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Ted Andrews - Junior
3/9/2005, 4:44:57 p.m.
Homosexuality is a choice. By this definition it is not against the constitution to discriminate against people who choose to classify themselves as such.
This issue is dealing with factions and how humans make sense of their environment in their heads. Human beings inherently classify objects and people into groups called stereotypes in order that we may make better logical sense of our surroundings. The problem of factioning/stereotyping was clearly recognized in the federalist papers back when the constitution was being developed but the issue was never resolved in terms of legislation. Basically this issue brings about the "us and them" attitude that is the foundation of wars, nationalism, religious fanaticism, as well as all forms of prejudice.
The reason why the constitution doesn't resolve this issue is because homosexuality is based upon actions that are then applied to classify a person into a group. In comparison to the African American plight of the past, you must realize that homosexual action is an action in that all actions require choice whether cognitively realized or not, while being African American is a state of being and therefore there is not a conscious or unconscious decision.
The argument that homosexuality is not a choice is based upon genetic studies as well as the basic principle argument of "Do you really think I would choose to be homosexual?" as well as "Do you choose to be hetereosexual?".
People must, however, realize that the incentives towards proving that homosexuality is genetic in a courtroom constitute an incredible amount of money and many lawsuits across the nation being resolved in a different manner.
As for the everyday arguments, one must realize that not all decisions we make are cognitively planned by our frontal lobe. Basically, many actions we take are never realized consciously, but are rather subconscious choices as to which path we might take while walking from point A to point B.
Personally I believe that the administration has the right, as a private organization, to do as it wishes. Regardless of the emotional conviction that arises from people in dealing with issues such as this, everything runs on utilitarian principles and by abandoning utilitarian principles the masses will suffer so the few can satisfy their convictions.
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