450 to 1: One is the Loneliest Number

"Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?"

This statement has been recently made popular on the social networking site of Twitter through 'tweets' and 'retweets'. When I saw this (and retweeted it as well), it made me really think about the science of homosexuality. People complain and say that homosexuality is unnatural, that it is something that a person choses to become instead of already being. What about other animals who are very free with their sexuality? But aren't we of the animal species as well? We can say that yes we were born with the gift of intelligence and self-awareness. But that intelligence and self-awareness can also be misconstrued, created into whatever shape and design that we want it to take.

Why do we exercise so much control over (personal) human life and how it should be lived? Homophobia, like racism and so many other unfortunate feelings, is the fear of the unknown and unfamiliar. And we as people constantly struggle with self esteem issues and in order to bring ourselves up, we have to take some people down, creating a 'false balance' in society. And then religion is utilized as a shield to hide these true and very raw feelings and then is used as a sword to tear apart that which is deemed 'wrong'. This has been going on for so many centuries, all of this hatred and discrimination in various forms, which makes me almost wonder, is discrimination something that will always and forever be a part of our society? Can we survive without it? Because without it, we'd definitely be on our way to becoming a 'semi-utopian' society. But as human beings we were born imperfect in our own different, unique ways. So that, in a sense, kind of eliminates the idea of a 'utopia'.

But can we and will we ever be able to overcome this ideal that has become very ingrained into our society? Can't we try to accept each other for who we are (as long as what we are is positive and not harming other persons in the process of being ourselves)? We always hear about peace in the news, on the radio, on the television, but that's all it has been, is talk. Why not try to make it a reality? Overcome centuries worth of adversity and accept those who do what comes to them naturally. Breathing is also a natural phenomenon. What if that ability was taken away because a powerful group of people deemed it not right and unnatural? What would you do? Wouldn't you fight for the right to live?