>> And anything heteros do is by definition normal, natural and healthy?
Within the confines of marriage — to each his own. “Healthy” can be a loaded word when used in the psychological context ... but certain activities are simply not forbidden between loving married hetrosexual couples.
>> Doesn’t this rather undercut the message that we don’t have anything against what homosexuals are, but simply what they do?
I have always taken this as a disagreement with the unnatural act of homosexuality (that of undertaking particular activities with a person of the same gender that one should undertake only within the confines of marriage with a person of the opposite gender) — not a disagreement with the particular sexual activities themselves.
It is the homosexuality which is forbidden ... not oral sex (for instance).
>> What we’re against isn’t gender-conflicted Johnny. Bless him, he’s a precious creature of God who is in some ways disordered (aren’t we all.)
True.
>> What we’re against is sodomy.
We’re against the removal of certain sacred acts from the confines of marriage. Homosexuality, in this case, is no different from fornication — the fact that all sexual contact (oral, anal, manual and otherwise) is banned between unmarried couples does not mean that such activity is banned between married couples. And, the fact that the same activities are off-limits for unmarried homosexual couples does not mean that the same activities are not sanctioned within the confines of marriage.
I’ve not seen Biblical texts which forbid oral, anal or manual sexual gratification between married couples ... and certain verses in the Song of Solomon certainly seem to encourage the full enjoyment of sexual activities between married couples.
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It does rather contradict the Maker's design, though. The muscles of the anus clearly classify it as a pushing-out organ, not a receptive organ. That's why there's so much abrasion (especially of the very fragile squamous epithelium of the rectum) with the gay gays, which in turn is one (of several) reasons why there is so much disease transmission.
In other words, the anus is anatomically designed as an exit, not an entrance. Male and female anuses are, as you will have guessed, identical in this regard.
You may remember that last year, President Bush nominated James W. Holsinger M.D. as Surgeon General. This generated shrill cries of outrage from the gays because Holsinger had previously written a study for the Methodist Church on the pathophysiology of gay sex practices. You can find a copy of Holsinger's study here.
From a medical point of view, gay sex practices are intrinsically pathological. Not only gay people, but all people, need to stop avoiding the truth about this.