silentcowboy
Bluelighter
squareroot, your starting to take this a little personally. Everybody has their own viewpoint on sexuality, and dont need you to tell us that homosexuality doesnt do any good for society. Have you ever thought about population control?
Ah! There's the rub!
Exactly what *IS* "sexuality's true nature"? The answer to that question will provide us with the framework needed to answer questions about which kinds of sexual activity are in accord with and good for the human person.
"sexuality's true nature" is "[n]one of anyone else's business"? Huh? REALLY? You can't mean that. The true nature of sexuality is of immense importance to all human beings. And, regarding one's sexual activity, well that too is of legitimate concern to others:
1) First, because there is almost always another person involved.
2) Second, because our sexuality is so intimately bound up with our personhood, any difficulties/aberrations in our sexuality are sure to spill over into our general, daily behavior and life, which is of concern to others.
3) Third - and most obviously, and most importantly - Just look at the male and female sexual organs. They tell us things. They tell us that they "fit together". They tell us that they have a larger purpose - to bring new life into the world, another human person. That alone tells us that our sexual behavior is definitely other peoples' business.
I'm not advocating for the extremist position that society somehow has to violate all sense of personal and couple privacy. But, to say that one's sexual activity is "none of anyone else's business" is just one more extremist position, only at the other end of the spectrum. (If you believe that one's sexual desires/behaviors are "none of anyone's business", may I assume that you are consistent in that thinking, and that you disapprove of the [public and very loud political] efforts to campaign for the legal redefinition of marriage, as that is forcing all the rest of us to become *VERY* aware of other peoples' sexual behaviors/desires?)
Ohhhhhhhh - Come on. Of course there is an objectively knowable "inherent legitimacy to heterosexuality that doesn't exist with homosexuality" - viz., heterosexuality by its nature brings children into the world and raises them, which fulfills the greatest natural drive of humans, and is the lifeblood of any healthy society. We know this from observing ourselves over all cultures for countless centuries. And, our common sense tells us that heterosexuality is crucial to society and its continued growth. That "inherent legitimcay" most certainly and obviouisly does not exist with homosexuality, as homosexualtiy, by its nature, cannot accomplish these same ends, and thus homosexuality *in and of itself*, cannot provide benefits to society that heterosexuality can.