A person who is attracted to the character and personality of another person and falls in love and wants to marry that person is the basis of marriage equality.
Now the person of one's admiration and love may be of a diff ... read full comment
A person who is attracted to the character and personality of another person and falls in love and wants to marry that person is the basis of marriage equality.
Now the person of one's admiration and love may be of a different race, religion or gender and in today's enlightened world that should not be a problem.
Segregation laws in apartheid countries made inter-racial marriages a crime. Some Islamic countries prohibit inter-faith marriages.
Is it a problem if the 2 lovers are of the same race, religion and gender? Many countries and churches in the world will allow lovers of the same gender to enter into a contract of marriage. The last great barrier to love has been removed in liberal democracies that value the division between church and state.
It is sad that some commentators try to equate loving another person with bestiality or loving an animal carnally. THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL. Some people love their pet dogs, cats and fish but to suggest that these people would want to have sex with their pets is outrageous and absurd. This opinion article is fatally flawed in both logic and factually.
KANAWU 8 years ago
A person who is attracted to the character and personality of another person and falls in love and wants to marry that person is the basis of marriage equality.
SO A MAN CAN MARRY HIS MOTHER IS THEY LOVE EACH OTHER? CAN T ... read full comment
A person who is attracted to the character and personality of another person and falls in love and wants to marry that person is the basis of marriage equality.
SO A MAN CAN MARRY HIS MOTHER IS THEY LOVE EACH OTHER? CAN TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN ALL MARRY THEMSELVES? WHY IS POLYGAMY NOT ALLOWED IN AMERICA, IF IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE.
YOUR ARGUMENT IS FLAWED BCOS LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH IN WESTERN SOCIETIES IN THE FIELD OF MARRIAGE. WHY DO THEY JAIL POLYGAMISTS? IF A MORMON IN UTAH WANTS TO MARRY THREE ADULT WOMEN WHY SHOULD THEY GO TO JAIL?
WHAT IS THREE WOMEN WANT TO MARRY THEMSELVES? WHY SHOULD LOVE BE LIMITED TO TWO PEOPLE? LOVE IS LOVE.
IT IS HYPOCRISY BY THE WEST. EVERY SOCIETY HAS TO DEFINE FOR ITSELF WHAT IS NORMAL AND WHAT IS NOT.
LOVE IS NOT THE ONLY INGREDIENT FOR MARRIAGE IN THE SO-CALLED FREE WESTERN WORLD.
Frank 8 years ago
SO A MAN CAN MARRY HIS MOTHER IS THEY LOVE EACH OTHER? CAN TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN ALL MARRY THEMSELVES? WHY IS POLYGAMY NOT ALLOWED IN AMERICA, IF IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE.
Well, yes - why?
SO A MAN CAN MARRY HIS MOTHER IS THEY LOVE EACH OTHER? CAN TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN ALL MARRY THEMSELVES? WHY IS POLYGAMY NOT ALLOWED IN AMERICA, IF IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE.
Well, yes - why?
KANAWU 8 years ago
FRANK, IF A LOVING MAN AND TWO LOVING WOMEN DECIDE TO MARRY IN AMERICA OR THE WEST, THEY ARE TAKEN TO JAIL. POLYGAMISTS HAVE TO HIDE AND PRACTICE THEIR LOVE SECRETLY ie NOT UNDER THE LAW. SO LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO MARR ... read full comment
FRANK, IF A LOVING MAN AND TWO LOVING WOMEN DECIDE TO MARRY IN AMERICA OR THE WEST, THEY ARE TAKEN TO JAIL. POLYGAMISTS HAVE TO HIDE AND PRACTICE THEIR LOVE SECRETLY ie NOT UNDER THE LAW. SO LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO MARRY IN AMERICA OR THE WEST.
THREE WOMEN CANNOT ALL MARRY IN THE WEST. THIS LOVE ARGUMENT IS BOGUS. FACT THAT GAY PEOPLE LOVE EACH OTHER SO THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY IN HYPOCRISY ON THE PART OF THE WEST.
