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Old 04-24-2009, 12:21 PM  
pocketkangaroo
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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays View Post
why do we have to have "a purpose"? that's a bit of a simplistic, even primitive view of life. what one believes to be his/her "purpose" has nothing to do with the fact that reproduction is essential both to the survival of the species as a whole and to smaller social groups. from an evolutionary standpoint, homosexuality offers no positive benefit to a social group or species.
Are you against marriage for the elderly since they can't reproduce?

As for the evolutionary standpoint, it does offer some positive effect. The fact they have evolved to this stage in countless species shows that it has some benefits to our overall survival as a species (lots of theories on this).
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