I will go directly to the agruement that I've been through lots of times while discussing the cause of homosexuals in Syria.
The claim that homosexuality is "abnormal" is completely illogical because homosexuality does exisit just like heterosexuality exisits among all kinds of people, you can't in anyway disregard the fact that like heterosexuals have sexual relationships with the opposite sex, homosexuals have sexual relatioships with the same sex, different sexual orientations but same human nature, so .. Homosexuality can't be called "abnormal".
The claim that homosexuals can destroy the society is just a "hatred statement" and allow me to describe it as the most rediculous claim because it claims that allowing homosexuals to express their sexual orientations can spread out and that means that no one is going to be heterosexual any more and so no one would have children and so the growth of the society would be stopped and the world would end….
Seriously…. There are people who strongly believe so, and not in Syria alone, all around the world!
Giving homosexuals the right to express their sexual orientations is something that should be taken for granted and not argued, and if giving the right of expressing will spread homosexuality among people, it will only allowe people who are homosexuals to accept themslves and allow the society to accept and respect the rights of homosexuals and promote equality, it will not turn every one into homosexual unless he/she is.
According to all human laws, homosexuals JUST LIKE heterosexuals have the right of freedom of expression, of believe, of having sexual relationships, of marriege, of equal treatment, of BLOOD DONATION!!!!, of not having or beeing forced into hiding a part of who they are, so how come some laws in the middle east, like the Syrian law ban these human rights on the basis of sexual orientations instead of promoting them!!!!
I mean seriously… how rediculous that sounds? :
Read it carefully, and think about it for a minute…
"it is illegal to have different sexual orientations in Syria".
The claim that homosexuality is "abnormal" is completely illogical because homosexuality does exisit just like heterosexuality exisits among all kinds of people, you can't in anyway disregard the fact that like heterosexuals have sexual relationships with the opposite sex, homosexuals have sexual relatioships with the same sex, different sexual orientations but same human nature, so .. Homosexuality can't be called "abnormal".
The claim that homosexuals can destroy the society is just a "hatred statement" and allow me to describe it as the most rediculous claim because it claims that allowing homosexuals to express their sexual orientations can spread out and that means that no one is going to be heterosexual any more and so no one would have children and so the growth of the society would be stopped and the world would end….
Seriously…. There are people who strongly believe so, and not in Syria alone, all around the world!
Giving homosexuals the right to express their sexual orientations is something that should be taken for granted and not argued, and if giving the right of expressing will spread homosexuality among people, it will only allowe people who are homosexuals to accept themslves and allow the society to accept and respect the rights of homosexuals and promote equality, it will not turn every one into homosexual unless he/she is.
According to all human laws, homosexuals JUST LIKE heterosexuals have the right of freedom of expression, of believe, of having sexual relationships, of marriege, of equal treatment, of BLOOD DONATION!!!!, of not having or beeing forced into hiding a part of who they are, so how come some laws in the middle east, like the Syrian law ban these human rights on the basis of sexual orientations instead of promoting them!!!!
I mean seriously… how rediculous that sounds? :
Read it carefully, and think about it for a minute…
"it is illegal to have different sexual orientations in Syria".
7 comments:
discussing that homosexuality is "normal" because it exists is illogical. homosexuals do exist alright, but that doesn't mean that they are normal. they are disoriented. the fact that a disorder exists in nature doesn't make it normal. when you get the flu, there is something abnormal going on in your body. but the flu itself does exits doesn't it?
"gay" people are human beings and not animals as some people try to picture them. but those people are disoriented. they have a physiological or psychological disorder that makes them attracted to the wrong gender. it's either hormonal or mental thing. I'm not saying that they are crazy, don't get me wrong but those people needs help. they may not realize it and you may say that they are happy with it, but that doesn't remove the fact that this is a disorder and like any other disorder it must be treated.
Homosexuality is a part of the identity of homosexuals just like heterosexuality is part of the identity of heterosexuals, you can't say that this part of who those people are, they way they live their life, they chose their partners, you just can't say it is a disease.
