names of Ruth and Naomi, Plato, Sappho, Erasmus, Michaelangelo, Tennyson, Florence Nightengale, Carpenter and Gide are testimonials to the fact that homosexuality is not synonymous with degeneracy. Nor do homosexuals monopolize degeneracy. Any newspaper is daily witness to the degeneracy, vulgarity and sickliness of much of contemporary heterosexuality. And that idealized picture of happy heterosexual life is a bit more common in story books than in real life.

One last word from our critic, "But everyone has a duty to reproduce himself."

Whatever for?

The population of the United States and the world is increasing at an alarming rate. Not a single state in the U. S. is prepared for the deluge of children entering already overcrowded, understaffed schools. We need a lower, not a higher, birthrate. One would think that a handful of people who shirked this duty would be congratulated. And in some countries. suffering from fantastic population explosions, giving birth to more children is socially immoral.

Society needs to face the fact that not everyone is fit to be a parent. Many homosexuals certainly would

not make good parents (most heterosexuals are bad enough.) Why force the creation of families that are only too likely to be maladjusted.

Instead, why not use homosexuals in those functions of modern society where a family is a drawback? Many scientific jobs run the serious risk of genetic damage. Why not reserve those jobs for men and women whose habits insure against the tragedy of monstrous offspring? Many jobs require a nomadic existence. Why wreck or strain families by putting heterosexuals in such jobs? There are many other occupations for which homosexuals show talent. Instead of trying to fit round pegs in square holes, society would benefit by learning to make full and tolerant use of the talents possessed by homosexuals. Ancient Greece found rich dividends in such policy. It could pay off again today.

If only our society would learn to accept Nature at face value (and not only in regard to homosexuality) and lay off the counterfeit... for this must be clear: the sex mores of our society are counterfeit. They are unnaturalagainst Nature. And every day we read in the papers the shocking price our society must pay for its rigid and unnatural attitudes.

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