Again, an action can do no physical harm but still be immoral.
Relationships between consenting adults can do no physical harm and still be immoral.
For example, two people who are closely related may marry. Nobody may be harmed there, but we would still condemn that because we recognize it is not natural.
Relationships between consenting adults can do no physical harm and still be immoral.
For example, two people who are closely related may marry. Nobody may be harmed there, but we would still condemn that because we recognize it is not natural.
The immorality of a non natural state is pure nonsensical logic. There is absolutely no basis in the saying:
"X is not natural therefore X is immoral" Whether we talk about homosexuality, Cars, Trees, One Piece or the accaparation of the entire capitals of the planet by a few individuals.
If you want to judge the existence of something, you use ethics. Not morality that is completely religiously biased. This means understanding WHY something should be considered as immoral and unethical as a first place. And for that we look at the damage that said action can do.
In this case : 0. None. Nada. Nothing. Absolutely 0 damage whatsoever. So no matter if cars, trees or homosexuality are natural or non natural. It does not matter, what should be looked is what the existence of those things create and the effect on the social world.
Anyone with a brain and basic logic should understand that.
You could argue Trump is doing something that leads to gay marriage being banned by being against transgenders, but he formally he does not intend that at all. In his will, he is not against gay marriage
We know, because it was documented, that the field of LGBTQI+ rights is interconnected by a fragile and highly volatile web, it's only a question of month for people who fight transgender now, to fight gay people later. It's a logic of transfert of oppression due to the overlapping domination system that are patriarchy, capitalism and ableism in this case.
It happens in other types of domination system as well. For ex I currently struggle with the same process in France:
The gov (and the social dem left) is trying to pass a law that allow for the assisted suicide of people in dire conditions. In theory, it's good news for people who are in pure torture.... but in practice, it's a pandora box.
We know - because it was documented and researched, once again - that if we allow such process under capitalism, capitalism, as a system of domination that works with ableism will produce enough pressure to push people with lesser and lesser problematic condition to seek the solution of ending their lives instead of helping them find new solution to live a better one.
It's a simple systemic logic (that is actually much easier to understand when we are thinking with po.. materialism). Rights, are interconnected, systems are interconnected, oppressions are interconnected.
So if we allow this in France tomorrow, the government or rather the institution willl push this:
In reality and practice, it means that the poorer you are, the easier will be to have access to assisted suicide... and by simple logic (if you already went through this, you will understand)...
.. The likelier you will be to end your life.