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To: Solon who wrote (10566)	4/24/2002 2:19:14 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

What an interesting piece, Solon. I was struck by this: This shows that to protect one's genetic heritage it can be just as effective to make sure one's siblings and their progeny survive as it is to reproduce oneself. Indeed, for a certain number of members of a kinship group, in times of material shortage, drought, famine or war, it may actually be more effective. One would expect to find that this situation has found expression in evolution, that this opportunity has been taken advantage of by evolution. Indeed, it has. It is homosexuality. In what way has this evolutionary force shown itself, to perpetuate and reinforce the occurrence of homosexuality? In early human societies, e.g. those of many of the indigenous Americans, homosexual members of the tribe were accepted into their societies and fulfilled vital roles as members of their tribe. They brought to their kinship groups an increased capacity for the production of food and other essentials, and a greater ability of that group to defend itself, while at the same time they did not increase the load on the vital supplies of the group, by producing children of their own. As well as this!!! The appearance of homosexuality is itself a marker of the advanced mental power of a species. An attempt to denigrate its existence is in turn a very obvious sign of an individual's, a family's or an organization's lapse into a weak, superstitious --reptilian-- mentality. All the objections against homosexuality raised by male-dominated, patriarchal groups do not survive the sword of reason. Such disapproval is based on the illogic of personal prejudice, on religious superstition: fear, hatred and ignorance.