X-rays and love is the same

Not too long ago a lesbian couple danced in front of an xray, kissed and revealed they were gay.  Love knows no difference! Was the headline.  But what kind of love? The point that was made missed the point that should’ve been made.

Huffington post did an article on it

All they proved was we are biological human.

It could (should) more easily be a case for common humanity.  It proves that the lesbian couple are human and worthy of human dignity just like those who disagree with their lifestyle.

It did not prove their union (which could never be proper) was equal, or even identical to a male female union. At best their point would be prove their romantic relationship is not bestiality.  

What struck me most though, was how this argument could and should be extended to their genitals (to be blunt).  It’s an argument from biology as well as the one I just made just not carried further than what is comfortable.    Their point would have been still muddled on sexuality but stronger, had they argued for their humanity.  But biology attests to quite the opposite of what they put forward as far as romantic love and gender.    

If we studied the two people dancing we would realize there is something missing (I won't be blunt here). It ignores telos (purpose), that sex is involved in reproduction and reproduction is inseperable from sex. Their union can’t create children, they are simply identical. If we add a man to the mix and take one of the women out, all of a sudden we see reproduction is possible.

Their union bears no fruit, neither does it contain the design that would. To make their argument from biology, they’d have to ignore biology.  It is a logical non sequitur, it does not logically follow.  The logical sequitur in this case is a common humanity, and a different type of love based on a male/female reproduction model.  There is a strong argument from design which works against the point they are making and the point is undercut when the logic is consistently applied.

God alone gets to define what love is.  It is possible they love each other, but is it in a way that God created it for?  There is friendly love, familial love, eros (romantic) love but to misapply any of them is to lead to ruin.  Romantic love by design is made for man and woman.  

It’s another sad case of hurting people looking for security in their identity and seeing evidence where they want it.  I disagree with their premise to begin with, but the argument that is being made is a logical non sequitur. 

It’s an example of seeing what we want to see but it also shows something that should draw us together.  Our humanity  It is a sinful behavior, but one committed by people who sin just in a different way than I do. They are human and as such are as in the image of God as I am.  The same respect any of us expect should be extended to those who we disagree with.