The bestiality analogy is the most irksome of the three, since it reveals that the traditionalists are either woefully dishonest or woefully dense. As such, it is to reduce sex to its purely physical components precisely the reduction that traditionalists are fond of accusing us of. That noted, claiming that bestial relationships are qualitatively different from human homosexual relationships does not prove that bestial relationships are immoral. Nor does the lack of mutual consent, since we generally don t seek consent in our dealings with animals. No cow consented to become my shoes, for example.
Some traditionalists even compare gay relationships to bestiality.
Perhaps it s because traditionalists have run out of plausible-sounding arguments against homosexuality, and so now they re grasping at straws. In short, the right wing knows that it s losing its cultural war against homosexuality, and it s trying to change the subject. We should steadfastly refuse to join them. Return to top Copyright 2001 and earlier dates by Independent Gay Forum Inc. and the individual authors.