Gay, not abnormal
The world is still divided on opinion regarding homosexuality. Orthodox Jews still view it as perverse while the Roman Catholic Church has condemned it. More and more people however are beginning to recognize the rights of homosexuals and accept it.
The whole debate begs the question, what is wrong with homosexuality? Many argue that homosexual relations cannot result in procreation and thus it is immoral and against the laws of nature. But if the only purpose of sexual contact is to procreate, the world would be sagging under the combined weight of us all. This is an issue which needs to be addressed with logical thought and compassion.
People do not choose to be homosexual, for no one would wish to face the kind of discrimination homosexuals face. Recent scientific studies have shown that sexual orientation is genetically determined and some experts say sexual tendencies are also heavily influenced by the environment of a child in the first few years of his life. So really, what choice does a person have? Is it up to you and me to choose whether we are to be attracted to men or women? Or both, for that matter?
Every country gives its citizens the right to life including the right to live with dignity. If such a right applies to black, whites and Asians, men and women, they why not to homosexuals uniformly? Taking away the right of a person to govern his sexual orientation and the relations he enters is equivalent to seizing a person’s right to worship. What good can possible come out of forcing a homosexual to be straight. Or “normal”. Who governs what is right and what is wrong? As long as a person does not harm anyone else and two adults consent to be intimate with each other, it is their prerogative and no one else’s and society should learn to accept an individual’s rights.
We are an intolerant society. Being in the majority makes us confident of our convictions and we think we can force people who are different from us into submission. This attitude needs to change and although in some parts of the world homosexuals are accepted into mainstreams society, there are many where they are shunned and homosexuality is taboo, even illegal and punishable with death or imprisonment.