Word: virtuousness
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Similarly, Liebert argues that gays and lesbians ought to "prove beyond a doubt that homosexual union is a viable, albeit heretofore unexplored, version of virtuous living"-- suggesting that gay families are some kind of questionable new fad, like Viagra or swing dancing. Most gay and lesbian people aren't interested in proving that their relationships are "viable"--they're too busy simply living their lives together. Civil rights and basic legal benefits should not be dependent on offering evidence of our "virtue...
...must be said that Kingsolver's men are less interesting. One male African teacher, in particular, is so patient and virtuous that he seems--cultural bias alert here--almost Christlike. Perhaps that is because unlike the women, whose thoughts we hear, the men are observed only from the outside. It is also true that the novel's second half is subdued in tone. The author has made her point, and the rest is told almost as afterword. The rapacious Mobutu Sese Seko is in power, thanks to U.S. influence. And the Price women, their calamitous adventure mostly behind them...
...Liebert wishes to focus on the "corrosive effects on the institution of marriage," well, I do not believe lesbianism is corrosive. If gay people choose to be married, I believe that should be their legal right. When he writes that "unions which do not produce virtuous citizens should not be accepted," is he implying that my husband and I should not be accepted? We produced our daughter, and she is a lesbian, but we do not believe that she is not a "virtuous citizen...
...sexual expression has been working out tolerably well over the past couple of millennia--I think that we ought to stick with what we know." The best way to address this argument is to prove beyond a doubt that homosexual union is a viable, albeit heretofore unexplored, version of virtuous living. Even the crustiest nostalgist will be forced to relent in the face of a thoroughly convincing argument...
...most overlooked argument against homosexuality considers its social utility. One might focus on the corrosive effects on the institution of marriage. Or one might conclude that unions which do not produce virtuous citizens should not be accepted...