Protest the passage of Prop 8

[Miles]

Tonks wrote:
> Also same sex marriage has the effect of 'normalizing' a union that
> will cause children to become confused. This is what concerns me the
> most. Young child go though a phase, which most of you know, where
> they form thier idenity as male or female and their sexual
> orientation. When it becomes 'normal' in society to marry either the
> opposite or the same sex, I think that children will become confused
> and it is possible for this to result in more homosexuality than we
> currently have, which in turn means a lower birth rate and less
> citizens for the state.

Miles (surfacing from lurkdom)
I'm a bit surprised by this argument presented by you. Because, well, this 
argument contradicts what science tells us about homosexuality.

Obviously there are many theories about how homosexuality is developed. Some 
are genetic, some concern pre-birth influences or early childhood 
experiences. But there are no reliable scientific sources that support your 
idea - whether a person is homo-, hetero, or bisexual is decided much 
earlier in life or even beforehand.

In one way you are right, but I hope you don't mean to be so: An intolerant 
society supresses homosexuality and pushes homosexual persons in 
heterosexual relationships and marriages. They marry someone because 
"everyone does it" or because they don't want anyone to think that they are 
what they are.
What we *do* know is that those persons have multiple problems in their 
later lifes with their real sexuality hidden. I doubt that this should be 
approved only because it helps the birth rate...

Another point is, that a society which presents being gay or lesbian as "not 
normal" is a society which has much more teenager suicides among homosexual 
kids than among those who are "normal". Just have a look at the statistics 
and you will find this effect both in the US and in Europe.

Finally, take the children who are brought up by homosexual couples - there 
are many thousands of them, and they were and are the object of scientific 
research. Nothing indicates that there are more homosexuals among those 
children than among their peers in "normal" households. There are less 
teenagers who have a major problem with their own sexuality if it turns out 
not to be hetero - but that's a good thing, isn't it?

Miles