Not making homosexuality illegal is a crime in itself towards those engaging in it. We outlaw things that are bad for someone. If homosexuality leads to a path of destruction it's a completely fair and logical decision to, just like destructive things like murder and theft, protect the individuals in society against it. Now by having made everything legal, these countries have by design taken away the layer of protection of the individuals residing in it. If you think about it that way, it's actually a useful way on how law should be: protecting those under it from others and certainly also from themselves.
I think for this to happen we need to be very clear about why exactly it's wrong. Even when I was a secular athiest I knew the reasons. If you try to search online for why it's bad you won't find any information. All the top hits are about how amazing it is to be gay, condemnation of "hateful" preachers, gay hate crimes, etc etc.
So in a sense it's the blind leading the blind into sin. The hive mind perpetuates the idea that it's just innocent people in a loving relationship. And if you disagree then you're just a crazy bible thumper with no good reasons.
So we need to emphasize the following:
- Marriage can be amazing! It's a sacrament. Children are little creatures with souls that talk and look like you! Having a heterosexual partner and children together can bring alot of joy and meaning to life. Enough with the whining about marriage and children as if it's a burden.
- Homosexuals are not pro life in the sense that they do not create life. They lead to a sterile society. No great civilizations were upheld by gays. Gays increasing is always a sign of patterns in society related to moral decline.
- Children need both male and female role models as parents. Having 2 men or 2 women confuses them and doesn't support a proper upbringing. This is unbalanced and doesn't create a unitive family bond.
- Sodomites are notorious for spreading STDs and some of them are solely driven by sodomites alone like AIDs and monkeypox. Inserting objects where they shouldn't go can also lead to health issues or injuries.
- Building your identity around your sexual preferences and what you do under the covers is not a healthy way to present yourself to the world. We are more than our passions and lusts. We don't have to have sex. We won't die. Being celibate doesn't mean you're life is over.
- Being gay makes your family and friends uncomfortable and causes division. It's breaks up families just like other dividers such as divorce, adultery, alcohol addiction etc. These choices are similar in that they disintegrate family and friendship bonds.
- Gays have an exponentially higher rate of mental illness, suicide, domestic abuse, porn addiction, drug addiction, etc.
- Just becuase something is legal doesn't make it right. That shouldn't be the standard we use for whether something is right or wrong. Cigarettes are legal. Alcohol is legal. Vile rap music is legal.
- Gay conversion therapy works. Many have had their lives turned around. They willingly went to therapy and you can hear their success stories if you look for them. Many have regrets for living a gay life or trans life.
- For many being gay is just a phase. For example it's common for Thai women to become "Toms" when they are young. It's the mindset of a rebellious teenager. They later in life realize they want a husband and children. There arent many older "Toms".
I could go on but I think you get my drift. We need to emphasize points like these before handing people the God pill. I think it does more harm to use the protestant method of screaming at them in the streets that they are going to burn and hell and need to repent or pointing out where in scripture homosexuality is condemned.
It makes it seem like this is the only reason people are against sodomy which is totally untrue! There are many secular reasons for why it's bad just like their are for porn.
We cant just tell people it's wrong becuase God says it's wrong. Even though that's true, it causes them to rebel and hate God even more than they already do, descending further into their pride and ignorance.