Because you know most people are internally viscerally disturbed by the idea. That's all I have said, and for that I am called "homophobe" and worse.
No, you've said more than that. You called it "unwholesome", said that we are
hard-wired to be both heterosexual and perturbed by homosexuality, and also that there's some kind of weird conspiracy on part of the APA and other people/organizations to normalize homosexuality as a plot against Christians.
Also: I'm not "internally viscerally disturbed" by the idea of homosexuality or homosexuality relationships, nor are... basically any of my friends, really.
Also, there have been plenty of other things in history that were culturally normative, even amongst most cultures, but that are now considered harmful. I mentioned racism and sexism as two examples.
History shows us that this is not always the case though. So where is your argument? Do we not have a right to decide for ourselves what our values are going to be? Or do we have to ask you for permission? Or does the scientific community now have to sign off on any and all laws?
I'm not saying any of those things. Of course you have a right to decide your own beliefs, and nobody here is trying to step on religious freedom either. The scientific community doesn't have to sign off on any laws, but at least in the US, laws are
not supposed to discriminate on the basis of religion or reflect or cater to any religious establishment, no matter how popular.
What is it I have said that is so hateful? Nothing other than the truth.
Implying (or rather, directly stating) that someone's sexual orientation, which is a big part of who they are as individuals and cause of much social strife in our society, is something that is under their direct control, and is unwholesome, and that they should change, and that what they are is something humans are hard-wired to detest on some level, is hateful, and is nowhere near the undisputed truth.
I repeat, "The Cult of Reason". Enlightenment scholars thought religion was on its way out 200 years ago. It has gone nowhere.
I'd say there's truth to it, considering that social norms, laws, and government are far more secular post-Enlightenment. Where do you think the American ideal of "not respecting any establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" comes from? And according to polls, more people
are irreligious these days.
There are ten thousand verses in the Bible about love, charity, decency, kindness, and tolerance. You pick one of the four or five most offensive sexual practices in the history of the world and choose to take offense at teachings that no one is requiring your to follow. That is hate.
I take offense at teachings that cause offense. There are plenty of things in the Bible, and about Christianity, that I have no problems with at all. I don't hate Christians, either. I disagree with their beliefs and consider some of the beliefs of some Christians to be harmful, just as I'd consider widespread racist or sexist beliefs to be harmful. That doesn't mean I hate
anyone.