This is why I tried so hard not to use the word “defect.” But after a full minute, I could not think of anything better. >.<
FYI, from a biological standpoint, I believe that we as a species evolved to have two separate sexes and one sexual preference. Bringing dolphins, giraffes, and monkeys into this conversation doesn’t really make sense since they aren’t what we are discussing.
Natural selection would not create terms in which off-spring would not be created. This leads us to one of two options: either it is a choice (which it is most certainly not) or it is a hormonal and mental state which deviates from what nature intends. I know it might be prettier to say that homosexuality is natural (which technically it is, we certainly didn’t create it in a lab or something). But science, and the theory of evolution, points to a genetic, hormonal, or mental anomaly.
And, regardless of how this makes me sound, I am still in full support of of gay rights and equality. They are still people. They have such a small “defect” it doesn’t even matter what that defect is.
Just so you know, I call anything I believe that deviates from what might be intended for the species to be a defect. That includes high cholesterol, being bi-polar, being ambidextrous, having club-foot, and being double-jointed. These are all so minor they have nothing to do with the actual person, much like homosexuality. But they are all still defects.
We all have defects. None of us are perfect.
And this is all coming out wrong, so I’mma step out.
As for your animal homosexuality standpoint, yes this may be true. But they all still ultimately mate with a female sooner or later. And maybe I can’t see it cause I’m not a specialist in any of these animals, or perhaps it’s because I’m not an animal myself, but I don’t believe dolphins and giraffes are the most sexually dimorphic creatures out there. Then again, I’m probably off base on this since, as I stated, I’m not a specialist in the field of specific animals.