Ryan McAvoy said:
I like you most of the time Ender, but when you occasionally say insane things like...
darth_ender said:
the differences in sexual orientation are in many ways analogous to the differences between normal adults and pedophiles. I am certain this will cause offense, but the parallels are many, regardless. The big difference is that it is socially wrong for adults to have sexual relations with children. Similarly, there are those who wish to have sex with animals, or sex with close relatives, but such things are not acceptable socially.
Sorry but f*ck you. I'm sure you'll argue that paragraph doesn't say "Being gay is like being a pedophile" but yeah it does. Children and animals can't give consent, adults can. You aren't an idiot, so I know you understand this distinction. So why make a post like that?
To answer your question, don't look at it as a comment on morality, legality, or even today's social acceptability. Like all analogies, mine is not perfect for the very reason you pointed out. But the primary function of sex is reproduction, with the secondary of sharing love. Homosexuality is clearly not in line with the primary function. The same could be said about pedophilia or zoophelia. There are those who experience such attraction who even argue that they simply are another sexual orientation and shouldn't be persecuted for such attraction.
Don't read it any differently than I intend. Just read the point.
Final thought. Humans can reproduce at. Very young age. Humans used to have a far shorter life expectancy. I guarantee that older men married very underage girls many, many times throughout humanity's history. We're they wrong to do so? My point is not what is right or wrong, but how psychiatric views are shaped by societal views.