Gay Marriage

[Chaerophon]

What if I said that it is normal for there to be homosexuals?...

The problem here is people keep equating a "normal" trait as moral, and an "abnormal" trait as amoral. That is clouding the subject because every time I say "abnormal" it comes across as saying "wrong".

A question for you: why do you think that people generally regard homosexuality as immoral, or 'wrong'?

My opinion is that it is because of their identification of homosexuals as the minority "other" to their majority "normalcy". If one is "abnormal" in the sexual sense, then one is considered biologically backwards and so the acts/behaviours can be construed as 'immoral'. Conceptions of "normalcy" and morality are often intimately tied together. If we accept that some people are just born that way, and that homosexuals, then, while different are not abnormal in the sense that they are not biologically "incorrect", but part of a larger trend in humanity, we can accept them for what they are and not stigmatize them in a moral sense. In one sense, you're right: calling them abnormal is just the same as saying that "they are not one of the majority". It is the application of "right way" and "wrong way" to your conceptions of "normalcy" and "abnormalcy" that is troubling. While there is certainly "the usual way" and "the (relatively) unusual way", the application of a concept of flawed purpose to homosexuals inherently implies that they are defective rather than simply different. In calling them "defective" you are arguing that their abnormalcy in some sense makes them "wrong". Only because you operate from the position of the majority can you make this judgment. For homosexuals, the urge to engage in relationships with the other sex 'feels' right. While they may be in the numerical minority, and they may be different in that sense, their life is as "normal" to them as yours is to you and their existence as homosexuals is a historical norm rather than an exception.