> >Suicide rates among homosexual teens are indeed high. But this may be a
> >function of natural selection (as has been claimed for rape). The cause
> >for that
> >suicide is usually a consequence of the peer-interactions that develop
> >among children
> >and then teens. Every boy can tell you that as a child, and
> then teen, one
> >of the most miserable things that can happen to you is to be labeled a
> >"sissy,"
> >"fag," or "gay-boy." This is like putting a sign on your back that says
> >"kick me"
>
> yes. As adults those former teens do things like make laws that say that
> gays can't marry. It's called cruelty. And, like homosexuality (and some
> fatal genetic diseases) it will probably never be bred out of the human
> race.
>
Just to jump into this thread for a moment: it's not "cruelty", but more the
definition of "marriage". (For the same reason, e.g., any group of n
individuals aside from a man and a woman cannot "marry" in the ordinary
sense of the term.)
Now of course, one can redefine words at will, but then one loses the
original meaning, and it's hard to see why the "moral left" should be able
to coercively apply its definitions at will. (Turns language into political
newspeak.) Rather, they should probably come up with a new term (e.g.,
domestic partnership).
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