In his eyes'

Homosexuality is now becoming more and more rampant these days. On top of that, it is also becoming more accepted as well. This is not helped by laws allowing same sex marriage or religious leaders who are homosexuals. Celebrities who lend a hand or their name to these causes are also not doing common sense any good either.

One fine day, I had a conversation with one of my classmates. He said that we should accept homosexuals for who they are. I flatly objected to this. He then went on to say that this was the way they were born, that they could be that way because of their genetic disposition and that different people have different dispositions. I then went on to say that God created man and wife, Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. I then appealed to him through science - if everyone was a homosexual, there would be no more humans left on the planet. To this, his only defence was , "No-lah, you can't say that," on top of asking me to open my mind.

For some purpose or other, there are male and female people on this planet. Any biologist would tell you that while sexual reproduction is less productive than asexual reproduction, sexual production generates new genetic recombinations, allowing a species to survive in adverse conditions. So instead of people just splitting into two when we need offspring, our Creator decided instead that two people were needed for any progeny to be formed.

But there's a catch - the two adult individuals have to be of different sex. So from a biologist's point of view, homosexual behaviour is non-beneficial because it inhibits variation, preventing the creation of new traits which may be transferred to the next generation.

Like I mentioned earlier, if everyone was a homosexual, there would be no more people left on Earth. This is due to the fact that we need people of different sex for procreation. Even homosexuals themselves are from parents of differing sexes. Then, where would this leave the human population? If we just fulfill our own personal desires for lust (of people of the same sex) then what about the more important aspect of the survival of our species, Homo sapiens? No male can have children with another male, and the same too applies for females, naturally born males and females, that is.

And what about when we see our Creator, what will He say? After creating male and female people in this world, and showing to us, through the animals and plants that males are supposed to mate with females, not males with males or females with females, we blatantly object to His Will and do whatever we like? Shouldn't we be thankful that we are alive today, that we are of one sex or another, and that all our sexual organs are functioning properly and that we know which sex we belong to? Why then should we go against His Will, and do something blasphemous, unnatural and impure?

And then there is this statement which needs countering : Everything in life is right, its just a matter of perspective that makes it right or wrong. We need to listen and accept other people's perspective, even if we think they are in the wrong. Well, for starters, if everything was matter of perspective, then it would be alright to do anything we wished, even stealing or bribing? Or having as many wifes as we want? Sure, when it comes to certain things in life, such as culture, we learn to listen to and accept other people's culture, but that does not mean that we must do so in everything we do.

Contrary to common belief, there is right and wrong. And homosexuality is wrong. If we were to just write it off as a matter of differences in opinion, then this sort of argument would expand beyond homosexuality. In fact, it has already done so : in Los Angeles, if I am not mistaken, there is now a petition to make prostitution legal. What's next? Legalised drug abuse? People who are allowed to fulfill whatever whims and fancies they have, even though they may be unthinkable now? All because, we have differences in opinion?

Laws are set for people to have certain things in life, certain things which money cannot buy : peace of mind, security and fairness. Take the numerous reasons why prostitution is illegal, for example : who's going to take care of all the babies who are born? Is the state going to pay for all of them? What about the families which are broken up by men or women with wandering eyes? Thus, we have laws prohibiting prostitution, to avert all of these problems.

In my classmates eyes', homosexuality is okay, as the individual might be made that way. However, when we consider the consequences of making homosexuality legal, maybe it is not such a bright idea after all - it could be the start of a new form of moral decay : Legalised Moral Decay.

(Writer's note : It has come to my attention that it is possible for homosexuals to reproduce, albeit only lesbians. The technology exists to fuse two ovums together. However, that would mean no more men, and this is still unnatural.)