Arguing What's Natutral

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For either side of the argument I think they will be arguing based on what’s important to them whether its religion, equal rights or any other thing that could possibly influence someone to support a side. But, no matter what side someone takes there are definitely arguments that back up their cases. What Kluger wrote can be used for support by those who believe that homosexuality in humans is justifiable because animals show homosexual behaviors. On the other hand, there are texts supporting, the other side, an example of this kind of text is the Bible. It’s going to be really hard for either side to win this argument as one is arguing from the perspective of science and the other is arguing with more a philosophical approach.

In the argument for homosexuality being justified by the fact that animals regularly participate in the behavior, most arguments tend to draw from science. The first being humans are related to animals in ways such as evolution. Even without the idea of humans evolving from animals specifically primates, there is still an obvious relationship between primates and humans. Similarities include body type and thumbs. Kruger says that “among bonobos, a chimplike ape, homosexual pairings account as much as 50% of all sexual activity”(Kluger 338) I don’t think they would use this argument to suggest that if it wasn’t taboo for humans to be homosexual, then 50% of the population would participate in homosexual activity. But, I do think they would use the argument that if at least one species exists  that is closely related to humans that has half its population engaging in homosexual behavior, then it has to have some ordinariness to it.

The other side would bring up rebuttal points such as it can’t be natural as homosexuality doesn’t really fit that well together. If everyone identified as homosexual our species would die out, unless people had sex with those they had no feelings for.  This is basically saying the the only natural way a baby can be made is threw both a man and women. Isn’t part of making love also making a new life? Another claim they would make is one regarding the animals and them participating in homosexual activity, they would say God put humans on a different a level than animals and what they do isn’t necessarily the same as what humans should, the bible backs this up by saying “God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”(Genesis 1:28) An argument that can be made from this text is humans are the rulers and the rulers shouldn’t follow and base decisions on what is below them.