Is Homosexuality Natural - one rebuttal to a common argument

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Is Homosexuality Natural - one rebuttal to a common argument

I've heard 2 atheists give me the following argument about why homosexuality is not morally wrong. It is such a poor argument I want to post it here so that people will at least try to use better ones. Here is the argument.

"There's a species of animal that practices homosexuality, therefore it is natural, and so there is nothing wrong with humans doing it too".

The rebuttal to this argument is quite simple:

"There are animals that eat the young of their own species. There are cannibalistic animals. There are animals that torture their prey before killing it. Obviously just because animals do it does not mean that it is morally ok or natural."

Some food for thought.

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bobbington-I agree with you
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Arguing over whether
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Travis
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Travis said all that needs to
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This is why one should know
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"As Polly said morality is
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Travis, great response but I
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"Do you consider having a
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Bobbington-Using your own
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"There's a species of animal
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JEFF-you are way to serious
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Homosexuality is natural,
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Homosexuality is a very
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Bobbington, you started a
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If by saying that
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Homosexuality is not as bad
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Takudzwa-Cannibalism isn't
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The Bible states that

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