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This paper addresses the concept of homosexuality in respect to the religions of Taoism and Buddhism. These two Eastern religions have significantly different perceptions regarding homosexuality than the traditional assumptions in Western religions. Buddhism openly embraces homosexuality as part of its tradition, and Taoism does not openly object to homosexuality.

Tags:GENDER AND SEXUALITY / HOMOSEXUALITY, homosexuality two faiths

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The paper posits that the issue of homosexuality has long been a difficult one for various societies; many societies have complete proscriptions on homosexuality, including laws that seriously penalize homosexuality behavior, up to and including the death penalty in some societies. However, the paper relates that modern societies are becoming increasingly tolerant of homosexuality, for example, in 2005 Canada. The paper discusses how some people view this as an enormous step forward for civil liberties and equality in Canada, while others see it as a sign of decaying moral values. In this essay, the arguments for and against homosexuality are considered. It is argued that ultimately, homosexuality is an ethical choice.

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"The issue of homosexuality has long been a difficult one for various societies. Many societies have complete proscriptions on homosexuality, including laws that seriously penalize homosexuality behavior, up to and including the death penalty in some societies. However, modern societies are becoming increasingly tolerant of homosexuality. Some people view this as an enormous step forward for civil liberties and equality in Canada, while others see it as a sign of decaying moral values. In this essay, the arguments for and against homosexuality will be considered. It will be argued that ultimately homosexuality is an ethical choice."

Tags:homosexuality, ethics, morality

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This essay will explore the subject of homosexuality by examining Michael Levine's article, "Why Homosexuality is Abnormal," and Timothy F. Murphy's "Homosexuality and Nature," which counters Levine's assessments. This context sets up a polemic about homosexuality from the viewpoint of happiness and legislation, which will be assessed in relation to John Rawls theory of social justice in order to determine the weakness of Levine's argument against homosexuality.

Tags:homosexuality, social justice

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The paper discusses how the society in the story "The Bridegroom" is based on a need for political purity, which also means accepting the social norms as gospel. The paper looks at how the story also shows how much this approach is based on certain illusions about homosexuality. The paper explains that these illusions are intentional on the part of the authorities, who want the people to believe that homosexuality is a disease and a moral taint that can be cured by the medical establishment acting under the direction of the legal structure. The paper discusses how the prevailing view is that homosexuality is a disorder that requires punishment and treatment, and this idea is so prevalent that it is held by homosexuals themselves.

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"The society in the story "The Bridegroom" is based on a need for political purity, which also means accepting the social norms as gospel. The story also shows how much this approach is based on certain illusions about homosexuality. These illusions are intentional on the part of the authorities, who want the people to believe that homosexuality is a disease and a moral taint that can be cured by the medical establishment acting under the direction of the legal structure. The prevailing view is that homosexuality is a disorder that requires punishment and treatment, and this idea is so prevalent that it is held by homosexuals themselves. However, this illusion is known to be an illusion by some, notably Dr...."

Tags:bridegroom, story, homosexuality

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This article serves as a discussion of homosexuality. The paper looks at homosexuality through the eyes of the Episcopal religious leader John Spong. The writer discusses Spong's book 'Living in Sin: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality'. The writer examines Spong's acceptance of homosexuality. In addition, the writer looks at Spong's beliefs about interpreting the bible.

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"John Shelby Spong's book 'Living in Sin A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality' deals with homosexuality from a unique perspective which has not as yet been discussed in this treatise on homosexuality. Spong's book is at the heart of the debate within the Episcopal Church about the issue of homosexuality. Paula Chin of 'People Weekly' writes that Spong has long been a renegade by favoring abortion, the ordination of women and the blessing of homosexual relationships. Spong set off a furor when he was the first to ordain an ... "

Tags:homosexuality, gay, lesbian, Christianity, tolerance, intolerance, acceptance, god's will, full participation, nature vs nurture.

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This paper addresses studies in recent years that have indicated a genetic or biological basis for homosexuality. According to the paper, earlier studies looked at the role of the X chromosome in determining sexual orientation. A recent study showed the mothers having 2 or more homosexual sons had extreme skewing of X chromosome inactivation. Several others studies point to the influence of genes on autosomal chromosomes. Transgenderism in some cases is considered a type of homosexuality.

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"Is homosexuality a psychological disorder or a natural biological expression with a genetic origin occurring in a small percentage of the population? The theories and debates have been ongoing for decades and still there is no consensus (Johnson, 2003). Additionally, debates surrounding the desire to changes genders (transgenderism) are also at odds (Bailey and Triea, 2007). HOMOSEXUALITY Scientific studies, especially in the past decade or two with more advanced tools and techniques such as mapping DNA, have revealed genetic..."

