5 Arguments That Claim Why Homosexuality Is Wrong

Within this blog, I will present five arguments that claim why homosexuality is wrong. The arguments that will be found within this blog are as follows. Homosexuality is wrong because it is unnatural, harmful, and it serves as a threat to the traditional family. Additionally, the last two arguments that will be found are, homosexuality is condemned by religion and various religious text and homosexuals males act like females and homosexuals women act like males. Also, within this paper, you will counter arguments that will either prove or disprove the arguments that were previously mentioned. Throughout this blog, you will find many philosophical methods that pertain to the arguments such as Cultural Relativism, Emotivism, Divine Command …show more content…
Premise: Homosexual sex that does not reproduce it wrong.
Conclusion: Therefore, homosexuality is wrong.

Counter Argument One:
Premise: Any kind of sexual activity that does not reproduce is wrong.
Conclusion: Therefore all non-reproducing sexual activity is wrong.

Argument One is an unsound argument because it states that type of sexual relations that do not reproduce or lead to child bearing is unnatural and wrong.

Argument Two follows the same method as argument two which is of Cultural Relativism. Cultural Relativism states that actions are wrong when society deems them as being wrong and actions are not wrong when most of society says that are not wrong.

Argument Two:
Homosexuality is wrong because it is harmful
Premise: Homosexual sex leads to potential harm or danger is wrong.
Conclusion: Therefore, homosexual sex is harmful.

Counter Argument Two:
Premise: Any type of sex can lead to potential harm or danger.
Conclusion: Therefore, all types of sex can lead to danger.

Argument Two is an unsound argument because all types of sex including homosexual and heterosexual sex can lead to potential harm or …show more content…
Conclusion: Anything that threatens the traditional family is wrong.

This argument is unsound because it is because anything that is harmful to the traditional family is wrong.

Argument Four follows the Divine Command Theory of Ethics. This particular method states that actions are wrong because God commands that we not do or participate in certain activities and right actions are the ones that God commands us to do.

Argument Four:
Homosexuality is condemned by religion(s), condemned by the Bible and other religious texts.
Premise: Any type of sexual activity that is contrary to religion or religious text is wrong.
Conclusion: Therefore, homosexual sex is wrong because it goes against religion.

Counter Argument Four:
Premise: Any type of sexual immortality that is contrary to religious text is wrong.
Conclusion: Therefore, sexual immorality is wrong.

This argument is unsound because there are many practices including sexual activity that goes against its teaching.

Argument Five, is an example of Simple Subjectivism. This method means that if someone says that an action is wrong, the individual is saying that it is wrong simply because they disapprove or dislike the