WESTERN SOCIETY DECIDES WHAT THEY THINK IS WHOLESOME FOR THEIR SOCIETY. THEY ALSO DECIDE WHAT IS NOT WHOLESOME, LIKE POLYGAMY. WHY DO THEY WANT TO SHOVE THEIRS DOWN THE THROATS OF AFRICANS? THEY SHOULD STOP THE HYPOCRISY.
Frank 8 years ago
WESTERN SOCIETY DECIDES WHAT THEY THINK IS WHOLESOME FOR THEIR SOCIETY. THEY ALSO DECIDE WHAT IS NOT WHOLESOME, LIKE POLYGAMY.
I know. I ask: Is ist really? By which criteria do the western societies decide? Shouldn't they ... read full comment
WESTERN SOCIETY DECIDES WHAT THEY THINK IS WHOLESOME FOR THEIR SOCIETY. THEY ALSO DECIDE WHAT IS NOT WHOLESOME, LIKE POLYGAMY.
I know. I ask: Is ist really? By which criteria do the western societies decide? Shouldn't they rethink their standards? I think love is the only reasonable criteria.
Mike 8 years ago
"Do no harm" is the only criteria that should be applied in deciding such questions. Additionally, place no undue burden on society also applies unless everyone has equal opportunity to place such burdens. Marriage is a relig ... read full comment
"Do no harm" is the only criteria that should be applied in deciding such questions. Additionally, place no undue burden on society also applies unless everyone has equal opportunity to place such burdens. Marriage is a religious term and should only be discussed in such context.
Brett Wilkins, editor morallowground. 8 years ago
Polygamy should be legalized too in the United States. ANY number of consenting adults of any gender who love each other should enjoy the same equality before the law as you or I. Why is this so hard for people in less develo ... read full comment
Polygamy should be legalized too in the United States. ANY number of consenting adults of any gender who love each other should enjoy the same equality before the law as you or I. Why is this so hard for people in less developed nations, particularly in rabidly homophobic African and Middle Eastern societies, to understand? It is no accident that LGBT marriage equality has been achieved in mostly most-developed nations. Tolerance is a prerequisite for attaining the highest levels of social development. Keep thinking like you do and you'll stay mired in social and economic poverty.
Read 8 years ago
Bestiality brothels are spreading through Germany faster than ever thanks to a law that makes animal porn illegal but sex with animals legal, a livestock protection officer has warned.
Madeleine Martin told the Frankfurter R ... read full comment
Bestiality brothels are spreading through Germany faster than ever thanks to a law that makes animal porn illegal but sex with animals legal, a livestock protection officer has warned.
Madeleine Martin told the Frankfurter Rundschau that current laws were not protecting animals from predatory zoophiles who are increasingly able to turn to bestiality as a 'lifestyle choice'.
She highlighted one case where a farmer in the Gross-Gerau region of southwest Germany, noticed his once friendly flock of sheep were beginning to shy away from human contact.
sheep
Shock discovery: Ms Martin told of one case where a farmer rigged a CCTV camera in the rafters of his barn after finding his normally friendly sheep refusing human contact, to discover multiple men sneaking in in the dead of night to sexually abuse his beloved livestock
So he rigged a CCTV camera in the rafters of his barn to discover multiple men sneaking in during the night to sexually abuse his beloved livestock.
'There are now animal brothels in Germany,' Martin told the paper, adding that people were playing down the issue by describing it as a 'lifestyle choice'.
Armed with a host of similar case studies, Ms Martin is now calling for the government to categorically ban bestiality across the country.
Defenceless: There are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats
Last November German authorities said they were planning to reinstate an old law forbidding sex with animals after a sharp rise in incidents of bestiality along with websites promoting it.
Parliament began debating changes to the national Animal Protection Code with the agricultural committee of the Bundestag pledging fines of up to £20,000 for a first offence.
