And the animals too!

Humans have evolved from animals. We still have have animalistic behaviors and tendencies to prove it. Because of our direct relation to animals we often look to the animal kingdom to research and determine our own behaviors. In Jeffrey Kluger's "The Gay Side of Nature" he discusses that animals exhibit homosexuality in nature. His discussion cannot help but point out that if animals have same-sex pairings naturally, then same-sex pairings between humans must be natural too. "Animal sexuality is more complex than we imagined, that diversity is part of human heritage" (Kluger 338). Animals have passed on their complex sexual identities to humans.

People that argue against homosexuality say that it is an abomination against nature. They clearly do not know much about nature! From elephants to monkeys, there are more than 450 different species of animal that have documented same-sex pairings (Kluger 338). If all these animals are engaging in same-sex relations than being homosexual as a human being is natural. Making people suppress who they truly are is what is unnatural. Anti-gay followers that were pressed with the idea of homosexuality in nature relating to human homosexuality, may turn the arguement around though. They may take the same-sex pairings in nature as signs of dominance, forming alliances, and appeasing enemies (Kluger 339).

Homosexuality can either be very complex to some, or very simple to others. It depends, I suppose what you believe to be true about nature. Do animals truly form homosexual relationships that can last for more than 15 years like male, greylag geese? (Kluger 338) Or is this simply a friendship in which the members must constantly establish dominance? In my opinion what is good enough for nature, is good enough for humans. If some animals are naturally inclined to homosexuality, how can we shun people that are only trying to be who they truly are according to nature? We should not.