H.S. For Sunday 051808

Gay Animal Love

Hey folks,

OK, with all this to do in California, there is now a new push to try to get you to believe that Homosexuality is just natural and it is not a chosen lifestyle, but something that just is. The have been arguing the Nature vs nurture argument for years. Even some Gay and Lesbians themselves can not truly answer this question.

As we know, in California, the Circus Court has overturned the will of the people, and declared Homosexual marriage a RIGHT. It will be short lived most likely. Going on the ballot and voted on by the people which is expected to override the court. But the argument continues.

According to Live Science- Same Sex Couples Common in the Wild

As gay couples celebrate their newfound right to marry in California and opposition groups rally to fight the ruling, many struggle with this question: Is homosexuality natural?

On this issue, Nature has spoken: Same-sex lovin' is common in hundreds of species, scientists say.

Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at New York's Central Park Zoo, were a couple for about six years, during which they nurtured a fertilized egg together (given to them by a zookeeper) and raised the young chick that hatched.

Sorry, but not sure that this proves they were Homosexual.

According to University of Oslo zoologist Petter Böckman, about 1,500 animal species are known to practice same-sex coupling, including bears, gorillas, flamingos, owls, salmon and many others.

Proof? One time? All the time? How often?

If homosexuality is natural in the animal kingdom, then there is the question of why evolution hasn't eliminated this trait from the gene pool, since it doesn't lead to reproduction.

It may simply be for pleasure.

OH? So it feels good then they do it? Why is THAT hard to understand. Did they have a choice? Ever hear of "Prison love?" Most are not gay, yet they engage in Homosexual behavior because they have no other choice.

“Not every sexual act has a reproductive function,” said Janet Mann, a biologist at Georgetown University who studies dolphins (homosexual behavior is very common in these marine mammals). “That's true of humans and non-humans.”

Some scientists have proposed that being gay may serve its own evolutionary purpose.

“It could be a way that you strengthen bonds - that's one hypothesis,” Mann told LiveScience. “Another is that it could be practice for heterosexual sex. Bottlenose dolphin calves mount each other a lot. That might benefit them later on.”

{Laughing} So next time you are around a Homosexual person, just ask them how the practice is going. {Smile}

Marlene Zuk, a biologist at the University of California, Riverside, suggested that gay individuals contribute to the gene pool of their community by nurturing their relatives' young without diverting resources by having their own offspring.

One thing that does seem to be exclusive to humans is homophobia.

Oh yes. We straight people that fail to accept this as natural are the ones with the problem. WE straight people need mental help. We suffer from the nonsensical homophobia. The animals are so much better than us.

“It's a very interesting question as to why anybody ever cares,” Mann said. “There are different theories about why people find it threatening. Some think it disrupts male bonds, like you're not playing for the right team. The funny thing is that people say homosexuality is unnatural, that non-humans don't engage in homosexual behavior, but that's not true. Then they'll say it's base and animalistic.”

No. Well, I guess some say that. It is against nature though. Whatever does not reproduce, dies.

Humans' resistance to the idea of homosexuality extends even to research on the behavior in animals. Scientists who study the topic are often accused of trying to forward an agenda, and their work can come under greater scrutiny than that of their colleagues who study other topics, Mann said

Which is true.

“It's kind of a shame because I think that probably is a reason why people don't look at it more,” Mann said. “That's probably why we haven't gotten further. You would think we'd know more than we do by now.”

Maybe there just is nothing more to learn. Just a thought.
Peter

Sources:
Live Science- Same Sex Couples Common in the Wild