that for a second.
I am NOT saying same sex attraction is a mental health issue- what i am suggesting is the redefinement of normality to supplement same sex attraction.
What is normal?
I would like to suggest that the laws nature does a wonderful job defining and establishing what we perceive as normal.
1. Gravity: while we may bend or attempt to defy, nonetheless, we are all still enslaved to it.
2. People breathe air. While we may once again flirt with defying this law, we can only bend these laws within reason.
3. It takes a sperm and egg to create life. While this is continually being challenged- nature has still dictated the perfect model for this.
Now- this is where point two comes in.
2. It's completely idiotic.
Two Males or Two Females can not make a baby. Many say same sex attraction is not entirely about sex. I beg to differ. It is in fact entirely about sex; no one opposes people loving each other or maintaining deep friendships. The issue is in fact those "friends" engaging in a sexual relationship. This is where the source of conflict comes in.
For those who hold to Darwinian beliefs, meaning you believe we evolved from animals, and we ourselves are nothing more than simply highly evolved animals, than the same sex attraction defense would be fundamentally flawed, because Darwinisms pursuit is to rectify evolution for the preservation of life. Same sex attraction could not possibly be rectified through this approach. This would imply that evolution would point all observed life to eventually self destruct by becoming homosexual species.
While homosexual behavior has been observed in nature- we know that this does not occur due to simply attraction. It is understood that their are more complex explanations for this type of behavior, ones by which people are not governed. (animals engage in all types of behaviors which people would never duplicate, because some of the things they do are simply gross-i.e. sniffing, licking, and some of the things they eat)
I'm left to believe that same sex attraction and homosexual behavior are two separate entities. One has to do with impulse control and the other has to do with predispositions.
Simply explained: i might harbor homicidal or suicidal ideation's. Mental health treatment would attempt to treat the ideation through medication, counseling and therapy.
Likewise many people suffer from impulse control such as: theft, self injury, borderline behaviors; the list is endless. Just because i feel like running someone off the road, even if they have given me reason- simply does not validate me doing it.
why then, with all the occurrences of "abnormal", has the concept of same-sex attraction slipped by the radar and is being forced to be observed as a new norm- when this is so fundamentally wrong?
Once again: here is why i cannot philosophically agree with Same Sex attraction:
1. It's not natural
2. Evolution can not defend it (for those who hold to atheism, or those who believe in any type of evolution)
3. There are enough social, physical, mental and emotional abnormalities- why has same sex attraction been singled out, defended and redefined as norm?
I cannot comprehend this- it's as insidious as the defense for abortion.
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