>> gMoney wrote: >> I'm telling you, I really think it's the 'ick' factor. >> OR....a group that they secretly have more in common with >> then they'd like to admit, lets not forget about this contingent. >> > >I think you're exactly right. Plus I'd add I think there are a group >of people just plain see it as an aberration. For them it's like >allowing public voluntary amputations. > >It's "not normal" > >So I think the challenge is to define those things that are >permissible, but not normal, versus those things that should not be >permissible be they normal or not. > >All of these moral issues have that question attached. > >E.g., self-mutilation is not normal and not healthy and so not >permissible. Gay coupling is not normal ... but is it a healthy >function of human biology and therefore permissible? > >When you strip away the religious morality, that's the ethics of it.
What is normal? Depending on your approach rape, seduction, complete abstinence, self castration etc have all been considered normal. Depending on the society and culture, child rap is normal. I don't even like most normal rap. its repetitive and boring music quite frankly. ;) Please tell us what is normal? Is a marriage that is a legally sanctioned marriage characterized by rape normal? That is allowed in our society. Is a loving relationship between two consenting adults abnormal? Yes that is considered illegal and abnormal. The early Christian church considered same sex marriage normal - there was specific marriage rituals for that. There were also specific marriage rituals for heterosexual couples who completely abstained from sex. I have a vested interest in this issue. Last summer I attended the wedding of my cousin to his significant other in Vancouver, BC Canada. They formalized a relationship that had started about 10 years ago. His SO had supported my cousin through all sorts of crisis including my mother's death last October. I cannot understand what the objections of some to such a loving and supportive relationship. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294660 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