Bestiality dropped off the statute books as a crime in 1969 but in recent years the number of people believed to be participating in such acts has increased significantly.
There are even 'erotic zoos' which people can visit to abuse animals ranging from llamas to goats.
Hans-Michael Goldmann, chairman of the agriculture committee, said the government aimed to forbid using an animal 'for individual sexual acts and to outlaw people 'pimping' creatures to others for sexual use.'
German 'zoophile' group ZETA has announced it will mount a legal challenge should a ban on bestiality become law.
'Mere concepts of morality have no business being law,' said ZETA chairman Michael Kiok.
When the 1969 law banning sex with animals was banned the Animal Protection Law was introduced, but it failed to include a specific ban on zoophilia.
The terms bestiality and zoophilia are the formal names for having sex with animals for pleasure.
Frank 8 years ago
You are two years too late, recycling old texts is easy.
Sex with animals for the sexual gratification of the human is now a misdemeanour in Germany.
Sexual actions like semen collection or artificial insemination are ... read full comment
You are two years too late, recycling old texts is easy.
Sex with animals for the sexual gratification of the human is now a misdemeanour in Germany.
Sexual actions like semen collection or artificial insemination are legal, if the acting human has no sexual gratification by it. The animal has not to be asked for consent.
Sexual actions for the sexual gratification of the animal are not defined.
Sexual actions that cause the animal pain have always benn forbidden and still are.
Sexual actions initiated by the animal are forbidden, if the human has sexual gratification by it.
No, there is no logic in that, and the center of the view is the human, not the animal, which I consider to be bad.
'Mere concepts of morality have no business being law,' said ZETA chairman Michael Kiok.
This remains right.
Read 8 years ago
I was responding to "member of the jury". Kindly read the last paragraph of his comment.I read this article in July 2013.It debunks his last paragraph.Personally,I think ZETA members are bonkers. Fullstop!
I was responding to "member of the jury". Kindly read the last paragraph of his comment.I read this article in July 2013.It debunks his last paragraph.Personally,I think ZETA members are bonkers. Fullstop!
Me 8 years ago
"member of the jury" claims that there are no humans with sexual attraction to animals and its a big lie. There so may people having sex and addicted to their pets in the USA especislly Dogs. When it comes to sex people can b ... read full comment
"member of the jury" claims that there are no humans with sexual attraction to animals and its a big lie. There so may people having sex and addicted to their pets in the USA especislly Dogs. When it comes to sex people can be attracted and addicted to anything as long as there are no barriers.
KANAWU 8 years ago
WHEN A MAN IS SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO A BABY IT IS A SEXUAL DISORDER. IF A MAN IS SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO AN ANIMAL IT IS NOT SEXUAL ORIENTATION, IT IS A DISORDER. WHEN A MAN IS ATTRACTED TO ANOTHER MAN SEXUALLY, IT IS A DISORDER ... read full comment
WHEN A MAN IS SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO A BABY IT IS A SEXUAL DISORDER. IF A MAN IS SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO AN ANIMAL IT IS NOT SEXUAL ORIENTATION, IT IS A DISORDER. WHEN A MAN IS ATTRACTED TO ANOTHER MAN SEXUALLY, IT IS A DISORDER AND NOT SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
HOMOSEXUALITY IS A PSYCHO-SEXUAL DISORDER. IT IS A SICKNESS. LET ME ADD THAT IT IS CRIME PHYSICALLY ATTACK GAYS, AND IT IS WRONG TO GLAMORIZE AND NORMALIZE IT.
IT IS NOT SEXUAL ORIENTATION, IT IS A DISORDER.
Frank 8 years ago
Any proof for this?
What is a sexual orientation then?
What makes a different sexuality a disorder?
When does a disorder become dangerous so that something has to be done?
Any proof for this?
What is a sexual orientation then?
What makes a different sexuality a disorder?
When does a disorder become dangerous so that something has to be done?
