X-Message-Number: 16593 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:32:22 +0000 () From: Louis Epstein <> Subject: Re: Hitt on Homosexuality On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 wrote: > If you carefully study what Mike wrote, and read about evolutionary > biology, and in that context still feel that homosexuality is `wrong', > then of course people should be more careful before using the word > `bigot'. But study and sustained, serious thought are necessary. > (And of course i'm specifically not addressing the feeling that > homosexuality is wrong for religious reasons.) > dan I may respond more,or to more of your post, when the daily Cryonet digest arrives.But I just want to make clear that I'm not going to be bounced into making the nonsense statement "homosexuality is wrong". The condition and the conduct are two separate things.I take issue with the position that the condition constitutes an excuse for the conduct, which position weds them in the eyes of defenders of both.The condition is what I consider the existence of to be deplorable,similar to ones like tone-deafness or color-blindness.(Or my own cited deficiencies,nearsightedness and hearing loss.That a condition ought not to exist in no way says that those with it ought not to exist). I consider someone who wilfully engages in a homosexual act to be making a "wrong" choice. Which is not to say that this mistake should be legislated into a crime.I'm more vehement in wanting laws against euthanasia/assisted suicide,because there the person's desire to do something wrong is more harmful. This really plays back to my debates with Mike Perry on right-to-die.I believe in putting people's needs ahead of their desires. I'm sure this simple airing of my views has let enough people pigeonhole me as a Foolish Bigot.But I call them as I see them,not as others would have me see them. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16593