Homosexuals Are An Asset To The Overall Thriving Of The Human Species

I am going to be arguing in favor of the notion that homosexuals are an asset to the overall thriving of the human species. Population Growth On average, 360 people are born each day with only 150,000 that die each day[1]. This, on its face, seems like a staggering difference. Also, in 1993 the word population was at 5,535,753,998, however the world population today is roughly 7,066,964,964[2]. This means that in just 20 years the world population has increased by 1,531,210,0966 billion people. Here is a graph which illustrates population growth: Essentially, the point I am trying to get across is that the population is growing at an alarming pace. I think it is clear that the facts substantiate this quite well indeed. The Need For Population Control Stabilisation, or gradual reduction in population is one of the best ways to address the carbon emissions problem. The National Academy of Sciences demonstrated that slowing the population growth rate of a country to 1.5 births per woman from 2 births per woman could result in a 10% drop in greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the century, and a 33% drop by the end of the century[3]. Also, the lack of land mass on this planet is a huge issue: “Calculations have been made that any given land mass has a certain carrying capacity, based on its ability to support its inhabitants' needs. ” – Colin Feltham[4]Another crucial aspect here is population growth's relation to poverty . Below are some simple statistics from 1950 - 85[5] showing a correlation between a rising population and the percentage of rising poverty: Table 4-1 World Population 1950-85: Key Facts Size and Rates 1950 1960 1970 1980 1985 Total Population (billions) World 2.5 3.0 3.7 4.4 4.8 More developed regions 0.83 0.94 1.05 1.14 1.17 Less developed regions 1.68 2.07 2.65 3.31 3.66 Annual Growth * (per cent) World 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.7 More developed regions 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.6 Less developed regions 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.0 Urban Population (per cent) World 29 34 37 40 41 More developed regions 54 67 67 70 72 Less developed regions 17 22 25 29 31 As more human beings are being born, higher percentages of poverty throughout the population. Now, I agree that correlation does not necessarily equate to causation. When we are dealing with consistent correlation of this type however, then it does seem to suggest causation at the very least in context. The more people their are, the less finite resources there are for everybody; and poverty arises. This hypothesis would generally predict such statistics above, and best explains the data. The most important problem, in my opinion, is the problem of a growing population and finite resources. For example, theEarth Policy Institute showed that grain consumption of the world has far surpassed global production in six of the latest seven years, falling short with regards to the 60 million tonnes that was seen in 2006. Grain production has shown a huge declining trend within the past 20 years[6]. Also, we are losing our oil at an incredible speed:"The rapid increase in the world’s population over the last hundred years is not merely coincident with the rapid increase in oil production. " - Peter Goodchild[7] This section above shows a self-evident need for population control on a serious scale. There is no realistic way for human beings to flourish and thrive very much longer without it, as the planet cannot sustain this many people continuously into the future like we would hope. It seems apparent that logic, statistical evidence, and mere common sense can lead any rational agent to this obvious conclusion. The Homosexual's Role In Population ControlStraight people are the root cause of the population growth problem, and are on a path to leading our society down a path of pollution, poverty, and famine. They have sex, produce children, and those children grow up and do the same in a world that can barely sustain the people that already live in it. Straight sex acts are required for the existence of a society, but not the flourishing of a society once growth gets unreasonable. Our Earth and its contents are finite, so to think we can keep going on like this is fancifulHomosexuals are crucial to this picture, as they are less likely to have children by copulating with a female and producing offspring. The more homosexual and bisexual people there are having sex, the better grip we will have on population control, and less poverty there will be. It will increase the amount of land we will have to sustain us, and increase the resources in place for us to thrive as a society. With more people being born than dying each day at the hands of straight sex, homosexual acts are a clear benefit when taking population control into account. If everybody on Earth was straight, the problems associated with population growth would be much higher than it is today. It seems very probable that homosexuals may be our savior:"We preserve the species. We are conservation realized. We provide nature's . .. restraint . .. on procreative extravagance. We keep human production from becoming . .. overproduction . .. pollution . .. destruction unbridled. We keep the human race from becoming . .. an obscene cosmic joke. " - G. Roger Denson[8]G. Roger Denson states my main point very well, and also had this to say:"With the natural world on the brink of demise largely because of overpopulation, unrestrained homosexuality, as one of a variety of ethical and democratic measures available to us today, offers perhaps the most natural option to be enjoined. What other options are as attractive? We don't want to die young. We don't want to face illness or catastrophe. Many individuals and societies refuse abortion and birth control. Few would condone or submit willingly to the kind of international law imposing a one-child policy like that exercised by China on all nations. And we hardly need to be reminded of the history of racist, eugenicist, and militarist agendas for imposing growth control on unwilling and unknowing populations. So why shouldn't homosexuality be seen as providing a viable option to overpopulation--to the point that the world's nations come to encourage its practice and esteem its benefits? It is, after all, the most harmonious way to control the population--considering all that's required is that we love and support our gay sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, parents, friends, lovers, and selves. " - G. Roger Denson[8]Conclusion The population is growing to the point where our planet can barely sustain us. This is due to straight sex acts on a massive scale. Homosexual acts cause somewhat of a balance in nature, as homosexuals are way less likely to have the type of intercourse which creates offspring. Homosexuals are a way to sustain our species; so the planet can sustain us. For this reason, it is reasonable to conclude that homosexuals are an asset to the overall thriving of the human species. I look forward to Con's rebuttal. 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