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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....
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To: DJB who wrote (1113)9/8/1999 1:06:00 PM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (1) of 6418
 
Dennis, that may be a partial explanation for the lack of acceptance in the past. Although, I believe you will find inbreeding causes far less problems than most realize. However, how does that relate to the now and the future? Do we prevent people with a high propensity to pass on genetically diseased traits to marry? No, we simply leave it up to the individuals to take the risk and assume the responsibility.

I would submit that due to the spread of the aids virus the act of homosexuality (although not fully to blame) has a much higher risk and cost to society that an incestuous relationship. So why should society openly accept one and not the other? And taking it even further, why should we teach children in public schools to accept it?

You could make the case that an incestuous relationship between a father daughter, mother son, sister brother, or first cousins, pose a far less risk to society than a homosexual relationship. I would be further willing to bet that the predisposition to the relationship could be determined to be genetically passed on. And the people involved feel an overwhelming sense of love and desire for no one but their partner.

So intellectually the issue boils down to cultural acceptance. Culturally some people are not willing to accept gay relationships as being normal. And culturally others are not willing to accept incestuous relationships as normal. That doesn't mean people want to go around committing violence against either group, or that their feelings and beliefs stand solely on a pedestal of religios context. It's simply a cultural norm. Changing the cultural acceptance of certain behavior takes many years to happen. I would submit that attitudes toward homosexuality are today experiencing this struggle.

Michael
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