padib said:
curl-6 said:
Ok, so you were speaking biologically, but Frank didn't make that distinction, he just said gay couples "can't have children", which incorrectly assumes that the only way to have kids is for a heterosexual couple to breed.
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I wasn't saying that Frank was perfectly right, I was just saying that hsrob was not perfectly right either and that Frank had a point, albeit improperly formulated, that could be elaborated with a bit of thought.
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I'm curious about which bit you believe was not perfectly correct because I suspect you may still be slightly missing my point, although this disconnect may simply be down to semantics and use of the word natural. I'm afraid I still have to disagree and say that Frank didn't have a point.
"How could gay couples form a family when they can’t have children?" - fostering, adoption and surrogacy, obviously
"Being gay is against human nature and this is reality." - No it's not against human nature, it simply isn't the majority state, unless you are going to suggest it's a choice....we would have to agree to disagree on that
"Men and women together is the natural instinct of human beings,"- Unless you are gay....(see above point)
"while Gay marriage is an atrocious and obscene act which belongs to unsound nature."- Objection your honour, inflammatory
"Marriage does not mean sexual enjoyment only but also the establishment of a family on hygienic and safe foundations." - Hygiene does not belong in this conversation, safety less so. This comment is ignorant at best and grossly discriminatory at worst
"Human rights should not be extended to include human destruction"- What, how, where, who, why?
"and diverting from the human nature and the principles on which this universe was created." - Fine, just fundamental difference in beliefs.
Bottom line, the common position does not make the alternative unnatural or against nature, that's not what those words mean. His use of the words nature/natural is completely different from what you described, which was to say that natural conception (unassisted) is only possible with a heterosexual couple, which is a completely fair statement. I think you were giving him too much credit.