October 5th, 2007
Often those who seek to condemn gay men and women without reverting to quoting Scripture will argue that homosexuality is not a benefit to society because it does not result in procreation. Well, I’ve seen some of their children – running through the restaurant screaming. And I’m not all that convinced that they are such a benefit to society.
However, I do know of some fathers who were homosexual – or at least not heterosexual – whose progeny did benefit society. I’ve listed just a few. Feel free to add more fathers to the list. And mothers are welcome too:
• Socrates – Father of Philosophy
• Aristotle – Father of Biology (perhaps)
• Leonardo Da Vinci – Father of Flight
• Luco Pacioli – Father of Accounting
• Isaac Newton – Father of Modern Physics
• Nikola Tesla – Father of Radio
• Alan Turing – Father of the Computer
and a whole host of others whose children, though not flesh and blood, continue to live and benefit society long after they are gone: Michelangelo Buonarroti, EM Forster, Noel Coward, Alexander the Great, and the list goes on and on…
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Disappointed in Rudy
October 6th, 2007
Since when are Aristotle, Socrates and Newton gay?
Anyway, Sappho, mother of erotic literature?
Emily K
October 6th, 2007
I’d call Sappho the mother of female love poetry.
Cate
October 6th, 2007
Fun list!
Here’s one more:
Florence Nightingale, Mother of Modern Nursing
Paul Stevens
October 7th, 2007
Don’t forget good old Oscar:
Oscar Wilde – (Arguably) Father of Wit
And possibly:
Shakespeare – Father of Literature
Noa Resare
October 7th, 2007
Carolus Linnaeus – the father of botanics
Timothy Kincaid
October 8th, 2007
Disappointed:
Socrates: If we are to believe Plato, then Socrates was same-sex attracted, perhaps bisexual but, as I phrased it above, “at least not heterosexual”.
Aristotle: I am not able to definitively tie this down. While several sources I relied on for my initial thread claim that Aristotle was same-sex attracted, others do not. So I will scratch him.
In his place let’s put a Greek about whom there seems to be concensus (though his opinions on homosexuality changed during his life):
Plato – Father of Logic
Newton – Issac Newton is a bit more difficult. Some claim that he was a homosexual, others that he was asexual. But in either case, he was decidedly not heterosexual in any traditional sense. And those who claim that procreation is the sole basis of contribution to society would have to include Newton in the “no contribution” column. This is also the case with Tesla.
Randi Schimnosky
October 9th, 2007
I wouldn’t include Alexander the Great on this list. Anyone who went around waging war on innocent people is not a benefit to society.
Jody
October 9th, 2007
Randi, Alexander spread Greek culture, education and technology across most of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. He did kill many — but he no doubt saved many more. Our culture wouldn’t exist today if it wasn’t for what he did.
History is rarely black and white.
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