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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
I think you and the author may be overstating the importance of the biological argument.
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I think that's the author's point... That the biological argument shouldn't be so important. I think the author shows that holes can be put through the biology argument so activists should avoid pushing biology as a justification for rights.
Here is what I took from it...
1- Currently the Supreme Court bases civil rights decisions on "immutable traits." If you are not a minority because of some genetic or biological thing over which you have no control, you are out of luck.
2- As a result of # 1 activists have attempted to protect the civil rights of homosexuals by arguing that being gay is biological.
3- If there are some problems with the biology argument.
4- The problems with the biology argument can be exploited to prevent homosexuality from being considered immutable and the argument will eventually fail.
5- Gay activists should abandon the biology argument and make a better legal argument for gay civil rights. I.E. get the SC to abandon the "Immutable" idea and put homosexuality on the same level as religion.