Comment by iammisc
5 years ago
Oh goody. Now we don't need females /s
Why does anybody think this is a good idea? The 'right' of same-sex couples to have children via gametes their own bodies cannot produce is not at all obvious. For centuries, the interdependence of the sexes for reproduction has formed the basis for human society. We should not be so willing to give this up because a small minority of people find the other sex distasteful for their sexual preferences.
Please don't take HN threads into flamewar. We're trying for the opposite of that here.
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It's not "giving up" heterosexual relationships / children. It is really, really odd that heterosexual people immediately think that their way of life will be eradicated because LGBT folk are getting more options to have happy lives. Do you think that, given the option to have a relationship with an individual of the same gender, that all heterosexual people will suddenly be unwillingly seduced into homosexuality? If so, might want to examine those feelings with a qualified professional.
For some reason, “traditionalists” seem, implicitly from their arguments, to think that traditional heterosexual relationships are a horrible torture that no one (or perhaps just no one on a particular side of the asymmetrical relationship) would bear if they weren't the only option fully sanctioned by society.
neurobiology is more involved than that, you'd be surprised :)
I can think of other reasons like a couple struggling with female infertility. Those who have had kids can tell you that having children is the opposite of a selfish act.
wouldn't it mean, we need no men? After all, the fetus has to grow somewhere.
The 'right' of same-sex couples to have children via gametes their own bodies cannot produce is not at all obvious
And the 'right' of you or me to stop them is?
Trade and commerce is something the government regulates and stopping the sale of human flesh is a worthwhile goal.
Regulating business is wholly different from regulating bodily relations between two individuals. In the same way I'd encourage regulations for brothels and prostitutes, which constitute a business, while finding similar regulations between spouses abhorrent.