What’s with this notion of homosexuality as hard-wired? No one knows the general “cause” of it, whether it is psychological or physical in origin. Jung thought it originated in a confusion of sexual roles and so was more prevalent in an urban setting.
“What’s with this notion of homosexuality as hard-wired?”
This claim is useful to the “gay community” and their supporters. They say gays are just like women, just like blacks; they are born that way. They claim they are discriminated against due to innate traits. They claim gays are a minority that has been discriminated against because of who they are, not what they do.
Burglars, pickpockets, purse snatchers, rapists, murderers, bigamists, and pedophiles are criticized and prosecuted for their actions. Historically, men who have sex with men have been criticized for their actions. Their actions have been described as sodomy. They have been called sodomites in the same way people who lift wallets are called pickpockets. It is descriptive, not an identity. Now if “science” claims there is a sodomy or the pickpocket gene, it paves the way for the claim that they can’t help themselves, they are a misunderstood and long suffering minority that faces discrimination from a conservative, religious society.
It’s all bunk of course. Sometimes people are tempted by a course of action that they know to be wrong. Sometimes they give into temptation.
The common claim that gays are just like women and blacks is bogus. There is nothing wrong with being a woman or being black. It there were something wrong, it is true that they have no choice in the matter. There is something wrong with sodomy. People who are tempted by sodomy can refuse the temptation. Sodomy is like stealing or murder. Sodomists are not like blacks or women.