Does morality have anything to do with homosexuality?

Question

I'm not interested in stances, weather for or against. My question is what does morality have to do with what either biologicaly or psicologicaly appeals to you. Morals have to do with what is good or bad for society and how choices affect other peoples lifes. So if two conscenting adults 'choose' or 'are' gay, why is it a moral issue?

I knew someone was going to pull the biology of reproduction, and it is my fault because I should've included it in my question. So overeating and overexcercising as defined by psicological deviation are also moral issues?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

It depends on whether you are defining morality in purely human terms, or whether you believe there is an outside force, higher power, or God, who makes the rules. If there is such a being then the morals are those which that being communicates to us. If you say you accept the teachings of a particular holy book as being the divinely inspired words of that being, then the moral laws and guidelines laid out in that book are the ones to live by. If those guidelines state that homosexuality is wrong, then for believers of that religion, it is wrong. However, they should apply the rules for "how to treat other people" equally. If you don't believe in any particular God or higher power, then morality is a lot more flexible and you can set it as you choose. I think a lot of the problem that religious people have with homosexuality stem from the minority of very politically-active gay rights campaigners who have forced a very explicit awareness of the issue into the media, and even schools. Perhaps militant homophilia (if there is such a word) is an equal evil with homophobia!

Answer 3

It doesn't. It's defined , interpreted, as a "moral" issue only to those for whom it doesn't agree with their moral standards. Morality stresses moral excellence based on adherence to a code of ethics, OR on religious teachings. In either case, it's individual choice to make judgments from a subjective concept. Homosexuality has no absolute bad or good affect on society. I've seen a contradiction--regarding the "goal is to increase the population" (which is news to me, as the world is over populated). Next, "..Cutting the population to one quarter of what it is would be a boon to mankind." The conflicting conclusion is that "Since homosexuality cannot reproduce, they are AGAINST SOCIETY." [My caps.] If decreasing the population would be a boon, this is philosophically unsound.
SEX is male or female, GENDER is sexual orientation.
If homosexuality is the minority in a society, that does not make it abnormal any more than a small portion of white people in a large black community would make the white people abnormal. Normal conforms to a standard, or rule, both of which are subjective & thus variable.

Answer 4

I don't think it's being gay that is the issue which causes all the rigum-role. It's the % of gay men (mostly) that are conducting their lives as sluts, not in monogomous relationships, knowingly spreading STD's etc. etc. that make it MORAL.

No different than the STRAIGHT men and women who go out and s l u t it up and cheat on their spouses etc. THIS is what makes a MORAL issue, NOT what some body IS.

geeeshhhhhh................

Answer 5

In society, ever since there was a society, it has been the goal of the governors to increase the population. It still is, even though cutting the population to one quarter of what it is would be a boon to mankind. Thus, since homosexuals can not reproduce, they are against society by not increasing. Also, many of the diseases ravaging mankind today are caused by such deviant sexual behaviour. Thus, it is anti-social and a moral issue.
(There is more, but it would be religions. Every major religion on earth bans it.)

Answer 6

Morals are part of standards of behaviour. I guess it is a moral issue according to the standards set by society as a whole.

Answer 7

It is only an issue to the immoral who use fear to control the minds of their followers. Not long ago these same people said that certain sex positions were immoral. Even that having sex for anything other than making a baby was immoral. Ask them if it is Moral to be Judgmental?

Answer 8

Yes. But, only to the hypocrites that call themselves
Christians, Catholics, Baptists, Protestants and, of
course, Morons; oops! (I mean, Mormons.)
These are the same people that point to one of the
most well-known passages in The Bible; one of the
select few that makes any sense: "Judge not, and
ye' shall not be judged."
But because God said "Be fruitful and multiply" ...
they seem to think that justifies discriminating against
people because of their sexual preference.
They're hypocrites because THEY like to speak to us
about what are good morals.

Answer 9

How does anything become a moral issue? Notion, concept, belief and consequence and their relations to each other. I see you, I see you seeing me, I see you seeing me seeing you, .... Is that simple? The concepts as parts in my notion for what is right to believe, are based on propositions I know to be true. Is that valid? How it is a moral issue is as valuable to know as why it is a moral issue.

It's not right for me is its not right for me: individuality.

The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative; Simply facts in human consciousness.

Answer 10

well, society tends to view hmosexuality as a 'disease' in the society which they beleive is agains the conformity of moral standards. based on the society's understanding of gender as maleness and femaleness among people, social construction of masculinities and feminities identifies man and woman. but becuase homosexuals are against the belief of heteros being only male and female humans, society tends to shun the possibility of accepting gays and lesbians becuase of their choice and decision of gender orientation. my professor in women's studies told us that gender is a social category referring to roles, identities, traits assigned to women and men. these are socially constructed and culture-bound. homosexuals, then, have learned or acquired gender construction different from the norms of society. this, in fact, is not a moral issue, but an issue of respect for human decision to have quality social value preference. gays prefer themselves to be gays. lesbians likewise. the fact that they're gender orientation is not the normal gender category of male as masculine and female as feminine does not negate the fact of their biological-sex framework. i beleive that homosexuals still earn their keep of respect, never mind if their homos, because first and foremeost, they are humans, co-existing with us heteros, and as such, they too have they're place in this world. =)

Answer 11

i dont think it does.