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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
This is not a good analogy. While 99% of people are not born into the 1% by wealth, they have a theoretical opportunity to attain it (Steve Jobs and the like, without checking his actual placement as per the moment of death but you get the point, American dream etc. etc.). Homosexuals are a substantial minority of people at such a severe disadvantage as to never be able to achieve normal sexual expression (normal to them, per their orientation) if they are not allowed to be with other homosexuals. They cannot attain anything. So if you try to use your analogy, it would be better to compare homosexuals with people who are wheel-chair-bound from birth. Those people can never attain health and mobility of able-bodied people. But we try to do something as a society to bridge the gap between the level of mobility of wheel-chair-bound and able-bodied people - we have ramps, we have accessible restrooms and other facilities, we have ADA in US, etc. - we try to bridge the gap to the extent possible. Well, if you think that being born a homosexual is some sort of an unfortunate anomaly allowed by the creator, fine, I have no problem with that, but then society should intervene and try to do the same vis-a-vis homosexuals as it does vis-a-vis the physically handicapped - give them equal rights to bridge the gap.
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I wasn't comparing the 1% with homosexuals. I was only suggesting that people tend to end up where they are simply because of bad luck and the actions of themselves or others.
And I have said nothing negative of homosexuals themselves.
Anyway the whole detective situation seems odd to me.
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Last edited by NoCake; Feb 12, 2013 at 07:50 PM.
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