Just because two people love each other is no reason to allow them to marry or to propagate. Would you say two men that love each other should be allowed to marry? No.
And from a societal standpoint two homo's are less dangerous to a society than 2 retarded people. Depending on the degree of retardation. Because the retarded people are a drain on a society, requiring more resources than norm.
I speak from experience.
During the early part of the Korean war I was involved in research in a southern state in biological weapons. Sorry , not going into too much detail. But we worked with what they now call retrovirus's. The virus attacked the sperm and eggs of the infected people.Once infected the person would never be able to propagate, ever.
Well it didn't work out as planed. Although it worked on mice and rabbits it didn't work on humans. Instead they were still able to propagate but the offspring were severely retarded mentally.
Back then safety and security was not to much an issue. We were all scared of the red's.
One weekend I went back home to see my parents and my baby brothers. Being in a hurry to get out of the restaurant( it was a restaurant that was the lab) I left a petri dish in my pocket. When I found it later the first night I figured as long as it didn't come open I was fine. So it was no big todo. later that night someone knocked my bomber jacket off of the hall chair. My brother (2 years old) found it and opened it.
When I found it I got a bit nervous and fearful. I contacted my commander told him what had happened and he showed up in a couple of hours.
He meet me at the corner store, gave me some money, told me to take everyone to the movie in town and not to worry that he would take care of everything.
When we got back to the house it was burned to the ground, nothing was left. It all worked out, the army gave the funds for a much nicer house in a much nicer area.
When my brother was about 6 he was considered slow. Not retarded, just slow. when he got into his early 20's he married another slow person. We had to drive them to Kentucky to get married because Florida wouldn't let them without being sterilized. Their first child was severely handicapped and only lasted a few months, the second set was a set of twins, both mentally challenged. They lasted till they were three years old. Then my sister-n-law gave them a bath one night. She placed them in the tub set the water forgot the bubble bath in the kitchen and went to get it. Got distracted doing something else and forgot about the kids. When my brother came home a little latter he found both little girls drowned in the tub and his wife a sleep on the couch.
They then went on to produce several more children. All with mild retardation to severe retardation. The oldest boy lasted to the 5th grade. One of the kids told him to run out in front of a car, and he did.
The rest of the children then grew up and started having more children. Not one of any of my brothers children, their children or their children are normal.
My oldest nephew from him is the most loving fella you could ever meet. But he doesn't have a clue about right and wrong. And life just jumps from one moment to the next for him. You could hand him a puppy and he would love on it like any kid, then tell him to cut of the puppies head and he would. Then he would ask why his puppy was sick.
My accident and stupid behavior has done allot to my family. But as for retardation, I stand by the sterilization idea( in some cases). Let them get married but don't let them reproduce. If my brother would have been sterilized a lot of pain and suffering would have been avoided.
In 1976 I drove through the little town where the restaurant was. Stopped and got gas and noticed all the slow people around the little town. A drive around town seemed to prove to me that it wasn't just chance for that little town to be chosen.
Retardation in the modern world is a serious condition. In centuries past most forms of retardation were caused by accidents. The child had some kind of trauma in the womb. Today it is more likely caused by chemical alteration of the dna.
I have as much pitty and sympathy as the next person but I also know a great deal of the effects from being to Kind hearted.
Society has to come first and foremost in any situation regardless of the pain it may cause.
The old saying " God works in mysterious ways" is as close as I can come to how things work sometimes.
I have lived with my sins for many years, and went through hell at the birth of all my sons, nephews and grandchildren.
But by the grace of the Lord Jesus it is easier to deal with. He may have forgiven me but I can't seem to do it.
Sometimes in life you have to be cruel ,to be kind.
Sorry for being long winded. It was katrina day at services. The subject of sin was in the air.
