Homosexuality provides a benefit to modern society.

Opening Argument Lets begin by looking at some of the repercussions of the homosexual lifestyle on the physiological wellbeing of society. As attested and validated by decades of medical research, all sorts of sexually transmitted diseases and other forms of malignant cancers and psychiatric disorders increase dramatically in societies where homosexuality is allowed to thrive. The AIDS pandemic is a classic example of a disease that originated with homosexuals and continues to thrive among men who have sex with other men. Its prevalence remains disproportionately much higher in homosexuals compared to heterosexuals. In the United States for example, medical data has identified homosexual activity among males as by far, the largest single source of HIV infection in the general population. In a dramatic admission in early 2009, homosexual activist Matt Foreman, executive director of the United States National Gay and Lesbian Task Force shocked fellow homosexuals by declaring, "HIV is a gay disease." While addressing the National Conference on Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender Equality in Detroit, Michigan, Foremen stunned the assembly by stating: "With 70 percent of the people in this country living with HIV being gay or bi-sexual, we cannot deny that HIV is a gay disease. We have to own that and face up to that." In study after study, family breakdown is linked to an increase in violent crime, youth crime, teen pregnancy, welfare dependency and child poverty. Marriage has already been weakened in our society by promiscuous heterosexual activity. The out-of-wedlock childbirth rate is at a historically high level, while the divorce rate remains unacceptably high. "Legalization of gay marriage will further undermine an institution that is essential to the well-being of children and our society. Do we need to confuse future generations of Americans even more about the role and importance of an institution that is so critical to the stability of our country?" (Taken from a USA Today opinion article) "The weakening of the institution of marriage has already had too high a social cost. Radically redefining marriage will simply serve to intensify the assault on marriage and the American family." (Boston.com) In its relentless drive to overthrow the moral code that has guided Western civilization since Constantine, the homosexual lobby has moved from triumph to triumph in a few years. And what would constitute total victory for "gay values" over traditional values? If the tenets of the 'gay-rights' movement are true, the Torah and New Testament are wrong, Christianity has been wrong since the time of St. Paul, Aquinas and Augustine were wrong, and the moral edifice by which men in the West have lived for 2,000 years was built on bigotry, prejudice and lies. The issue is simply this. The family is one man married to one woman, period. And to say, as Presidential candidates are saying, one is saying I'm for the Federal Marriage Amendment, we say great. Another says I'm against same-sex marriage, but I'm against a federal marriage amendment, that's like saying 150 years ago, 'I'm opposed to slavery, but if my neighbor wants to own one, that's all right.' You're either going to take your stand to support the family, the 6,000-year historic family, one man married to one woman, or you're not going to take it, and I think the American people, will be greatly impressed by how political candidates move on that issue. (From the July 13 broadcast of The Tavis Smiley Show) Focus on the Family founder and chairman James C. Dobson predicted on his radio program that allowing same-sex marriage in the United States would lead to "group marriage," "marriage between daddies and little girls," or "marriage between a man and his donkey." Dobson called this vision of the future "more or less a prophecy," though, he stressed, not a "divine prophecy, but a prediction." He said that his specific examples, as well as "anything allegedly linked to civil rights," will be "doable, and the legal underpinnings for marriage will have been destroyed. Now I'm not saying that incest or beastiality will become legal although they can make an argument for them. If they are not hurting anyone and the relationship is consensual should we allow polygamy? This is a very slippery slope that homosexuality can open a pandora box of abhorrent behavior. A study on childhood and adolescent molestation also found rates of homosexual sexual abuse reported by homosexual adults to be almost 7 times higher for homosexual men, and 22 times higher for homosexual women, compared to their heterosexual counterparts. This strongly suggests that minors can be sexualised towards homosexuality upon exposure to homosexual stimulus or homosexual abuse. (Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...) Statistics like this affirmatively calls for the law to protect our minors from homosexual stimulus or abuse. This strongly supports the cause for the law to continue to draw a distinction between heterosexual sex and homosexual sex. Finally, the hard truth is, homosexuality cannot lay claim to its biological purpose, i.e. procreation, the way heterosexuality can. In this, heterosexuality has a legitimacy which homosexuality cannot lay claim to, and the law is obliged to distinguish this fundamental difference. If we produce no children, our society will die. There won't be enough people to support the infrastructure, medical needs, economic development, etc. That is a fact. So, common sense would tell us that homosexuality is a danger to society since it cannot produce children to further the society. Homosexuality is a behavior that is based, as many claim, on an orientation. What about other sexual orientations such as pedophilia, voyeurism, necrophilia, bestiality, polygamy, incest, exhibitionism, fetishes, frotterism, masochism, sadism, etc.? The arguments for and against these other "orientations" are many and we won't go into them here. But, who is to say that those who fall into these sexual categories won't use the homosexual agenda's orientation argument as a basis to further their own causes? If you think this is a ridiculous idea, then you are not aware of the fact that pedophiles are doing just that. So, is homosexuality dangerous to society? The facts show that it is. We have to ask, why then would it be promoted so heavily when it is so harmful? The only answer I can come up with is that the politically correct don't care about the facts. Instead, they want their agenda promoted. They want their sexual freedom without responsibility. They, like so many tyrants in history, want to force their minority opinion on the majority to satisfy their own appetites. Sources: (1) Academia.edu (2) Umich.edu (3) USA Today (4 ) Boston.com (5) media matters.org (6) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov