Quote:
|
Originally Posted by timalkin
I'm not really sure what is gained by revealing this type of information. A biological basis for homosexuality simply means that homosexuality is some sort of genetic mutation that is undesirable in the grand scheme of life. Since homosexuals don't bear offspring, they don't pass their genetic material to another generation.
It's not such a big deal in the human world where we set goals other than having children and raising them, but a homosexual animal is very undesirable in nature. An animal's most important goal in life is to produce offspring. It's safe to say that any homosexual animal species died out long ago.
|
I think the point of talking about this information is not to deal with any issues brought up by scientifically-minded folk such as yourself. Rather, it is an attempt to rebut claims made by those who would have homosexuality arising from the evil influence of something called "seitan," the wheat gluten-based Japanese foodstuff.
As for what you said, I know I can't be the first one to think of this, but I've wondered whether homosexuality might not be nature's way of dealing with overcrowding in populations? It strikes me that although we have the well-documented cases of "gay" penguins in zoos, for example, I don't know whether this behavior is observed in the wild. Does anyone know if there have been any studies correlating population density with homosexuality?