Thread: If It's All The Same To You, Why Deny Others?

Originally Posted by jockeys

not good according to who? you? the masses have spoken and the majority of people like it. i realize our country was founded by prudes and puritans escaping from all the exciting sexuality going on in europe but seriously, it's a pretty recent idea that the human body is inherently naughty and seeing it is in any way bad.

Who said the human body is inherently naughty, or bad??? Certainly not me. Don't know how you got that from my post... On the other hand, there are some human bodies that, as a public service, should remain well covered.

The "not good" comment was in reference specifically to actor Dennis Franz's a$$ being displayed on television. But if that is exciting sexuality, to each his own.

But back on topic, my point was that maybe there are good reasons for protecting certain cultural taboos that go beyond religion. Some of these taboos are common to all cultures throughout human history, homosexuality being one of them.

Before we start (or continue) tearing down all the walls, I think we have to consider the long term effects.

Just for starters - consider the designations bride and groom, man and wife, or husband and wife. Those are not just arbitrary are they? Aren't they also legal terms? So what happens in the case of same sex marriage to those designations? Will they be preserved, or abolished?

How would that affect something like polygamy?