Homosexuality is a mental illness

(Where is your justification for the statement that homosexuals are "sexual deviants"? You would only have reason to frame them as deviants if you thought that heterosexuality is more "normal" than homosexuality in a fundamental sense, enough to label homosexuals as sexual deviants. Your argument is fallacious by begging the question, because you already presuppose that homosexuals deviate from a rightful norm, and use that to reach the conclusion that homosexuals "go against the neurotypical thinking of their sex". You assumed the conclusion as a premise.) I will start off by rebutting your claim that my argument for thinking is begging the question. My referring to homosexuals as sexual deviants is unrelated to my argument for their being mentally ill. I will clarify. Firstly, if you are unaware of the definition of deviance, it is defined as 'different from what is considered to be normal or morally correct' by the Webster dictionary. The definition of normal, by the very same dictionary, is 'usual or ordinary'. Finally, the definition of usual is 'done, found, or used most of the time or in most cases'. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research [1], only twenty (20) percent of the population is homosexual. Therefore, homosexuality is not usual as it does not represent the majority, and if it is not usual it is not normal in accordance with the definitions of these words. Therefore, it is deviant since it is not the practice of the majority. So, yes, heterosexuality is the practice of the majority, and therefore 'more normal'. I'd also like to point out that you did not present an argument against this point, and merely used the Argument from Fallacy. (Fallacious for the same reason. You need to justify your claim that homosexuals "engage in sexual deviance".) Your rebuttal against my behavior argument is similar to your first rebuttal in that it is both fallacious and contains no actual rebuttal. I justified my claim that homosexuality is sexual deviance above, by definition. (Correlation does not equal causation. Your evidence in no way leads to the conlusion that homosexuality causes distress. To reach this conclusion from the data, you would need to prove that these higher rates are not caused by society's dismissal and general ill-treatment of homosexuals, for instance. There are plenty of psychological studies that show that minorities are very likely to begin to exhibit the behaviors that false sterotypes would say they have. Races that are thought to be more crime-oriented are likely to be neglected by other races. This causes them to have significantly decreased opportunity and a sense of unworthiness, which causes them to fall into the behaviors that were incorrectly ascribed to them by society. With all due respect to you, your writing homosexuality off as a "mental illness" is most likely part of the problem, and a reason for the correlation (not causation) of homosexuality and distress.) You are correct in that correlation does not equal causation. However, you lack any form of evidence proving any of the statements that you made in this argument, so there really isn't much for me to rebut. However, I will posit that even though discrimination against homosexuals has been on the decline for years and acceptance has been steadily increasing[2], the rates of mental disorders found in homosexuals has not decreased [3]. To quote from citation 3, "In his cross-cultural comparison of mental health in the Netherlands, Denmark and the U.S., Ross (1988) could find no significant differences between countries"i.e. the greater social hostility in the United States did not result in a higher level of psychiatric problems." In fact, there is significant evidence from dozens of studies, some of which have tested in areas that are extremely accepting of homosexuals, to prove that mental disorders are directly correlated with homosexuality [3][4][5]. (Assuming that heterosexuality is inherently superior to homosexuality biologically. Justify this claim. Hundreds of species of animals participate in homosexual behavior. You ignore any possible benefits of homosexuality, showing a mediocre understanding of mutation and genetics. For one, homosexuality increases the range and variance of the gene pool. Furthermore, it is the best solution to overpopulation, which is a massive issue humanity will face in the coming century.) In response to your final argument, I'd first like to point out the strawman and the appeal to nature fallacies. Firstly, you are blatantly misrepresenting my argument. Furthermore, just because other species have been found to exhibit homosexual behaviors makes it no better and no less a mental disorder. Finally, you have provided no evidence for your claims, and even if you had, you still would have not rebutted my argument that homosexuality impairs the reproductive capabilities of the individuals afflicted with it. Finally, in order to cement my claim, while only forty (40) percent of homosexual women and fifty (50) percent of homosexual men want children [6], ninety-five (95) percent of the general population have, want, or wish they had children [7]. This firmly supports my claim that homosexuality impairs biological functionality in individuals afflicted with it. Finally, I would request that you share the burden of proof. You provided no evidence for any of your claims whatsoever, and offered no proof that anything that you said has any significance whatsoever. I've supported every one of my claims, and if necessary can and will continue this debate past the predetermined two rounds. I'd appreciate a rebuttal that actually has something to argue against. PS: Sorry for the poor formatting, new here. Fallacy list: 1.Argument from fallacy: Used throughout your entire rebuttal. 2. Strawman: Used several times throughout your argument, especially at the end 3. Appeal to nature: Used in your final argument. 4. Ad hominem: Used in your final argument. Furthermore, you provided no evidence whatsoever for your reasoning. 1. http://www.smithsonianmag.com... 2. http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com... 3. http://www.ncfamily.org... 4 .http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... 5. http://www.exodusglobalalliance.org... 6. http://paa2008.princeton.edu... 7. http://www.gallup.com...