I ran across the most famous, albeit infamous, quotation from Dr. Laura while on the Internet this past weekend: "If you're gay or a lesbian, it's a biological error." It struck me in a way it had not before. I have not heard the latest scuttlebutt on what is happening to her TV show. Stories vary from canceled to reassigned. I don't much care. I suppose she is still doing well on radio and making millions on the divisive mutual hatred and distrust which have been animating opposing partisans during the election crisis.
However, my perception of her statement, "If you're gay or a lesbian, it's a biological error," has taken a turn for the better. By her use of the word "biological," the foolish woman has given the lie to arguments from her side that we are not a naturally occurring phenomenon.
What is biology, and, by extension, all things biological?
1.The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution.
It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions.
2.The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or
category of living organisms.
3.The plant and animal life of a specific area or region.
Thus has Dr. Laura stated a truth about us. We are a biological occurrence, a life process as opposed to merely a lifestyle.
As for her use of "error," the word is equated in my thesaurus with "misconception," and that, indeed, is what we are.
We are the naturally occurring (biological) misconception (error) of humanity seen as entirely heterosexual at all times in every given situation. We are natural birth control. We are the natural link between the male and female sexes. We people the gray area of the orientation spectrum between sexual black and white.
Now that I have settled the question of Dr. Laura in my own mind and have found her estimation of us to be stunningly correct, I find myself turning in thought to our place in the Christian creation myth which speaks first of man, Adam, and later adds woman, Eve, in the Garden of Eden.
Where were WE? I rack my brain. I fret. I strain.
AH! Eureka! "I've found it!"
We were the forbidden fruit!
I ran across the most famous, albeit infamous, quotation from Dr. Laura while on the Internet this past weekend: "If you're gay or a lesbian, it's a biological error." It struck me in a way it had not before. I have not heard the latest scuttlebutt on what is happening to her TV show. Stories vary from canceled to reassigned.