Mike 8 years ago
Call it what you want. The only reason for sex between a man and a women is to carry on the species (have babies).
Call it what you want. The only reason for sex between a man and a women is to carry on the species (have babies).
JD 8 years ago
You haven't offered any convincing arguments as to why you believe that homosexuality is unnatural. Those obsessed with homosexuality have tended to argue on the basis of religious beliefs and cultural - specific norms. We're ... read full comment
You haven't offered any convincing arguments as to why you believe that homosexuality is unnatural. Those obsessed with homosexuality have tended to argue on the basis of religious beliefs and cultural - specific norms. We're yet to hear some scientific arguments against homosexuality. Why should religious fanatics dictate what people do in their bedrooms? Indeed, what is the sense in using religion to demonise fellow humans who are born gay? And don't get we started with our supposedly cultural norms, which are often cited as one of the justifications against homosexuality. As it stands, homosexual bashers haven't offered logical arguments other than appealing to archaic religious beliefs.
John 8 years ago
What sort of argument is this? Perhaps as a "Dr", you could do a little research of the application of logic.
Extending one argument based on one premise to another is so illogical.
Yes,making sex between two humans legal d ... read full comment
What sort of argument is this? Perhaps as a "Dr", you could do a little research of the application of logic.
Extending one argument based on one premise to another is so illogical.
Yes,making sex between two humans legal does not imply suddenly sex between humans and animals will also be legal. Just as killing some animals for food in legal but not killing of a human ( another animal form)
Jato Kaleo 8 years ago
"How can there be continuity and survival on this planet if all humans were to agree with their arguments and chose to be homosexuals?"
An often used argument by homophobes which only displays gross ignorance.
1. Evolut ... read full comment
"How can there be continuity and survival on this planet if all humans were to agree with their arguments and chose to be homosexuals?"
An often used argument by homophobes which only displays gross ignorance.
1. Evolutionary laws will ensure that there is continuity of human life on earth irrespective of what heterosexuals or homosexuals do. The corollary is that, if human life will go extinct on our planet, there is NOTHING heterosexuals or homosexuals can do to prevent that.
2. If the whole world decides that homosexuality should be the norm and laws are made to ban heterosexuality, there will by all means be people who will force themselves to practice their heterosexuality. That is a law of nature.
3. There is no natural law which says that procreation can occur only by a union of heterosexual pairs. Heterosexual sex is not the only way of ensuring continuity of human life. That is why many homosexual pairs are living happy lifes with their own children.
In the end, the laws of nature will trump religious laws...
Dr Garbas 8 years ago
"There is no natural law which says that procreation can occur only by a union of heterosexual pairs. Heterosexual sex is not the only way of ensuring continuity of human life. That is why many homosexual pairs are living hap ... read full comment
"There is no natural law which says that procreation can occur only by a union of heterosexual pairs. Heterosexual sex is not the only way of ensuring continuity of human life. That is why many homosexual pairs are living happy lifes with their own children"
Living with whose childern? Lie!
Those kids will only be connected to one of the parents genetically and biologically, the other so called legal parent have no biological connnection to the poor child. You damn liar!
kast 8 years ago
If one asserts that homosexuals choose their sexuality then it stands to reason that heterosexuals also choose to be heterosexuals.....??????
If one asserts that homosexuals choose their sexuality then it stands to reason that heterosexuals also choose to be heterosexuals.....??????
Frank 8 years ago
Isn't it much more important to have a social connection?
There might be lots of children whose father is not the biological father and he does not know this. Or if the woman has got a new man.
Isn't it much more important to have a social connection?
There might be lots of children whose father is not the biological father and he does not know this. Or if the woman has got a new man.
A person who is attracted to the character and personality of another person and falls in love and wants to marry that person is the basis of marriage equality.
Now the person of one's admiration and love may be of a diff ...
read full comment
A person who is attracted to the character and personality of another person and falls in love and wants to marry that person is the basis of marriage equality.
