Thursday, October 22, 2015

Sexual Orientation

"Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic and/or sexual attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same sex" (wikipedia). It also refers to the way in which a person views himself/herself based on those attractions, related behaviors and membership amongst a group of others who share the same attractions. Homosexual behavior has even been documented and observed in many non-human animal species.There are not any theories about why an individual develops a particular sexual orientation; many scientists think that a combination of genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences factor into the equation. Many homosexual/lesbian people are in committed relationships. These relationships are equivalent to heterosexual relationships in principal psychological respects. These relationships have two things they don't share with heterosexual relationships. The first is the historic disapproval/persecution they have faced. The second is children. If you add these two things together--disapproval/persecution and children--through legislation, what do you get? Disapproval/persecution in a home with children. No. We don't want that. But things are getting better. These days disapproval/persecution of same sex relationships is gradually disappearing. One day it shall disappear completely, and when it does, we won't need government intervention to allow same-sex adoption. Some of you may still not want that, but it won't hurt the children. Let's pray that that great day comes soon, for you are the problem, not the child, and not the same sex couple that wants to adopt the child. (MDC student)

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