Scientist calls gay people 'pinnacle of evolution'

Yahoo Stool Pushers News ^ | Fri Aug 15, 2003 | By Some Gay Author

[Lazamataz]

At a time when religious and conservative right-wing groups are attempting to dismiss homosexuality as "unnatural," a leading zoologist has said gay people could be seen as the "pinnacle of evolution."

Speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Clive Bromhall said that humankind's evolution has resulted in our present state of "infantilism," in which we break the primate mold by being playful, creative and childlike right into adulthood.

"From men's obsession with swollen breasts to our constant search for a pseudoparental God, everything about the human species is infantile," Bromhall said in a lecture.

"Like baby chimps, we have soft, downy bodies, flat faces and large, rounded heads. Like them, we too want to be kissed, cuddled and stroked; we remain playful, compliant and comparatively mild-mannered for the whole of our lives," he added.

Bromhall claims that infantilism is rejected by straight people as they age -- and that by remaining in same-sex relationships, gay men and women are actually displaying superiority over their peers.

"We've known for years that homosexuality is linked to a playful, creative character," he said.

"Homosexuals excel as artists, thespians and other playful, mimetic professions. Being playful is at the heart of being human. It's something that should be celebrated. You could say that homosexuals are at the pinnacle of human evolution."

Bromhall was speaking to promote his new book "The Eternal Child" at the festival.

[Woahhs]

Genetically speaking, wouldn't they be the parasites of evolution?

[non-anonymous]

So let's see... when a male elephant gets his buddy's junk in his trunk, that's the essence of elephanthood, the proud product of eons of natural selection and perfection, millennia of procreation to achieve the final, glorious be-all and end-all of elephantdom throughout the ages?

And I thought the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42.

[epluribus_2]

so were the neanderthals and passenger pigeons...

[N3WBI3]

ummm what makes us better than the animals is not acting and art, its the science that produced canvas and ink...

[angkor]

And at best a two generation problem for the normal people.

Probably not a great analogy, but the Shaker religion lasted from ~1790 to ~1870 (with a couple survivors/pockets still remaining).

The Shaker mandate for complete, 100 percent celibacy (non-reproductiveness) put a severe crimp on the movement's longevity.

If a species or group violates the primary law of nature for too long and too "successfully", it will eventually vanish in direct accordance with nature.

So this "zoologist" is probably right that gays are at the pinnacle of their own existence.

[jetson]

Men wanting to be women and women wanting to be men. I don't think that can be classified as evolving....more like desolving.

[WestPacSailor]

And I thought the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42.

DON'T PANIC!

[VadeRetro]

I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)

Why does that trout have one eye?

[martin gibson]

"We've known for years that homosexuality is linked to a playful, creative character," he said. "Homosexuals excel as artists, thespians and other playful, mimetic professions.

[muir_redwoods]

Harvey Fierstein and Ellen DeGeneris are as good as it gets? Really? I had such grander expectations for the human race.

My wife and I would like to nominate Mel Gibson and Renee Russo as possible contenders.

[Diamond]

This one is so dumb, even young-earth creationists will laugh at it.

I'm laughing alright:^), because I didn't know that that there was such a thing as "pinnacle of evolution." It seems like a contradiction in terms.

Cordially,

[VadeRetro]

And I thought the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42.

42? Not 46? No wonder my life is all screwed up!!

[StriperSniper]

That all depends on what one defines as the goal of evolution, doesn't it?

Bingo! Now that it's perfect, it's all done, no need to go any further. Close the whole shabang down.

A rather fatalistic view this guy has.

[weegee]

At a time when religious and conservative right-wing groups are attempting to dismiss homosexuality as "unnatural," a leading zoologist has said gay people could be seen as the "pinnacle of evolution."

Proving that pseudoscientists can rise to "great" heights. True homosexuals do not breed. The evolutionary path ends there, no genetic traits are passed on.

Creative expression is cultural, not genetic. No one is born knowing how to play the piano. I doubt that this man would be foolish enough to say that Westerners are more "evolved" than Third Worlders (genetic superiority).

[LurkedLongEnough]

ping

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

I would say more like DEVOLUTION.

[Caipirabob]

Merrium/Webster defines a pinnacle as:

1 : an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress.

Sounds gay to me.

More words from the Wisdom of Zog...

"Zog say keep pinnacle away from my buttress or Zog rip out arm and beat you to death with it!"

[weegee]

If this looney tune thinks "queers are the pinnacle of human evolution" then the next logical step in "human evolution" would be no more humans. What a moron!

I doubt that any homosexual males have "evolved" to have a rectum that secretes lubrication. Homosexuals still must buy artificial sex lube. So much for "evolution". I doubt that lesbians tongues are any longer (or that other anatomy has "evolved" to facilitate same sex encounters).

[WestPacSailor]

We must all keep in mind that this was originally posted on gay.com. (ewww, I feel like I need a shower after just typing the name of that website!)

[weegee]

"Homosexuals excel as artists, thespians and other playful, mimetic professions."

And those black people just got natural rhythm. < /sarcasm >

What a heterosexual-phobe this zoologist is.