What’s at stake in ssm: the news from Quebec
The news from Quebec is not encouraging for those who love liberty. In their new Quebec Policy Against Homophobia: Moving Together toward social equality, Provincial government of Quebec just gave itself permission to take all necessary steps to wipe out, not just “homophobia,” but also “heterosexism.” In the opening message from the minister of Justice, and minister responsible for the fight against homophobia, Kathleen Weil states:
“Over the last thirty years, Quebec has introduced a range of legislative measures leading to recognition for the legal equality of the sexual minorities. Despite this fact, full social acceptance for sexual diversity has yet to be achieved…. As the minister responsible for the fight against homophobia, I am proud to present the Quebec Policy against Homophobia. It relies on the participation of all institutions, and all Quebecers, to create a society free of prejudice with regard to sexual diversity. This is a key issue, since it involves the right of all individuals to achieve their potential and participate fully in all aspects of life in society, whatever their sexual orientation or identity.”
Relying on the participate of all institutions and all Quebecers? Making sure “all individuals achieve their potential” is the business of government?
Here is the definition of heterosexism:
Heterosexism: Affirmation of heterosexuality as a social norm or the highest form of sexual orientation; social practice that conceals the diversity of sexual orientations and identities in everyday representations, social relations and social institutions, in particular, by taking for granted that all people are heterosexual.
Uh, hello, Hetereosexuality is normal for our species. You will never wipe out the view that it is normal. Hence my claim: this policy is a blank check for teh govt of Quebec to make a high moral crusade out of doing the impossible.
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Mother Nature is heterosexist. Good luck fighting against her.
This is one of the problems with the debate. “Heterosexuality” is no mere “orientation” — if it were then statements like “taking for granted that all people are heterosexual” would make sense.
But “heterosexuality” is a much bigger topic than sexual attraction — a truth that not even gays and lesbians can escape when they visit the fertility clinic. ALL People — humankind itself — is heterosexual. Every one of us, without exception, is a direct result of the union of exactly one man and one woman.
Arbitrary and capricious, i know. But there it is.
These laws certainly prove how distorted the thinking of many has become. Good luck trying to change the social norm. It will become very clear once the demographic changes occur so that the population growth is zero or less that homosexuals will not be the ones to reverse the situation through natural means — now or then!!
So how will anyone find a mate? Anyone asking someone of the opposite sex out would be in contravention of the law (heterosexism), as would anyone asking someone of the same sex out (homosexism).
On reading that paragraph again I see that there is no mention of wiping out homosexism. Hmmm.
The other thing that homosexism doesn’t seem to recognize is that trying to make heterosexism illegal is a violation of the very rights they are claiming to be in support of. Heterosexuals have as much right to be Heterosexual, as Homosexuals do to be Homosexual. Regardless of your views of the other. And no Human being has any right to harrass, bully, or otherwise deliberately inflict physical harm on anyone because they hold to an apposing view; Or to make said apposing view illegal – It is called freedom of speech.
Let’s put the issues in context. Perhaps 5 percent, or even less, of the human population consider homosexuality and same-sex relationships, even marriage, an expression of normality from their perspective. That 5 percent is no threat to the 95 percent who are heterosexual. Heterosexuality has, and always will, be the overwhelmingly dominant lifestyle. So the question is: why do we consider the 5 percent (or less) of the population to be so threatening to the 95 percent? The analogy is similar between Jews, who are fewer than 1 percent of faith groups, and the 99 percent of non-Jews, some of whom consider Jews a threat to the whole world….
No, Dr. Karen Hofman it is not the homosexuals who are a threat, it it the laws that purportedly protect them that are a threat to the rest of us. You’s think that would be obvious from the conversation thus far.