In this way, you are undermining this whole emotional, sexual existence of who they are.
Not because it is different from the majority, you call it abnormal or disease. And yes, it does exisit in nature so you can't call it "unnatural", cause to homos this is they way is normal to them.
The fact that there are sometimes psycological reasons that could trun some hetero into homos, that doesn't mean that all homos need psycological therapy as you say.
Some of them are homo because that is just the way the are.
dear Dania, I did not say that it's unnatural. I said it is abnormal and there is a big difference. and second, I did not call it a disease but a disorder. The words we use are very important because they change the meaning of the whole idea.
I'm not undermining the Gay's "whole emotional, sexual existence of who they are" because all of that is controlled in the body by different systems and hormones. My system tells me that I'm attracted to female and not male "I am a male" and this orientation has its advantages. It all comes down to evolution itself. "Survival of the fittest". this orientation that makes me attracted to the opposite gender helps me reproduce and so this orientation is the normal one.
dear Dania, I don't look down on gay people because I know that "being gay" is not a choice. They have the right to live and to do whatever they what including the right to be treated. Heterosexuality is present even in the animal kingdom which we as humans belong to. biology is a natural thing but nature has some normal and abnormal types. Having an extra chromosome is natural, but having it will make you abnormal.
That's all what I'm saying.
God speed
Dania
I'm very glad to read this post of yours.
The most important thing is to keep all communication channels open between us Syrians of different beliefs and principles.
Your article is more in line (as a matter of principle of freedom of speech and expression) with my attitude than the prohibitive, preaching and hateful tone of an increasing number of Syrian blogs.
For standing up to your belief you have my full support.
And, by the way... I totally disagree with your point of view, but that's another story.
anonymous 2:
I have one point to the pool of thoughts regarding homosexuality. The homosexuals might be abnormal from general population and off course they are natural even if they are against nature, but there is confusion about the type of abnormality. Some people look down on this abnormality since it is out of the norm but I think this should not be the case. Abnormality could be in two directions, down and up ( I do not mean in term of good or bad, I mean its association with the type of individual). For example, the individuals born with autism, most of them might be having deficiencies from normal people however some with autism might excel in some fields. This type of population is characterized as a down side of normality. The attraction factor in the homosexuals which directed to the same sex not to opposite sex make them abnormal, however they should be valued not on this one aspect but all other aspects of their individual personality and on their group characteristics. In general, the homosexual populations are more founded in groups working in art and more populated in the higher superior groups of humans.
Knowing that many of the great figures in history were homosexual add a very different picture to the common look at this group. Listing some including Socrates, Alexander the Great, Lord Byron, Edward II, Hadrian, Julius Caesar, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo DaVinci, and Christopher Marlowe from western culture and Abu Firas the great Arabian poet, might change the picture in the minds of a lot of common people who despise them when hearing of their association. Part of the liberation of the old way of thinking of one view (religious or social one), the new thinking for accepting all people as long as they abide by law, should open the way for accepting this group socially and be recognized as different group from the norm and should be only evaluated on their personal qualities, not their sexual orientation. This is still hard reality in the societies which just started creeping into the first stage in openness.
Anon 1, I got what you are saying but I still disagree in considering gays as ubnormal.
Abu Fares, I am really glad that you support me in standing up to my believes and I am really privileged by it. Thank you.
Anon 2, thank you for your contribution, as I said to Anon 1, I believe that calling homosexuals abnormal would alone justify treat them differently or consider them as a separtate part of the society, or a different group from the normal as you said, this consideration or recognition – in my opinion- is a disrimmination against them, even if it was "positive disrimination" like prefering gays over other in some institution, this is still discrimmination.
maaan!!
usually i enjoy reading the comments on this topic more than the posts themselves... it's hilarious..
a study said that introducing people to hard evidence contradicting a belief they have would very likely back fire and make them cling to it even more..
dania, i totally agree with u, but i'm not gonna bother and argue the point with anyone..
cheers,
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