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You are mistaken in your assertion that “there are no sound natural arguments against sodomy” beyond its sinfulness. In a previous post on this thread (Post 13), a factually based, logically sound argument against homosexual behavior was established using only observed, or naturally resultant, impacts of homosexual behavior (to use your term, “sodomy”). I suggest you review it. Additionally, you may wish to consult some references on the topic of “Natural Law.”

However, beyond the argument in Post 13, the very use of your term “natural” provides the greatest counter to your assertion. Consider that in every species of higher order animal on the earth, the “natural” use of genitalia, beyond liquid, body waste elimination, is procreation and not homosexual behavior. This statement is true even for those “heathen,” most of whom, it was noted in earlier posts (e.g., Post 131), have a problem with “sodomy,” in any case.

You are even more mistaken in your other assertion that “it's [having a problem with, or dislik-ing, homosexual behavior] no different than disliking blacks...” Being “black” is the result of an immutable, and inborn characteristic, over which the individual has no control, i.e., no one can, by a simple act of will, choose not to be “black.” “Sodomy” (to use your term) is a behavior that is completely subject to an individual’s will (assuming the absence of mental illness), i.e., no free, mentally healthy individual is forced to participate in the activity. Just as no free, mentally healthy adult is forced to perpetrate bigamy or prostitution, no free, mentally healthy adult is forced perpetrate “sodomy.”

Unless you are equating “sodomy” to a religion, then your assertion that “disliking it is no differ-ent than disliking Jews” is equally flawed. There is no major religion (or minor one, to my knowledge) that has the practice of “sodomy” as a part of its tenants. In fact, as was noted in earlier posts on this thread, every major religion either “discourages” the practice of “sodomy” or prohibits it, outright.

The only portion of your assertion that may have any validity is that disliking “sodomites” is the equivalent of disliking “fat people.” In that both situations involve a voluntary behavior, there are some grounds for your comparison. However, consider that by merely by voluntarily over-eating, “fat people” do not spread HIV/AIDS or cause any of the societal degradations noted in Post 131 and others.

Your argument that “sodomy” is a “major league sin before God” stands. However, your impli-cation that it is the only valid argument against “sodomy” fails. Please reconsider your position and include the fact that there are a number of valid reasons to object to homosexual behavior in addition to religious ones.