Homosexuality in the Animal Kingdom From fruit flies to killer whales, same - sex encounters and bonding are commonplace throughout the animal kingdom: for more effective parenting, for help in seeing off competitors, for community social cohesion, for conflict resolution…
Natural & Animal Sexuality
From “The Smell of the Sheep”, a Lesson in Sexuality.
When Pope Francis spoke of the “Smell of the Sheep”, the usage was metaphorical - his expectation that bishops, as shepherds, should have on them evidence of having mixed at close quarters with their people - the sheep. When Gilles Herrada, in…
Queer Wildlife: “Out in Nature” Video
It’s well established by now that same - sex behaviour is common in all branches of the animal kingdom, mammals, birds, insects fish and reptiles. In some species (bighorn rams, and bonobo chimps), and for some individual animals in others,…
Is gay marriage really about sex? Is sex only about procreation?
At the Guardian, columnist Andrew Browne asks an important question: “Is gay marriage really about sex?” The question could of course be easily generalized to “Is gay marriage really about sex?” A related question, springing from his discussion of the conservative…
Is being Gay a Choice?
I first saw this short video as in insert in the documentary film, “For The Bible Tells Me So“, then came across it again in a post at The Anchor & Chaplain MediaCityUK called “Sex and God“, which dealt with a…
Marriage Equality, in Church, Comes to Denmark.
The Danish parliament has just passed legislation approving same - sex marriage, which could come into effect as early as next week. In common with its Scandinavian neighbours Sweden and Iceland, the legislation specifically includes provision for church weddings, although…
Sex and Catholics 2: Gender perspectives and Evolution
Natural Law: Part 2 Gender perspectives and evolution We left two issues on one side for reconsideration later, near the beginning of Part One, evolution and the female perspective. In this part we’ll critically reassess the male perspective, before considering…
“Against Nature?”: Exclusive HETEROsexuality, and HomoPHOBIA.
A recurring theme in the Catholic bishops’ campaigns against gay marriage, is the claim that it is somehow “against nature”, or contrary to “natural law”. In its theological sense, “natural law” does not (surprisingly) mean anything at all connected with…
New Scientist: Fish that change sex - and back again
At New Scientist, “Zoologger” has a post up on the transsexual abilities of the hawkfish (species Cirrhitichthys falco), which is found off Kuchino-Erabu Island in southern Japan. As the post notes, transitioning in fish occurs in many species - but this one…
LGBT Activists and the KKK
So, Cardinal George of Chicago has concerns that the gay rights movement could “morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism.” He says the rhetoric of the KKK and some in the gay rights…
