Rape is Wrong, but am I too ?

When it comes to sexual self-gratification, can someone please tell me where is the flaw in my logic? We all know the Biblical story of Mary and Joseph, but how many of us find it hard to accept that Mary may well have been a young teenager at the time of her betrothal to Joseph?

So, if a man is attracted to little children we call him a paedophile. If a man is attracted to retired people we call him a gerontophile. Therefore, surely, if a man is attracted to another man we should call him a homophile? You see, although I agree that consenting adults should be free to do as they please, I do not agree that young people should be taught that homophilia (a.k.a homosexuality) is normal.

Charles Darwin identified a mechanism that he believed explained how plants and animals have progressively developed over geological time. He was struck by the fact that we live in a world where organisms are demonstrably in competition with each other for scarce resources, and where those best-suited to their environment are most likely to survive (i.e. “the survival of the fittest”). Darwin went on to call this process “natural selection”.

Therefore, leaving aside the argument as to whether evolutionary thinking is compatible with faith in God (dealt with on my website), in terms of natural selection alone, the future does not look good for homophiles. They are infertile and incapable of sexual reproduction and, therefore, without human intervention they should lose out in this fight for survival.

However, on the contrary, it seems that the “gay rights” movement is destined to make homophilia a socially acceptable form of dysfunctional behaviour and, with the help of equal adoption rights, make it possible for such people to “have children”. If so, what chance do their adopted children have of seeing their parents behaviour for what it is?

P.S. I am not homophobic (i.e. I do not feel threatened by homosexuals). On the contrary, I feel great compassion for them. (Please see the relevant chapter in Why Men Don't Iron", by Anne and Bill Moir).

Well what a Summer that was!

Hi folks,

Long time no blog, eh? Well what with being made redundant, being unemployed, re-landscaping the back garden, and having no access to the Internet at home (until Tiscali sort out what is wrong with the Broadband Connection that we are supposed to have)... but enough of the excuses already... After a very strange summer (in more ways than one), I am now back in employment (working for the UK's Environment Agency)...

Martin.