# Why Homosexuality Should Be Banned **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763 "2009-09-12T00:20:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/21 "2009-09-12T15:21:47Z")
I think most of his points stand, even if you dispute that homosexuality is completely genetically based. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/22 "2009-09-12T15:40:36Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > _sobs_ It’s true, it’s true…I eat instant oatmeal. I’m so ashamed! Stone her!!! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/23 "2009-09-12T16:41:25Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > I think most of his points stand, even if you dispute that homosexuality is completely genetically based. Or phenotypic, but generated in utero. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/24 "2009-09-12T17:14:09Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > I think most of his points stand, even if you dispute that homosexuality is completely genetically based. The problem is that anyone who he is trying to convince will throw away everything because of the one fault. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/25 "2009-09-12T17:22:21Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Stone her!!! Actually, **Shirley** , I think being stoned might have been the reason they ate the instant oatmeal in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/26 "2009-09-12T18:48:46Z")
Instant oatmeal?! You Americans with your fancy pancy science. Why in my day… Where do I get it? ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/27 "2009-09-13T13:25:32Z")
I was eating instant oatmeal as I watched it… NOOOOOOO! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/28 "2009-09-13T18:32:21Z")
This kid is my new [favorite](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HnNzJLFmis&feature=channel) thing [ever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLKbndvLiI&feature=channel). I totally want to stalk him. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/29 "2009-09-13T19:48:12Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > I have no time for the intolerant and think anyone who is openly anti-gay should be shot in the back of the head. You’re funny. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/30 "2009-09-13T19:48:22Z")
I like how one of the recommended videos on the side is a Spanish dub of “High School Musical.” ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/31 "2009-09-13T21:05:09Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > The problem is that anyone who he is trying to convince will throw away everything because of the one fault. The people he’s trying to convince think genes come from Levi’s. I don’t think it’ll be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/32 "2009-09-13T22:22:38Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Not even one 'dar ping. He’s not gay, he’s just an earnest young heterosexual which makes hm just that much hotter to those perfidious homos who want to give him the gay. Oddly, really oddly, he looks and sounds _just like_ my 19 year old son. They could be brothers. As in genetically identical to your 19 year old son? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/33 "2009-09-14T01:03:16Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > I have no time for the intolerant and think anyone who is openly anti-gay should be shot in the back of the head. Right. Because that’s _exactly_ what was said. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/34 "2009-09-14T02:27:28Z")
Dear god, I’ve only heard this one 50 times before. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/35 "2009-09-14T08:10:46Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Right. Because that’s _exactly_ what was said. > > :rolleyes: No, it’s called a joke. Heck, there’s even somebody laughing at it ahead of you. Why assume that the person was being serious? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/36 "2009-09-14T19:45:26Z")
I’m at work right now, and I’m thinking watching this may not be in my best interest. Can someone give me the gist? Is he a genuine anti-gay crusader who comes off looking stupid? Is it a joke? Is a transcript possible? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/37 "2009-09-14T20:11:41Z")
Another poster-from-work who can’t reach YouTube and would like to request a transcript or summary. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/38 "2009-09-14T20:44:46Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’m at work right now, and I’m thinking watching this may not be in my best interest. Can someone give me the gist? Is he a genuine anti-gay crusader who comes off looking stupid? Is it a joke? Is a transcript possible? 😕 He is not anti gay. He compares homosexuality to instant oatmeal calling both unnatural. And talk about how children must be raised by parents of both sexes which is why we do not allow single parents. All of it is delivered in a straight, as it were, tone of voice. Wonderful dry delivery of absurdities. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/39 "2009-09-14T21:18:28Z")
nono, instant oatmeal is _strange_ - it’s polyester and eyeglasses that are unnatural! 😃 He also makes points like… being around gay people might make you gay, like being around tall people might make you tall. And gay parents will raise gay children, just like all straight parents raise straight children. And marriage is for reproduction so infertile and old people should not get married. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763/40 "2009-09-15T00:04:34Z")
Transcript: [spoiler] There are several reasons why homosexuality should be banned. First of all, homosexuality is completely unnatural, just like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are unnatural. Second, gay marriage is not supported by religion and in a theocracy like ours the values of one religion are always imposed on the entire country. That’s why we only have one religion in America. Third, homosexual marriages are invalid because they can’t produce children. That’s why infertile and old couples can’t get legally married, because the world needs more children. Fourth, gay marriage will encourage more people to be gay, the same way that hanging around tall people makes you tall. Basically, scientific evidence proves it to be a contagious disease. Five, if we allow gay couples to adopt, then they will obviously raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children. Six, homosexual marriages are just plain weird. So are interracial marriages and instant oatmeal. We should probably ban those, too. Seven, when it comes to gay adoption, children cannot succeed without both male and female role models at home. That’s why single parents are forbidden to raise children. The majority of Americans believe that homosexuality should be illegal and what is popular is always right. Remember, we live in a free country. We have the right to eat what we want, we have the right to jump around like an idiot, and we have the right to wear obnoxious Hawaiian shirts out in public. We also have the right to stop two people in love from getting married. So please, vote for justice because gays do not deserve basic freedoms. Thank you.[/spoiler] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-homosexuality-should-be-banned/509763.md?page=3)