A Political Sidebar

My brother contributes to a political blog based in Cincinnati. One of the local newspaper publications published a rather curious editorial by Professor Norbert at the Center for Environmental Genetics and Department of Pediatrics & Molecular Developmental Biology at the University of Cincinnati. He had asked me to contribute a response, which is linked by clicking on the title above.

As is always the case, I feel like I have more to say on the subject, bloated windbag that I am.

The fundamental thrust of Professor Norbert's argument is that the natural world demonstrates that homosexuality is an aberration:

Genetically and evolutionarily speaking, homosexuality is not normal - no matter how Hollywood and other secular progressives wish to spin it. "Normality" (in genetic or evolutionary terms) is defined as reproductive success that leads to future healthy generations of the species.

Apparently this professor has never heard of Bonobo chimps. I doubt their homosexuality arose from watching "Designing Women" and a morally ambiguous attitude. Bonobo chimps are sadly in danger of dying out, but not due to their sexual practices. Apparently their meat is highly prized.

Liberals reading this statement may cry "Victory! Homosexuality is validated by the natural world!" Not so fast - if we use the natural world to find moral approval, we've just validated rape, murder, theft, deception, incest, and adultery.

Our dear professor wrote an embarrassing pile of rubbish. The natural world does not give a tinker's cuss for our morality. People may glibly pick and choose what parts of nature to select for moral reinforcement, but they are playing a loser's game.

As a postscript, Professor Norbert's confusion of "normal" with "natural" and "morally good" was dealt with in my original response.