SO A MAN CAN MARRY HIS MOTHER IS THEY LOVE EACH OTHER? CAN T ...
read full comment
SO A MAN CAN MARRY HIS MOTHER IS THEY LOVE EACH OTHER? CAN TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN ALL MARRY THEMSELVES? WHY IS POLYGAMY NOT ALLOWED IN AMERICA, IF IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE.
Well, yes - why?
FRANK, IF A LOVING MAN AND TWO LOVING WOMEN DECIDE TO MARRY IN AMERICA OR THE WEST, THEY ARE TAKEN TO JAIL. POLYGAMISTS HAVE TO HIDE AND PRACTICE THEIR LOVE SECRETLY ie NOT UNDER THE LAW. SO LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO MARR ...
read full comment
WESTERN SOCIETY DECIDES WHAT THEY THINK IS WHOLESOME FOR THEIR SOCIETY. THEY ALSO DECIDE WHAT IS NOT WHOLESOME, LIKE POLYGAMY.
I know. I ask: Is ist really? By which criteria do the western societies decide? Shouldn't they ...
read full comment
"Do no harm" is the only criteria that should be applied in deciding such questions. Additionally, place no undue burden on society also applies unless everyone has equal opportunity to place such burdens. Marriage is a relig ...
read full comment
Polygamy should be legalized too in the United States. ANY number of consenting adults of any gender who love each other should enjoy the same equality before the law as you or I. Why is this so hard for people in less develo ...
read full comment
Bestiality brothels are spreading through Germany faster than ever thanks to a law that makes animal porn illegal but sex with animals legal, a livestock protection officer has warned.
Madeleine Martin told the Frankfurter R ...
read full comment
You are two years too late, recycling old texts is easy.
Sex with animals for the sexual gratification of the human is now a misdemeanour in Germany.
Sexual actions like semen collection or artificial insemination are ...
read full comment
I was responding to "member of the jury". Kindly read the last paragraph of his comment.I read this article in July 2013.It debunks his last paragraph.Personally,I think ZETA members are bonkers. Fullstop!
"member of the jury" claims that there are no humans with sexual attraction to animals and its a big lie. There so may people having sex and addicted to their pets in the USA especislly Dogs. When it comes to sex people can b ...
read full comment
WHEN A MAN IS SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO A BABY IT IS A SEXUAL DISORDER. IF A MAN IS SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO AN ANIMAL IT IS NOT SEXUAL ORIENTATION, IT IS A DISORDER. WHEN A MAN IS ATTRACTED TO ANOTHER MAN SEXUALLY, IT IS A DISORDER ...
read full comment
Any proof for this?
What is a sexual orientation then?
What makes a different sexuality a disorder?
When does a disorder become dangerous so that something has to be done?
Call it what you want. The only reason for sex between a man and a women is to carry on the species (have babies).
You haven't offered any convincing arguments as to why you believe that homosexuality is unnatural. Those obsessed with homosexuality have tended to argue on the basis of religious beliefs and cultural - specific norms. We're ...
read full comment
What sort of argument is this? Perhaps as a "Dr", you could do a little research of the application of logic.
Extending one argument based on one premise to another is so illogical.
Yes,making sex between two humans legal d ...
read full comment
"How can there be continuity and survival on this planet if all humans were to agree with their arguments and chose to be homosexuals?"
An often used argument by homophobes which only displays gross ignorance.
1. Evolut ...
read full comment
"There is no natural law which says that procreation can occur only by a union of heterosexual pairs. Heterosexual sex is not the only way of ensuring continuity of human life. That is why many homosexual pairs are living hap ...
read full comment
If one asserts that homosexuals choose their sexuality then it stands to reason that heterosexuals also choose to be heterosexuals.....??????
Isn't it much more important to have a social connection?
There might be lots of children whose father is not the biological father and he does not know this. Or if the woman has got a new man.
so what? they are still rearing children. idiot.