Do you think that homosexual sex should be criminalized?

If we remove ‘homosexual’ in this question, the answer is a definite ‘no’ in all countries, except for the Vatican City. The controversy lies in the word ‘homosexual’ because the degree of acceptance differs in every continent. As indicated in the geographic distribution, countries which severely criminalize homosexuality are mostly in the Middle East and Africa, less severe in other places of the world.



Homosexual behavior should not be criminalized due to several reasons. In my opinion, human are not absolute homosexual/heterosexual. Their sexual orientation is not absolute until they are in love with someone who may be from the same gender, which leads to a new self-discovery. Therefore no one should accuse the others for being homosexual, as they may become one under the same circumstances. Besides, it is normal for human to develop fondness between each other. For example the ancient Greeks are well known for their special affiliation between men. We can infer that scholars, philosophers found mutuality easier amongst themselves, compared to women who were less educated. The famous term ‘Platonic love’ originated from ancient Greek too, between Plato and his students. It suggests the spiritual attraction between people, an alternative term is Agape in Greek. In another way, sex can be driven by the basic physical need, known as Eros. The former is what distincts Man from other animals because we don’t ‘mate’ by the instinct to generate offspring like animals. This has proven that ‘mating’ for homo sapiens is not restricted to opposite genders.

In conclusion, homosexual sex should not be criminalized especially in a secular society, as there’s no specific reason to prosecute the homosexuals. When two souls are devoted to each other, whether they proceed with physical intimacy is their own choice. The negative perception on homosexuals is their openness of relationship and having more than one partner, made them being blamed for spread of STDs. This should not confuse with the criminalization of homosexuality because infidelity is to be condemned, in both homo or heterosexual relationships.

My opinions on decriminalization of homosexuality

According to Wikipedia, homosexuality refers to romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex, situationally or in an enduring disposition. Homosexuality is usually taken as abnormal or even immoral by some communities. Though legalization of homosexuality has raised heated debate over this issue and drawn much attention to the marginal community these years, it may have a history as long as human’s history itself. As the term “Greek love” implies, homosexuality might even be a common practice among ancient Greek. However, in some countries like Singapore, the practice of homosexuality is still a taboo, which is even forbidden by the law.

The recent chaos in the AWARE was also centered on the issue of homosexuality, which raised another round of fierce debate over whether homosexuality should be decriminalized. In my opinion, normal homosexuality should be decriminalized as long as they do not stir up too much trouble. Law, which functions as a treaty among all the citizens in a whole nation, should only maximize reasonable individual rights for everybody and keep the society ordered and free of chaos. Without evidence, we should not be arbitrary to conclude that homosexuality is wrong and would certainly lead to inconvenient consequences for the whole society. Moreover, law should not violate individual’s right to choose his/her companion only because of the gender as law would never ban a man from falling in love with a cat. The choice of companion should always remain personal and not judged by others.

However, some people may argue that we should ban homosexuality only because it is immoral. Though morality is rather subtle compared with the law, we have to admit that certain rituals and common practice in a society help keep the society united and stabilized. As soon as we violate it, uncomfortableness would be aroused among some people, which would result in unfavorable situation like conflicts. This reminds us that the process of decriminalization of homosexuality should not be carried out rashly. The changes of the law should be consistent with the changes of the morality. For example, people in China were very reserved before the reform and open policy. A scene of kissing would never appear on TV due to its “inappropriateness”. In the following decades, the morality in China has changed a lot which requires the law to update itself regularly. This is the same with the case of decriminalization of homosexuality. Since it is still a not-so-comfortable concept for some people, we should carry it out step by step.

In a nutshell, homosexuality should be decriminalized as it does not violate others’ rights and itself should be considered as normal human rights. However, in the process of decriminalization, we should be careful and not too rash.

Do You Think That Homosexual Should Be Criminalized?

These days, homosexuality is becoming a new “trend” in the world. A lot of people is being affected by this “trend”. Do you know what homosexuality is? It is a condition or situation where someone likes someone else who is in the same gender. For your own information, guys who like other guys is called gay, and girls who like other girls is called lesbian. They can not be considered as normal because of their attitudes, although this abnormality is not 100% caused by them. There are several reasons why someone turns into a homosexual person. Now the question is, should homosexual be criminalized? Are they the one who wrong? Is it a mistake?

In my opinion, there is no need to criminalize homosexual because they do not do anything wrong to others. They do not act against the law. But, we can not say that their attitudes are correct either. They have already tought a bad habit to the society especially to children by doing homosexuality in public places. They also can affect people’s morality. So, despite the fact that we should not punish them, we should restrict them for showing their homosexuality in public. I mean it is okay if they want to do homosexuality in their own house, but not in public places so that the rate of homosexuality will not increase.

Homosexuality also against our morality. Usually men fall in love with women, and women will fall in love with men. It is what we call normal according to our morality. But, homosexual make it different. They love someone in the same gender. This will disturb the balance of the nature if it is continued without being controlled by the government.

In the end, I want to conclude that we do not have to criminalize homosexual. They have rights to be homosexual. But, we have to prevent it from spreading, so we can decrease the number of homosexuality. In this case, government have to take part in controlling the spreading of homosexuality by making some rules.

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