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Let's assume for a moment that homosexuality is an illness. Can we try and get rid of it? We defeated smallpox, after all.
It is obvious that gayness is not a magical spell. It is caused by something in the real world, and if it has a cause, why not treat the cause?
I've read that it is at least partially a genetic deviation. 'Designer babies' are already a reality, you can pick the eye color of your future child, why not pick his or her orientation. 'Do you want a straight kid, or a gay kid?' I'm sure few parents will pick the latter option.
However, genome is not the only cause of gayness. It's probably caused by childhood impressions as well. Can modern psychologists try and identify them? What about impressions that reaffirm heterosexuality? Can we imprint them on every child?
I believe this is possible, just like eliminating AIDS by quarantining the HIV-infected is possible. However, I also believe gay people will not give up without a fight. They've had their taste of freedom. They've been recognized as deviant, not ill people by many countries. How many of them will angrily protest against something that does not directly affect them? We only can prevent new gay people from coming into existence. What if existing homosexuals will try to undermine the initiative?
They could adopt kids whose parents couldn't afford genetic identification and who might be gayer than usual. Or they could order extra-gay designer babies and raise them in gaiety. Perhaps we should outlaw that. The doctors will be legally bound to pick the most straight genome possible. And adoption by gay people shouldn't be allowed at all.
This way we can preserve the existing legal situation, where gay people have all the basic rights but lack some rights related to family life, to avoid claims of discrimination. Hopefully, fewer and fewer kids will grow up as homosexuals, and with the help of science, we will get rid of the very idea of abnormal sexuality. Foot fetishists should probably be the next target.
It is obvious that gayness is not a magical spell. It is caused by something in the real world, and if it has a cause, why not treat the cause?
I've read that it is at least partially a genetic deviation. 'Designer babies' are already a reality, you can pick the eye color of your future child, why not pick his or her orientation. 'Do you want a straight kid, or a gay kid?' I'm sure few parents will pick the latter option.
However, genome is not the only cause of gayness. It's probably caused by childhood impressions as well. Can modern psychologists try and identify them? What about impressions that reaffirm heterosexuality? Can we imprint them on every child?
I believe this is possible, just like eliminating AIDS by quarantining the HIV-infected is possible. However, I also believe gay people will not give up without a fight. They've had their taste of freedom. They've been recognized as deviant, not ill people by many countries. How many of them will angrily protest against something that does not directly affect them? We only can prevent new gay people from coming into existence. What if existing homosexuals will try to undermine the initiative?
They could adopt kids whose parents couldn't afford genetic identification and who might be gayer than usual. Or they could order extra-gay designer babies and raise them in gaiety. Perhaps we should outlaw that. The doctors will be legally bound to pick the most straight genome possible. And adoption by gay people shouldn't be allowed at all.
This way we can preserve the existing legal situation, where gay people have all the basic rights but lack some rights related to family life, to avoid claims of discrimination. Hopefully, fewer and fewer kids will grow up as homosexuals, and with the help of science, we will get rid of the very idea of abnormal sexuality. Foot fetishists should probably be the next target.
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