英语辩论赛精选话题38：同性恋是否该宽容对待（mp3和文本下载 ）

英语辩论赛精选话题38：同性恋是否该宽容对待（mp3 ）

More tolerance, less prejudice.

多一点宽容，少一点偏见。

In the course of history, homosexuality was once regarded as a kind of virus. In the year 2001, with the publication of the third edition of the Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria(诊断标准) of Mental Disorders, homosexuality is no longer regarded as a psychotic disorder. Presently Chinese society has shown progress in no longer regarding homosexuality as a pathological phenomenon(病态现象). Except for the sex-orientation, it is believed that they are just the same as us.

在历史上，同性恋曾经被认为是一种疾病。直到《2001年中国精神障碍分类与诊断标准》(第3 版)的发布，同性恋者不再被认定是精神病患者。如今在中国，随着社会的进步，同性恋不再被看做是一种病态现象。除了性取向不同，同性恋者在其他各方面与正常人并无差异。

As a sign of civilization, the pubic tolerance toward homosexuality has won great acceptance. It is impossible for everyone to be homosexual. Gays and Lesbians are always the minority. Let's be nice to them. They need to be protected under the legal system, they need to be admitted into society and given the right to enjoy happiness as we do. Why should we be so inconsiderate to them?

公众的容忍度是一个民族文明程度的标志之一，因此同性恋目前已被广泛接纳。不可能每个人都是同性恋，男同志和女同志总归是少数。让我们一同善待他们。他们也需要法律的保护，需要被社会接受，需要和我们一样有享受幸福的权利。为什么我们不能体谅他们呢?

Homosexuality could never be widely advocated.

同性恋不会被广泛提倡。

Homosexuality should not be simply judged as right or WTong. Gays and lesbians should be regarded as common people in every respect. But still, what should be questioned is the relationship. Undoubtedly, homosexuality can never make its way into the main stream of social life. That is because this kind of relationship, unlike most of other interpersonal relationships, is not socially functional.

同性恋不应该简单的通过对错来判断。从任何角度讲，任何同性恋者都应该被当成正常人对待。然而，应该被质疑的是这种关系。毫无疑问，同性恋不可能成为社会生活的主流。因为同性恋不同于大多数的社会人际关系，它不体现社会功能。

Common love and marriage between men and women should be regarded as functional because they are reproductive-they reproduce family and offspring. Reproductivity is a basic condition for the development of society. In this sense, homosexual love and marriage can never be centralized in social life. As a marginal social relationship, homosexuality will naturally exist, but it will can never be widely advocated.

正常的男女间的爱情与婚姻能够体现社会功能，因为它们是有繁殖性的能够组建家庭与繁殖后代。繁殖性是社会发展的一个基本要求。从这个意义上讲，同性恋的爱情与婚姻永远不能成为社会生活的中心。做为一种边缘化的社会关系，同性恋能够自然地存在，但它不会被广泛提倡。