Posted on 11/24/2003 1:08:24 PM PST by presidio9
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. — Samuel Adams Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. — Thomas Szasz You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion. — Garrison Keillor I've yet to see any argument that defines exactly what the supposed "discrimination" against homosexuals is, except that society is "punishing" them by not allowing spousal health and insurance benefits, etc. But all proscribed behavior is punished by society, is it not? Crime, for example, is not healthy for a society, thus it is (or used to be) punished.
As a deviant and destructive behavior to individuals and society, homosexuality has also incurred certain repercussions, as it should. We may as well do away with the criminal and civil statutes, too, if we're to welcome any and all perverse behaviors as normal! Am I equating homosexuality with criminal acts?
Yes, I am…at least when it comes to its impact on society. Yes, some "good" people are homosexual – honest, hardworking, charitable, etc. – but so what? Many heterosexual "good" people do all sorts of damage to society every day, and they suffer for it. Marital infidelity, neglect or abuse of children, cheating on taxes, giving less than full effort at work, driving while drinking, acting on the lust for underage girls, etc…these and other destructive behaviors, when known, bring consequences from friends, family, co-workers and society at large. Why should homosexuals be absolved from such consequences?
Homosexuals' reckless discarding of historical moral standards (required for any society to survive) is reason enough to reject the idea of homosexual marriage. You know the arguments: once we abandon those standards, on what grounds would we then object to man-dog, man-man-woman, woman-woman-teenager (boy or girl) unions, or whatever? There would be no grounds.
That, of course, is of no concern whatsoever to those who already engage in the vilest forms of self-abuse and snub their noses at any and all of society's mores. They're outside society, after all, so its demise is no loss to them at all, or so they think. Don't they know that the laws and moral standards at which they now sneer with contempt are what protect them from cretins who have no internal moral inhibitions? When the societal standards are gone, what then will save them?
Like the Leftists who promote socialism – and who would be the first victims of total state control, for why would the state tolerate such obvious potential threats to order and "group think" from those who rebelled against the previous standards? – homosexuals would see destroyed the very institutions that now protect them and of which they currently take great advantage, just to accommodate their self-indulgence.
Some say homosexuality is genetic. I disagree, but for argument's sake, let's accept that as true. Does that require society to decline into the human misery and squalor that results from abandonment of traditional (yes, Biblical) moral standards of decent behavior, simply to mollify the tiny minority of those who are homosexual? Then what of those who are insane, who spread their feces on the walls of their cells, etc.? Should we not "free" them, too, of our unjust restraints and restrictions on their behavior, or our "discrimination"? Should we not likewise celebrate that tiny group who engage in bestiality, or necrophilia? Why not? Homosexuality is no less abnormal, no less potentially destructive. How could we unfairly "discriminate" against these others if we accept the homosexuals' false arguments about their "rights"?
Herbert Spencer wrote, "The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." AIDS is but one unforeseen physical effect of homosexuality, what of the other (known and unknown) moral and societal effects?
It would be an even greater folly for any society, under a guise of "tolerance" or mistaken understanding of equality, to grant homosexuality the status of normalcy, or acceptance as "just another sexual lifestyle choice." A pigmy may proclaim himself the world's tallest man, and may even believe it against the clear evidence to the contrary, but a rational world sees the lie and knows better, despite the pigmy's anguished protestations. Homosexuality is not normal or healthy, and there are no "rights," Constitutional or otherwise, due those who indulge in it. People are free to engage in it, and even to claim its normal, but society is obligated to acknowledge the reality over self-serving fantasy.
H. L. Mencken wrote, "Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it's justice that hurts." Homosexuals mistakenly cry out for "justice," but the revulsion of society towards their behavior is justice, is exactly what that behavior deserves! Not wanting to bear the stigma of their actions yet unwilling to alter their behavior, they instead demand society to change its standards and proclaim that behavior acceptable. Like the shameful "peace with honor" declaration in Vietnam, such a proclamation would be a lie, and no amount of rhetoric or misguided "compassion" will change that. A cry for help would be more fitting, and more appropriate.
People who indulge in aberrant sexual behavior certainly should not be denied the rights and protections of other human beings, and largely they are not. But if I came to your business publicly proclaiming my affinity for the woman-superior sexual position, or some such - as if sexual preference has any place whatsoever in the public arena - I would expect you to deny me a job, regardless of my abilities, simply due to my gross lack of judgment and public decency. In fact, I should expect you to throw me out in disgust.
The disingenuous whining by homosexuals to be judged simply by the same talents, abilities and personal attributes that others are rings especially false, though, when it is homosexuals – not society – who insist on identifying themselves by their sexual preference, as if that encompasses their entire being. (Isn't that obsession?)
Since homosexuals, as human beings, already enjoy every right and protection that others enjoy, what "rights" are they talking about, except a special dispensation from society, an exemption from the norms and standards by which everyone else is, and always have been, judged? Their sexual preference, like mine, is not the world's business except as it influences their behavior and judgment in all other aspects of life . If they insist on demonstrating that bad judgment outside the bedroom, celebrating their perversion and demanding that I acknowledge it at work, in the public arena, etc., then their judgment alone - not even considering the serious moral, health or financial issues – warrants strong rebuke from society. This is not a civil rights issue, much as they'd like to depict it as such. It's simply a group of people who, like a petulant adolescent, want to be spared the rightful consequences of their rebellious behavior.
Because homosexuals have lost their sense of shame does not require that I do likewise; because they're willing to discard thousands of years of human experience and the Biblical foundations of Western civilization does not dictate that I join them in their self-absorbed delusions. Neither should this society.
Ronald Reagan said that today's generation has "…a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve this last best hope of man on earth" – the moral and political foundations of this nation - "or else we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness." Recognizing homosexual "marriage" would be a giant step into that darkness.
Homosexuality wasn't a cause of Greece's demise or Rome's decline, any more than it is of our own. It is, rather, a symptom, an indication that something is wrong in our society. It is also a harbinger of the end, for without the moral, political and behavioral standards that have served Western civilization so well, what will hold us together as a people, as a nation? Already we see the divisiveness that results from some people's rejection of those standards and their Biblical foundation. Dare we go even further down this path?
The politicians and judges clearly will, if we allow it. If you agree with this gross immorality, this increasingly brazen and direct attack on the foundations of our society, then simply do nothing, as you usually do. But when the next 9/11 happens, or when the spreading immorality touches your family, as it inevitably will, have the decency and shame to remember that you have empowered those who speak for you to spit in His face, and that they did so in your name! Yes, He'll forgive you; He always does…but some of us will have a much harder time doing so.
Bad example. Catholic priests are actually less likely to molest children then men in general.
Absolutely brilliant. This article is everything I have always thought, but was woefully unable to articulate so profoundly.
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