{"id":1479,"date":"2009-11-02T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T23:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2009-11-02T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T23:22:08","slug":"why-the-comparison-between-homosexuality-and-bestiality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2009\/rights-and-freedoms\/why-the-comparison-between-homosexuality-and-bestiality.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the comparison between homosexuality and bestiality?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A very common argument raised by those protesting against the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2009\/rights-and-freedoms\/homosexuality-finally-legal-in-india-the-law-comes-of-age.html\">decriminalization of homosexuality<\/a> runs something like this: &#8220;If you allow men to have sex with men on the principle that\u00a0 what you do in the privacy of your home is no one&#8217;s business, what next? Sex with animals?&#8221; It surprises me that such logic isn&#8217;t automatically refuted by those who think for even five minutes. But to those who persist in this inane vein, here&#8217;s why it&#8217;s a foolish comparison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bestiality is different type of crime &#8211; namely cruelty to animals. Doing what you want in the privacy of your home doesn&#8217;t extend to the freedom of indulging in private abuse. So this particular crime has nothing to do with homosexuality which takes place in private between consenting adults.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Image Credit: <a title=\"Link to nickjohnson's photostream\" rel=\"dc:creator cc:attributionURL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/npj\/\"><strong>nickjohnson<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1496\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><em><strong><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1496 \" title=\"Homosexuality is natural!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Homosexuality-in-India.jpg\" alt=\"Homosexuality is natural!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Homosexuality-in-India.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Homosexuality-in-India-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homosexuality is natural!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The whole &#8220;against the order of nature&#8221; is a specious argument. Those who indulge in it, should stop brushing their teeth for starters. And here&#8217;s the kicker &#8211; homosexuality <em>is<\/em> natural. Animals <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals\">happily engage in gay sex<\/a> without our prejudices against such unions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And that gurgling sound you hear is this particular argument of the anti-gay crowd getting flushed down the toilet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And here&#8217;s the last point &#8211; if a particular animal (say a cow) has a large enough vagina to not be affected whatsoever by a gentleman&#8217;s activities directed towards it, I see no reason for it to be illegal. I mean sure it&#8217;s not something <em>I<\/em> would do, but hey it takes all sorts! What&#8217;s the harm? The cow doesn&#8217;t care. Victimless crime. And I don&#8217;t think that victimless crimes should be crimes at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How do <em>you<\/em> feel about Article 377? Take the poll:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[poll id=&#8221;3&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explains why homosexuality in not comparable to bestiality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rights-and-freedoms","tag-article-377"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why the comparison between homosexuality and bestiality?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explains why homosexuality in not comparable to bestiality\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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