Reading the comments section of a newspaper the other day, I was reminded of another popular pseudo-argument that homophobes throw about, without realizing how stupid they sound. It's very similar to the "Being gay is unnatural" rubbish, and the reasoning for why it's so ridiculous is similar too, but I felt I needed to raise it.
"No other animals have same-gender sex, so why should people?"
The first reason it's so flawed is that it is totally wrong: List of Animals Displaying Homosexual Behaviour
"Homosexual behaviour has been observed in close to 1500 species, and is well documented in 500 of them."
Secondly, humans are a species of animal. Every animal is different, and a lot have unique traits which aren't shared by any other animals. Praying mantis females eat the male's head after sex, starfish have no brain, dolphin calves and their mothers don't sleep at all for months when the calf is first born. These are all unique traits, and are in no way wrong because of that. Even if homosexuality was peculiar to humans, it would simply be a unique homo sapiens trait. One of many:
Lastly, humans are very different to other animals, and we have a lot of unique qualities. Civilization, advanced language, and consciousness to name a few.
If you're going to suggest that being gay is wrong because no other animals do it, then everything else we do that is unique to us is wrong too.
The only way you can stand by that argument and not look like a complete fool is to give up everything else that separates humans from animals.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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