Homosexuality: The Argument Against

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Homosexuality: The Argument Against

        There are many arguments against the morality of homosexuality, most of which are religious. But what of those that do not come from religion? Do they still challenge the moral stature of homosexuality?

        People are not born gay as many scientists today believe. Being gay is a choice that anyone can make but it is an immoral choice. No one has to be gay but yet most of the gay community believe that they do as that was the way they were born, and they should therefore be accepted as moral people. But the matter is that they are not, which Peter Akinola, Anglican Archbishop of Nigeria sums up perfectly; “I cannot think of how a man in his senses would be having a sexual relationship with another man.

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        Homosexuality is not a natural occurrence. It is not an evolutionary fault or otherwise. Animals themselves may take part in bisexual or homosexual acts within a species but humans are of a higher intelligence and are not obliged or intended to partake in such primitive behaviour. Animals also do not and never have been influenced by moral decision making.

        Homosexual couples go against traditional family values as they cannot have children. Allowing adoption by gay couples upsets the traditional family unit as well family values as a child needs two parents (one of each gender) to grow up with a ...

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