Literally, as created by Nature at lower levels of the developmental chain, that's true. But we are now a lot more than even little scurrying "dumb animals" who wear no clothes, eat berries off random bushes, and hump at will.
Sex, for civilized sentient creatures who have complex lives and emotional needs and can sustain others (and the species as a whole) without being directly "parent of", is also for RECreation. :p (With the obvious side benefit of possible procreation, preferably governed by the concept of CHOICE.)
But you know the bigots object to gay sex, using the claim that "it doesn't procreate". Well, neither does elderly-people sex, or het-couples-who-don't-want-children sex. Even the most restrictive social structures haven't managed to stop people from enjoying recreational sex. I'd say that Nature intended that TOO (because happy satisfied people are beneficial for the continuation of the species as a whole), and the bigots can stuff it.
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Date: 2008-06-24 12:25 am (UTC)Literally, as created by Nature at lower levels of the developmental chain, that's true. But we are now a lot more than even little scurrying "dumb animals" who wear no clothes, eat berries off random bushes, and hump at will.
Sex, for civilized sentient creatures who have complex lives and emotional needs and can sustain others (and the species as a whole) without being directly "parent of", is also for RECreation. :p (With the obvious side benefit of possible procreation, preferably governed by the concept of CHOICE.)
But you know the bigots object to gay sex, using the claim that "it doesn't procreate". Well, neither does elderly-people sex, or het-couples-who-don't-want-children sex. Even the most restrictive social structures haven't managed to stop people from enjoying recreational sex. I'd say that Nature intended that TOO (because happy satisfied people are beneficial for the continuation of the species as a whole), and the bigots can stuff it.