Thursday, July 3, 2008

Honestly speaking

A movie star once said in an interview that the reason that she is still single is that all the good guys were either married or were gays. Shocked? Not surprising, after all, we are so quick in catching up with all that is 'western'. Well, pardon my dry humour, factually, this trend has existed even before the west got involved with the east. So can we conclude that all that is old is good? Certainly not.
There was a time when I could use the word 'gay' freely which used to mean happy/glad. Well, not any more, there are too many reserved words in English these days.
In the past few years, the number of same sex 'marriage' has increased and many cities/countries have already legalised this 'gay' (quotes intented) union. And what more, such couples 'boldly' claim to have decided to bring up children under their care as a family. And the society is quite silent to all these new developments (is it really development?) Is it because many are ignorant of the consequences? Or is that we really do not care?
I might sound old, mouldy and rotten but the stark truth is many of us are not sure!
A society is built on family as the building block (yeah, all base and boring stuff). This functional unit that well resembles an organisation is where an individual traces his origin to. A child grows into a man/woman, his character forms, his personality evolves and eventually he/she is prepared to step out to build his/her own life and the lives of people around them. Though feminists might fiercely disagree, the fact that man and woman are different, still remains. And this dissimilarity spreads across the physical, mental, emotional and the psychological. And yet both are incomplete without the other. Each complement the other through their strengths and weaknesses. Our world needs both man's rationale and woman's sensitivity to run it (and ofcourse vice versa for all the bra-burning feminists). In a family, a child is perfected under the shadow of the father and the mother. According to the dictionary, the word marriage refers to a legal union of man and woman and also means, a blending or matching of different elements or components. Unless pieces of a jigsaw are different, would they fit together to form the right picture? Marriage is not just the society's tool for procreation ( then why would we be having overflowing orphanages and demanded abortions?), it is the healthy way to promote a morally sound civilisation and ultimately sustain human kind (remember the Romans).
Normally as humans grow up, they develop an affinity toward the opposite sex by instinct but a person who is insecure, has a past of sexual abuse, or is posessing a convoluted perception about sexuality might develop other preferences. This does not mean that the choice that he/she makes is the right choice. A plant will grow into a tree with twisted trunk and branches if its growth is restricted when it is tender which would effect its fruitfulness.
Here's my point, loud and clear, having an alternative sexual preference, according to me, is a mental disorder that needs to be counselled and treated. If you think otherwise, we need to aquit paedophiles, necrophiles and all others who commit sexual perversions just because their 'preferences' were different.
How can a joining of two people of the same sex be legalised and termed 'marriage'? However can they be expected to bring up a mentally healthy generation out of this union? Gay/lesbian marriages are a cancer that is gradually eating into humanity reducing human beings to entities that are enslaved by lust, driven by instincts devoid of self-control and boundaries.
And ofcourse the Good Book forbids it. (Do I sound religious? I hope so.)

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