Brunnen

A Victory

For those who know Swedish, I recommend this article:



which is about homosexual animal species and the evolutionary reasons for that

Not surprisingly, the article was first published in this SWEDISH newspaper Dagens Nyheter. I guess it's easier to publish something so radical in a lutheran (or even an atheist) country.
Homosexuality has been described as 'unnatural' among its opponents. Now that this argument cannot apply anymore, I assume the church has to think of new ways promoting its view. To be fair, I think the church still can keep its view as it is - after all, if the bible is the word for them, they don't need any supportive arguments and can (and will always) lean on its word.

For those who don't know Swedish, here is a short summary of the article:

* Homosexuality is common among many animal species, including lion, zebra, dolphin, elephant (both African and Indian), wolf, flamingo and swan. Also parasites that live in mammal guts have been found having sex with the opposite gender.
* The evolutionary or Darwinist reason for homosexual behaviour was unknown for a long time. It's now been discovered that for the survival of a species, homosexual parents can actually be more beneficial than heterosexual.
* For instance, the survival rate of a new-born flamingo baby, raised by two male flamingos, was almost 10 times higher than of a new-born to male and female. The reason is simply that two males are stronger together and can attack the enemy with better success.

posted by Anicko @ 11:08 AM