Homosexuality is "immoral"?

[reality_hammer]

Why do we have to go through this every year or two?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon's top general expressed regret Tuesday that he called homosexuality immoral, a remark that drew a harsh condemnation from members of Congress and gay advocacy groups

Comments

[saturnfall]

Send him to rehab!

[izuko]

Crap. You beat me to it. *stab*

[reality_hammer]

Club Gitmo!

[izuko]

I look good in orange. Hell, it's one of my school colours.

[felinoid]

Blessid be on not regulating religion especially when the religion who wants it the most would also regulate wemen wear burkas for protection and not letting them drive or defend themselfs in any way.

[navygrlf14]

good old homophobia comes back into play.

[macchaos]

The military is centered around "sameness" to function. They all wear the same clothes, they all have the same haircuts, they all do the same salutes, they all march the same, etc. It's not surprising that homosexuality then is looked upon as a negative.

[reality_hammer]

I do not think immoral is equal to illegal. For some people it is immoral to eat certain foods or work during certain periods of the week.

A moral issue should be confined to realm of the religion(s) that see it as an issue.

Now there may be laws that say the same thing as religious issue, such as is the case with killing, theft, etc. However what determines whether an action is illegal should be society in general. There may be religious reasons people want something to be against the law, but the law should serve everyone in society.

So we need to differentiate between things that people follow for religious reasons and things that people do (or don't do) because of their affect on society.

It is possible for people to be moral without being religious, too. For example, thinking in terms of what is ethical and right versus wrong

great country

[centerman]

By popular vote, in other words? What is legal/moral today may be illegal/immoral tomorrow based on the shifting sands of public opinion?

Absolutely. How else could we decide these things in a rational way? How else could we have accountability? How else could we evolve?

Rules of society are what we agree they are. We don't take a national popular vote on every issue, but we elect and appoint people to decide such things. And if these people's decisions contradict enough of the populous, they are replaced by people whose thinking are more in line with the will of the people.

This system is one of the reasons that our country is so great. Although it gives us the option to make bad decisions, it also empowers us to correct those bad decisions.