Tags:homosexuality, genetics, transgenderism

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This paper explores the issue of homosexuality in a wider social context, with particular focus on it being deviant behavior. The author considers this behavior in different contexts, including how homosexual families are deviant. The paper also discusses the issue of homosexual marriage.

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" Socially homosexuality is considered deviant, by many, as it does not meet the social needs of the development of a traditional family, capable of creating offspring. Though the definition of family is changing even as this work is being written, the homosexual, same gender couple cannot and will likely never be able to create offspring, without the intervention of an outside party. Many would also say that the social implications of a homosexual couple of either gender raising a child is deviant as said child would then not be exposed to the norm of the family with regard to a man a woman and a child, or all the implications of it. (Zingo & Early, 1994, p. 1)"

Tags:homosexuality, society, deviant, behavior, prosocial, heterosexuality, homosexual, marriage

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This paper provides a search and analysis on the psychology of homosexuality. In looking at the subject in a historical light, the writer hopes to understand and provide some input to the question of genetics versus mental predisposition. Providing this information, the writer hopes it will help bring further insight into the subject to understand the social and political implications. The writer argues that the place of psychology in studying the subject of homosexuality is not in the therapy to change one's sexual orientation but to understand the complex elements of sexual orientation.

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"Homosexuality and psychology have a long history together, both condemning and aiding one another. Traditionally, psychology was employed in order to help classify homosexuality in a person, just like any other disease would be diagnosed and to treat that behavior that many were beginning to call "unnatural" (Herek, 2009, para. 1). Indeed, the public was just beginning to call homosexuality and other non-traditional, or at least not mentioned, sexual acts "unnatural," believing them to be some sort of "wickedness" (Herek, 2009, paras. 1-2). Before the end of the 12th century, homosexuality was actually accepted, "tolerated or ignored" (Herek, 2009, paras. 1-2). The existence of homosexuality as a normal act was often alluded to in ancient Greek texts and other ancient cultures. It was mainly due to religious influence that homosexuality and other non-traditional sexual relationships were condemned at the end of the 12th century, a condemnation that not only made its way through Europe (Herek, 2009, paras. 1-2), but that is also well known across the world today. Soon, homosexuality was not just condemned, but it was made illegal. Even in the first American colonies, harsh penalties were put in place for those who engaged in homosexual acts, in addition to those who had sex outside of marriage and even husbands and wives who had sex more non-traditional positions (Herek, 2009, para. 2)."

Tags:psychology, homosexuality, genetics

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This paper is a discussion of homosexuality and societies that accepted or rejected it. It is largely a historical essay that looks at various references and influences for intolerance. It concludes with the changes that have occurred in modern society and the evolution of civil rights for homosexuals.

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"Pickett (2006) suggests that intolerance of homosexuality should be viewed within a more global anti-sex attitude that prevailed during early Christianity. In other words, early Church fathers were not condemning homosexuality per se, but rather, all forms of non-procreative sex. Regardless of the moral reasoning of early Christian theorists, homosexuality has been pushed underground and turned into pathology. Until relatively recently, homosexuality was classified as a mental illness. Most cultures have social taboos against homosexuality, which in some cases becomes translated into institutional discrimination or violence. The most commonly cited reason against gay marriage in the United States is religion. However, the social sciences and the medical sciences have both attempted at some point to pathologize homosexuality. Pathologizing homosexuality is akin to pathologizing masturbation or any other natural form of human sexual expression."

Tags:homosexuality, sexuality, greeks, natural law

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This paper considers the fact that many Christian groups have a problem with homosexuality and with giving homosexuals any rights tied to their sexual orientation in any way. The paper considers why this is so, the source of this antagonism, and the idea of Cosgrove concerning how a rule needs to have justification to analyze why the rule might not be applicable today.

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"Given recent conflict on the issue of homosexuality in the United States, it appears that many Christian groups have a problem with homosexuality and with giving homosexuals any rights tied to their sexual orientation in any way. This has emerged most recently with the issue of gay marriage, but even without the question of marriage, many Christian groups decry homosexuality as a sin and condemn the practice, with some claiming that it is chosen or learned behavior and not an innate trait, which is contrary to current scientific opinion. Some of the reasons why this is so lead to a consideration of how to consider the influence of scripture on such judgments."

Tags:christian, homosexuality, justification