Question:
A huge preponderance is straight, a significantly small minority is gay.
And gayness is non functional, as far as propogation of the species.
Impotency would be just as abnormal.
The same can be said of audiophilia. You aren't going to get rid of your tubes
and Vandersteens are you? You aren't against sterile heterosexual marriages are
you?
Answer:
Neither of the 2 major professions, clinical psychology and psychiatry,
involved in the treatment of various sexual disorders consider homosexual
behavior to be abnormal and/or a sexual disorder. For that reason and others,
the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual - IV- TR (DSM-IV-TR) of the American
Psychiatrric Association, the generally accepted reference for diagnoses, does
not list this form of sexual behavior between consenting adults as part of
its diagnostic categories. OTOH, conditions such as pedophilia, male erectile
disorder, and many other sexual disorders are listed.
It is also worth noting that in textbooks dealing with abnormal psychology,
behavior between consenting adults of the same sex, is not covered at all,
since there is no reason to consider it a form of abnormal behavior.
Finally, it is the official position of both the American Psychiatric
Association and the American Psychological Association that homosexual
orientation and/or behavior is not a form of mental illness, nor is it a form
of abnormal behavior.
For an interesting summation of the postion of the American Psychological
Association, which I fully endorse and support, see the following link:
http://www.soulforce.org/main/psychological.shtml
