Resolve: The Issue of Homosexuality.

"It does not address all homosexuals" Lung cancer doesn't address all smokers but smoking is still a high health risk behavior. The same thing goes for incest, homosexuality, prostitution, ect. Using my opponents logic, nicotine addiction, prostitution, not wearing a seatbelt, and homosexuality should all be embraced and accepted because the problems with those behaviors doesn't affect every single person who participates in them. My argument is, homosexuality is a high health risk behavior. My opponent doesn't seem to know the definition of 'high health risk behavior' " It does not address any lesbians (female homosexuals)" Homosexuality among women is also a high health risk behavior 1. Lesbians have increased risk of bacterial vaginosis Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in lesbians and heterosexual women in a community setting. (Amy L Evans, Andrew J Scally, [...], and Janet D Wilson) 2. Lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer Breast cancer in lesbians and bisexual women: systematic review of incidence, prevalence and risk studies Catherine Meads and David Moore 3. 75% of lesbians are obese or overweight Google this "According to the study, “It is now well-established that women of minority sexual orientation are disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic, with nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians overweight or obese" Read more at http://mobile.wnd.com... 4. lesbians have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer A full term pregnancy reduces ovarian cancer lesbians are less likely to get pregnant Hormonal prevention of breast cancer: Mimicking the protective effect of pregnancy Raphael C. Guzman, Jason Yang, [...], and Satyabrata Nandi " It’s a slippery slope argument that leads to multiple questions" My opponent obviously doesn't know the definition of a slippery slope. I never claimed embracing or accepting homosexuality will lead to high health risk behaviors. My point is, embracing high health risk behaviors downplays good health by default "The first, and most important is why stop at homosexuality" This is a Tu quo que fallacy and fallacies don't win arguments "Since homosexuals are prone to dying of AIDS, why not discriminate morbidly obese people" This is a Faulty analogy. first of all, being overweight is not a behavior. Unlike homosexuals, most overweight people are not in denial about the health issues that comes with being overweight. Aso, there are all kinds of weight loss programs. overweight people are not calling people bigots for that "who are prone to have diabetes?" This is another faulty analogy. Diabetes is not a behavior and unlike homosexuals, diabetics arent in denial about the health problems that comes with being a diabetic "does not take into consideration that AIDS is now very much controllable" Again, this is a perfect example of having very low health standards. People who are HIV positive need drug treatments to keep them alive. that is terrible "His arguments deviate from the original structure of the debate" The original structure of the debate was set up to lure the voters away from homosexuality's main problem in which is the fact that homosexual behavior is a health hazard and a threat to public health. In conclusion, my opponent's argument is full of fallacies and deceit. Every single one of his claims were either misleading and or Fallacious. The bottom line is, embracing or accepting a behavior that is clearly a high health risk during the information age is pathetic, Immoral, and very unhealthy. also, it's sends children the wrong message in which is its perfectly fine to embrace high health risk behaviors.