PaulTB said:
5 is a very badly worded option (which is why I didn't pick it).
"Homosexuality cannot be seen as immoral as it is inborn and not a matter of personal choice"
First of all it is assuming something which is far from known to be true. "Homosexuality is inborn."
Polls reflect opinions, not established thuth, otherwise, quite a few options are contradictory.
While it is certain that there is a significant genetic association it is not the case that if you're born with the same genes as someone who is gay / lesbian you will also certainly be gay / lesbian. If grow up to be not gay and your identical twin grows up to be gay - was that difference established in the womb? At 1, 5, 10, 15 years old?
Tests have shown that identical twins have a higher chance of being gay if their twin is gay (although not 100% because social pressure
can incite something not to "become" gay, although that is the way they naturally feel. That is called repressed instinct.) But by "inborn" I didn't mean genetical. These are 2 different things. "Genetical = in the DNA", while "inborn = present at birth". The theory is that the
mother's hormonal level plays an important role on the sexualization of the brain during pregnancy. This has nothing to do with genes. And unequal repartition of hormones between the 2 foetuses might explain differences (not just for gayness) between identical twins.
Secondly it's a false linkage. Do things necessarily become moral if you have an inborn desire to do them?
No, the other way round. It cannot be immoral if you haven't chosen it. The point is that if homosexuality is inborn, people can't really decide whether to become gay or not. They can only decide to repress their instincts.
Is a psychopath not immoral in his actions because they result from an inborn difference?
I have never heard of psycopathy being inborn, but if it can be proven, that would make them mentally handicaped, and therefore play in their favour if they commit some crimes.
In fact much that I view as moral consists of controling ones impulses and desires in the face of the needs, feelings and mores of others.
With this logic it seems that the only immoral gays are those who repress their homosexuality, as they divert their impulses and desires in an unnatural way.
So, should homosexuality not be viewed as immoral? YES.
See above.
Anyway, eventhough I think your logic is twisted, this is a poll, and therefore not all options should be logical or the way you see it, otherwise I would have deleted anything including the word "sin" or "immoral" as IMHO these are very subjective concepts based on personal feelings and that defy all rational logic.