Homo who? #1

The homosexual lifestyle has many critics. The debate on its morality rages on and on and on and on. Here in the Philippines homosexuals are tolerated by many but still hated by some. The anti-homosexuality stance of the religious groups is still very influential, heck no lawcould be made without the blessing of the religious groups. Though tolerated, no parent would want one. Stereotyping is also very prominent.

Most people who oppose homosexuality oppose it because they believe it is wrong and immoral. They say it is so because it is unnatural, againsts the laws of God, it is like this and like that. Some people oppose because they find the idea disgusting. I am not here to finally put an end to the loooong debate. I just want to counter some points made by those people.

Point #1: It is immoral because it is unnatural.
There are two obvious assumptions in this statement. Number 1, if a thing is unnatural then that is immoral. Number 2, homosexuality is unnatural. If these statements are true then we have no problem but that is not that the case.

For number 1: This statement is a belief of the followers of the Natural Law theory of ethics. Now this theory has many problems. One is the lack of definition for nature/natural. Another, it is guilty of the is-ought gap. In other words, the theory assumes that what is the case need to be the case, which is wrong.
Examples of statements guilty of this:
a) "There is nothing wrong being selfish. Everybody is selfish."
b) "Homosexuality (or cloning, etc.) is wrong because it is unnatural."

For number 2: Again, the lack of definition of nature is a weakness of this argument. But let us assume that number 1 is true. Number 2 would offer some problems. Not enough proof exist to state that homosexuality is unnatural(nor are there enough proof saying that it is natural). But there are more evidence saying it is "natural" ie observed in nature. The belief that it is a psychological disease or disorder has long been scrapped though it was found out that the brain of homosexual men is different to the brain of hetero ones though further studies need to be conducted. It was also found out that cases of purely homosexual or heterosexual preferences are very rare. Some genetic evidence also exist. Heck, they even saw male animals doing it together.

Conclusion on point#1: Illogical. Even if the natural law theory, which is its basis, is true, homosexuality might be natural therefore moral.
To be continued...

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