Gay Discrimination

Just watched the Colbert Report, interview with New York Times columnist Jon Mooallem. The topic of discussion was gay animals, that it recent research into animal behavior have shown lots of species of animals have same sex sexual activities. And that brought about the discussion of whether discrimination against gay people because one popular argument is that being gay is unnatural. So if animals are doing it, that throws that argument out the window.

Jon Mooallem then says that talking point could easily be altered given that the proof that animals do have same sex behavior. The argument can then be that surely humans are intelligent creatures and wild animals are not. So what gay people are doing is an abomination, behaving like animals.

With regards to both these arguments, we should not be looking for validation from animals whether gay right or wrong. Humans indeed are more intelligent being and we do things that animals cannot. So if it is how people are, why is it wrong to be straight or gay? I guess it could be argued that gay people cannot reproduce by conventional means. And I have no argument for that, it seems unnatural in that sense. This is the only physiological aspect I can think of that would support that argument.

I myself believe being gay is natural in that you cannot choose to be gay or straight, it is who you are. Being straight does not mean you are a better person than a gay person. Neither does it mean if you are gay you are any better than a straight person. It is certainly part of your identity but it is no measure of morality. If a gay person cheats, it is still cheating.

If say one child was raised by caring loving gay parents, and another by abusive a conventional (1 father 1 mother) family, which is better? Or vice versa? I believe the only important words in that question is caring loving, and abusive. Generalizing and discriminating on sexual orientation is ridiculous.