On Choice and Sexual Preference

Posted on July 30, 2003 in Sexuality

Some of my friends who are gay and lesbian feel the need to defend the idea that as long as something a person does does no harm to anyone else, it is okay to do. I understand why they are moved to argue like this, but like many defenses, it contains a pitfall. Those who argue against the same sex lifestyle claim that it harms the people who live it. And so they gather followers who are moved to intervene as they might for an alcoholic, a psychotic, a suicide, or a drug addict.

There is no harm in being gay or lesbian is the point they should be making. Not for others, not for the people who are. Therefore, there’s no reason for intervention, no need to consider whether these people need to be “saved from themselves”.