First-ever museum display shows 51 species exhibiting homosexuality.
Scientists say that homosexual activity among giraffes is, in many cases, more common than heterosexual activity.
by Sara Goudarzi
LiveScience Staff Writer
November 16, 2006
"From male killer whales that ride the dorsal fin of another male to female bonobos that rub their genitals together, the animal kingdom tolerates all kinds of lifestyles.
"A first-ever museum display, "Against Nature?," which opened last month at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum in Norway, presents 51 species of animals exhibiting homosexuality.
"Homosexuality has been observed in more than 1,500 species, and the phenomenon has been well described for 500 of them," said Petter Bockman, project coordinator of the exhibition."
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"Against Nature?" was set up partly to demystify the concept.
"The argument that a homosexual way of living cannot be accepted because it is against the "laws of nature" can now be rejected scientifically, said Geir Soli, project leader for the exhibition. "A main target for this project was to get museums involved in current debate; to show that museums are more than just a gallery for the past."
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To learn more, see LiveScience's presentation, Gay Animals: Alternate Lifestyles in the Wild.
Example from LiveScience:
Bonobo Chimpanzees ~ "Homosexuality has been documented in almost 500 species of animals, signaling that sexual preference is predetermined. Considered the closest living relative to humans, bonobos are not shy about seeking sexual pleasure. Nearly all of these peace-loving apes are bisexual and often resolve conflict by the “make love, not war” principle. They copulate frequently, scream out in delight while doing so, and often engage in homosexual activities. About two thirds of the homosexual activities are amongst females."
Unfortunately, the museum is in Norway where I won't be going anytime soon. But I sure will make the good news available to Christians, Jews, and Muslims, and some of the godless who travel. The religious ones will be relieved to see for themselves that homosexuality is "natural," even "God-given." As well, they'll realize that homosexual marriage is as good for society as heterosexual.
2 comments:
Don't Christians use the black book to argue that the invisible attributes of god are revealed by his creation? Oh dear. One might be tempted to speculate that this sort of thing is part of a satanic degeneration of creation, but then why would Romans 1:20 say that people can look to creation to know the nature of god? Not only this, but also the way so many living things depend on wonders of false witness to survive: e.g. how many species are attracted to things they think are something else (animal appendages that serve as bait for prey; flowers that look like females to male insects) to facilitate their own or another species' survival.
So we have a deity who demonstrates by his creation that he is a lying promiscuous homosexual as much as he is anything else!
Neil Godfrey
http://vridar.wordpress.com
Great, you've worked it through to the bare bones that I hadn't arrived at before.
Homophobia is rampant in the US with pathetic arguments against it. I think it gets down to an emotional need to feel above others.
Thanks,
Clarice
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