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[[Image:Carl wieland.jpg|thumbnail|120px|left|Dr. [[Carl Wieland]] - Managing Director of [[Creation Ministries International]].]]

[[Image:Carl wieland.jpg|thumbnail|120px|left|Dr. [[Carl Wieland]] - Managing Director of [[Creation Ministries International]].]]

In respect to the '''homosexuality in animals myth''', there is currently interest on whether homosexual behavior is or is not [[zoology|zoologically]] "natural." This is largely a sterile debate because behavior is not necessarily moral even if "natural;" because the nature of human beings is not necessarily the same as the nature of other species, and because it is not at all clear when an observed behavior can be counted as "sexual," or as implying a sexual "orientation." Also, [[Creation Ministries International]] wrote on this subject of whether or not there is [[homosexuality]] in the animal kingdom: "There is...documented proof of [[cannibalism]] and rape in the animal kingdom, but that doesn’t make it right for humans."<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2774</ref>

In respect to the '''homosexuality in animals myth''', there is currently interest on whether homosexual behavior is or is not [[zoology|zoologically]] "natural." This is largely a sterile debate because behavior is not necessarily moral even if "natural;" because the nature of human beings is not necessarily the same as the nature of other species, and because it is not at all clear when an observed behavior can be counted as "sexual," or as implying a sexual "orientation." Also, [[Creation Ministries International]] wrote on this subject of whether or not there is [[homosexuality]] in the animal kingdom: "There is...documented proof of [[cannibalism]] and rape in the animal kingdom, but that [[appeal to nature|doesn’t make it right]] for humans."<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2774</ref>

A 1996 article, published by an organization committed to the treatment of homosexuality, musters the arguments against interpretation of animal behavior as sanctioning homosexuality.<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html The Animal Homosexuality Myth], Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, excerpt from book ''Defending a Higher Law: Why We Must Resist Same Sex "Marriage" and the Homosexual Movement.''</ref> It notes that "homosexual scientist Simon LeVay" stated that the evidence pointed to isolated acts, not to homosexuality:

A 1996 article, published by an organization committed to the treatment of homosexuality, musters the arguments against interpretation of animal behavior as sanctioning homosexuality.<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html The Animal Homosexuality Myth], Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, excerpt from book ''Defending a Higher Law: Why We Must Resist Same Sex "Marriage" and the Homosexual Movement.''</ref> It notes that "homosexual scientist Simon LeVay" stated that the evidence pointed to isolated acts, not to homosexuality: