Why gays are not normal

THE EDITOR: I would like to add my say to Ms Sara Camps if I may. I also have my own interpretation of God as Ms Camps and all others do, and like her I also think for myself.

But in this short piece, I would refrain from quoting God or His Scriptures, since that seems irrelevant to those who support gays as “Normal and Usual” in their lifestyle. Since deciding what is normal and usual for humans is problematic since we adhere to differing moral and religious laws, may I suggest that we look to the animal kingdom for what is normal and usual in inter-personal relationships. Using the animal species is particularly sensible since humans are essentially animals though imbued with a spirit, soul or conscience. Animals steal, assault each other, deceive each other, kill and maim, practice incest, eat and drink indiscriminately, are greedy, lustful, proud, and in short freely commit all the acts that humans deem criminal in society. Clearly all of these natural acts are in fact normal and usual in human behaviour despite their being generally unacceptable. Despite their being natural, we are required to exercise our wills to suppress these desires and control ourselves. What is certainly not normal or usual in animal behaviour, despite their living in communities like us, is homosexual practice. Males or females may roam in groups for efficient foraging, but they do not commit to same sex unions. It is not uncommon to see peculiar behaviour in heat when animals are sexually deprived, but this is not the practice in normal conditions.

One may see then that homosexual behaviour is unnatural and unusual. And this is a conclusion that has nothing to do with religious law but only with “natural” law in untrammelled circumstances. Now, murder, stealing, promiscuity, greed, violence and the other natural behavioural patterns that we may practice are condemned by official society in clear terms, notwithstanding their naturalness and certainly their usualness since the prisons are full of practitioners to make all of this usual for humans. Why then is it wrong for society to decide that homosexual behaviour is unnatural and unusual and therefore unacceptable? Why should society not demand that we exercise our wills to suppress these desires and control ourselves?
Those who follow scriptural laws find solace in the higher aspirations of human society.

MF RAHMAN
Lange Park