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Here Tony paused, and asked, "What about same-sex love? Should the love of a man for a man, or a woman for a women, be invalid at the sexual level? What about it? If society's sexual intimacies existed exclusively for the purpose of procreation, and were never be entered into by anyone for any other reason, then the idea that same-sex intimacies have no merit would be true."
He paused for a sip of water, then he asked the audience. "Is there anyone here who has never entered into sexual intimacies with another person except for the express purpose to achieve procreation?"
He paused again. As no hands were raised, he continued.
He spoke slowly now. "Since all of you have just indicated that sexual intimacies are not primarily entered into for procreation, which is probably true for the vast majority of these acts, then it doesn't make sense that these intimacies should be invalid in a same-sex environment since procreation isn't the main purpose anymore for sexual intimacies among human beings.
"It appears that procreation never has been the primary purpose of our sexuality as human beings," he added moments later. "If we considers the rich sphere of our humanity, as we should, we find in it dimensions of unity that are sexually defined, but we have turned sexuality into a cause for isolation. In consideration of what is natural, therefore, why should same-sex relationships not be seen as valid aspects of unity as any other sexually inspired relationship? There is no reason for it, is there? The fact is that countless people have experienced in their lives that same-sex marriages or associations are just as valid for that very reason, in which the bonds that love have forged are honored that we are obliged by the Decalogue and moral law, to honor indeed."
He suggested that the reason why so little of that honoring is done, may well be due to the many destructive axioms that have been created in ancient times for imperial reasons, for creating division and isolation wherever that was possible. He further pointed out that the same-sex isolation actually violates the principle of the necessary universality of love as a universal principle. The Principle of Universal Love quite literally includes the love of a man for a man, and a woman for a woman, to whatever extent that may unfold. "Are we not all human beings?"
Tony said that he applied this principle at Alberto's pub. He made an experiment, shutting out all the axioms that stood in the way of him allowing himself to feel close to another human being, man or woman. He suggested that people should try this themselves. They would be surprised.
He said, "the same-sex isolation has nothing real to stand on. It should be treated as an anomaly that needs to resolved, rather than be magnified, and this with a great amount of honesty with ourselves in respect to the humanity that we all share. The Principle of Universal Love has no meaning unless this impasse is resolved," he said, "and that's a greater challenge than we have dared to face so far."
He asked, what basis the audience felt we had left for ending the threats of war, nuclear war, and economic war, if we exclude the Principle of Universal Love which once ended eighty years of war in Europe, in 1648. "Peace has only one principle," he said, "and this is it?"
He suggested that the development of the Principle of Universal Love could spark a social revolution that can uplift the whole world. He suggested that we should all embrace this principle, and that we should become a law unto ourselves not to allow the isolation of ourselves to happen that violates the Principle of Universal Love. "We should create a constitution for ourselves," he said, "to uphold and protect our self-love, in order that there will be love in world that will enable us to enrich one-another.
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