Birth Control

This letter to the editor was written before the issues of sexual orientation became secondary to the pertinent issues of the time. It provides illuminating insight into how power and control can be wielded by some over those personifying an impressionable, unquestioning willingness to blindly follow.

Peace Be With You,
Mort

Imagine the perfect world. Admittedly the concept of perfection may differ depending on your individual point of view but in spite of the obvious cultural, ethical and browbeater issues I believe there are certain basics we can all agree upon. Empathy, that Christian biggie-- Forgiveness of Sins—honoring (whatever’s worthy)--, paying taxes, increasing quality of life and so on and so forth.
As a means of fast tracking to the perfect world I’d like to propose a review of the religious right’s view on homosexual marriage and the practicality of birth control. In the not so long distant past Human newborns suffered mortality rates comparable to the many species of wildlife that produce in bulk ensuring the continuation of their species. In the Human world, mastery, in the guise of religion, decreed that the only sanctifiable union was that between a heterosexual couple…in other words one physically capable of mass human production. A self aggrandizing way of producing cheap labor as well as guaranteeing the perpetration of the species and while not a control tactic I condone certainly an understandable notion.
As with so much other conceptualization that has gone the way of the dinosaur the need for mass mini human production is an antiquated one. It has joined the ranks of the ribbon typewriter, corded phones, 8-tracks and clean air. Why then are so many clinging to the old ways? Twenty-first century large families are more of an economic hindrance than help, and viable areas available for food production shrink daily.
People have gleefully glommed onto cell phones, faithfully spend thousands for new computers every 3-4 years, upgrade and update any and every electronic necessity with almost maniacal zeal. Unconcernedly they’ve expunged time honored concepts—longevity, reliability, not wasting, pride and loyalty—in favor of instant gratification. This predilection then begs the question…why the continued negative attitude toward homosexuals? If nothing else here is a golden opportunity to put low cost birth control into the mainstream!
This is, of course, not to say that many homosexuals don’t want families. They do. Many adopt children that would otherwise languish in the adoption/foster system while a much lesser amount actually experience the birthing process. Overall a highly equitable way of lessening the burden on our beleaguered planet.
Just imagine a world where ones sexual orientation weren’t the issue. Just imagine if all those people who, through fear, entered into doomed heterosexual coupling, producing progeny destined for the psychiatrists couch—if not worse—hadn’t felt so pressured. Just imagine a calmer, happier less violent home world. Just imagine the possibilities.