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Alan Turing Apology Campaign Grows
chrb writes "Several British news sources have recently reported on the growing campaign that calls for an apology to Alan Turing for his persecution by the British government. The petition to the Prime Minister was started by John Graham-Cumming, who has also written to the Queen requesting a Knighthood for Turing, but admits that a pardon is 'unlikely,' saying, 'The most important thing to me is that people hear about Alan Turing and realize his incredible impact on the modern world, and how terrible the impact of prejudice was on him.'"
Would you argue that from a scientific, logic point of view, homosexuality is not a flaw? I mean, if ever I saw a trait that evolution would suppress, this would be it.
Why is that the measure of whether something is acceptable? Besides, if you're going to be perfectly "logical" and "scientific" about this, then you should be rejecting the supposition that homosexuality is a trait that evolution would suppress--because it hasn't been suppressed, has it?
gay people are different
Different from what? Heterosexuals? Why is that the measure? And I challenge you to define "heterosexual" and "homosexual" as distinct identities in such a way that they meaningfully describe people's behavior. It's not possible.