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"Could you possibly refrain from speculating along these lines unless you have actual evidence that there is an evolutionary basis for laws that criminalize gay

"Could you possibly refrain from speculating along these lines unless you have actual evidence that there is an evolutionary basis for laws that criminalize gay sex?" I'm not remotely justifying laws that criminalizing anything. Moreover, evolution and social evolution are very grey subjects wherein we have a great deal of difficulty proving things one way or another. I don't think it's offensive, or even 'a stretch' to suggest that attitudes towards some kinds of behaviour are evolutionarily derived, at least partly. It's just an opinion, and maybe it's not super perfect position ... but it's not unreasonable or objectively offensive either. And for the record, I'm glad that they've changed this law.

foldr 8y ago
>Moreover, evolution and social evolution are very grey subjects wherein we have a great deal of difficulty proving things one way or another. Yes! Exactly. So it is pointless and unhelpful to speculate about whether or not people find gay sex inherently repulsive for evolutionary reasons. I think maybe you're having difficulty seeing this because you're not (I'm guessing) a member of one of the affected groups. Imagine that I made comments offering an "evolutionary" explanation for why people find tech nerds inherently sexually repulsive -- without, of course, providing any actual science to back it up. Wouldn't that be pretty close to just trolling? Whatever your intentions, these kinds of speculations only serve to normalize anti-gay prejudices by providing a "natural" or "scientific" explanation for them. Unless you really have done some kind of scientific investigation of anti-gay prejudice, it would be best not to introduce these kinds of speculations into the discussion.