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coffee_addict Member Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1275591.html
quote: You can read the rest at the link provided. Just thought this was interesting enough to link people to.
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pink sasquatch Member (Idle past 5334 days) Posts: 1567 Joined: |
The Gay Penguin story made it to The Daily Show, where they interviewed spokespeople for conservative organizations. One of them stated that there was no such thing as homosexual animals, and that the gay penguins were just another example of scientists under control of the "homosexual agenda."
I know I consult my copy of the Homosexual Agenda every day in lab before I invent my results - don't all scientists?
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CK Member (Idle past 3439 days) Posts: 3221 Joined: |
Your inventing your results? lucky you - I just get sent them from Atheist high command.
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jar Member Posts: 33957 From: Texas!! Joined: Member Rating: 2.2 |
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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coffee_addict Member Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
When I first heard the "unnatural" argument, I bursted out laughing for a long time. It immediately occurred to me that these so-called Christians were using animal behavior as a guidance for human morality.
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Mammuthus Member (Idle past 5787 days) Posts: 3085 From: Munich, Germany Joined: |
quote: Cmon...don't give away all our secrets! I am writing up a paper on ERV expression in non-human primates. According to page 6 of the Homosexual Agenda, I have to declare that my results prove my neighbors cat is gay.....see you at the next H Agenda meeting...don't forget the secret hand shake.
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Thor Member (Idle past 5222 days) Posts: 148 From: Sydney, Australia Joined: |
I saw a documentary some time ago about homosexuality amongst animals. Though I can't remember much specific detail, the basic impression was that it is certainly not uncommon.
Could be an interesting topic of discussion, the evolutionary advantage of homosexuality. The fact is that it does happen (and not only in humans), so I would think there is a sound biological reason for it. Any thoughts?
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coffee_addict Member Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
Sure. Would you like to make a bet? I bet 5 bucks that, despite all the evidence, there are still those on here who believe that homosexuality is not "natural," whatever that means. In fact, if another homosexuality thread turns up again, we will see almost the exact words "it's wrong because it is not natural..."
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ohnhai Member (Idle past 4474 days) Posts: 649 From: Melbourne, Australia Joined: |
Thanks to recently reading Darwin’s Radio & Darwin’s Children (both by Greg Bear) I now have some inkling as to what you are talking about there. (cool and potentially frightening stuff.) But I digress. Gay animals, gay humans, Unnatural? Hell no! Abnormal maybe, but never unnatural. --Edit-- Corrected the accreditation of the two books mentioned, ooops! -- This message has been edited by ohnhai, 10 February 2005 16:36 AM
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pink sasquatch Member (Idle past 5334 days) Posts: 1567 Joined: |
Yep, there's already been threads about it, including Homosexuality and Genetics, which you can check out and resurrect if you have anything to add.
One hypothesis is that a genetic makeup that results in homosexual males also results in hyper-fertile heterosexual females, who in addition to having more progeny, may have homosexual male family members to help insure her progeny's success. A reference can be found in the thread Gay gene increases female fertility.
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Asgara Member (Idle past 1614 days) Posts: 1783 From: Wisconsin, USA Joined: |
As long as they believe that there is no homosexual behavior in animals they will spout it as proof that it isn't natural.
As soon as it is shown that there are homosexual behaviors in the rest of the animal kingdom all of a sudden you can't be comparing humans to animals. Take your pick Asgara "Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever....but get over it" select * from USERS where CLUE > 0 http://asgarasworld.bravepages.com
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Thor Member (Idle past 5222 days) Posts: 148 From: Sydney, Australia Joined: |
I agree with you 100%, so I don't think I'll take that bet!
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Thor Member (Idle past 5222 days) Posts: 148 From: Sydney, Australia Joined: |
An interesting hypothesis.
Thanks for those links, I'll have a look.
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 655 days) Posts: 9069 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
bigot: homosexuality is not natural.
wwjd: penguins do it. bigot: man is supposed to be better than animals. wwjd: make up your mind.
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coffee_addict Member Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-06-10/591.asp
quote: You can read the rest of the article at the link.
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