You will be downvoted because your comment has no substance to it. The only claim you make is "we know that homosexuality is a destructive force in society", and it isn't backed up by any meaningful conversation or argument. The rest of your writing is just fluff around this statement.
Sadly, you can't back up such a statement with any meaningful prose, just the same way you can't back up "we know that blue eyed people are a destructive force to society" or "we know that people over 6ft are a destructive force to society".
If you hold equality and respect for your fellow human being as first principles, which many people on HN do, you can't logically derive "homosexual people are a destructive force to society" in any meaningful way.
That is way your comment will probably be downvoted.
Where do i mention the destructive force or ANYTHING negative about gay people? Oh wait i didn't. .. fools
Regardless, at one time, 4% of all women died in childbirth - a direct consequence of heterosexual sex. That is far more than people who die from homosexual sex, yet no one sought to prove that marital procreative sex was immoral because of this.
The test for substance is a lot like it is for links. Does your comment teach us anything? There are two ways to do that: by pointing out some consideration that hadn't previously been mentioned, and by giving more information about the topic, perhaps from personal experience. Whereas comments like "LOL!" or worse still, "That's retarded!" teach us nothing.
I do believe simply offering a different perspective falls under the guidelines of a good comment, without the need for elaborating prematurely. That would be like pre-mature optimization; I might guess incorrectly what to elaborate on. Feedback gives me greater direction in what to answer.
The only thing we're led to consider is that you have a dissenting opinion. That doesn't contribute much to the discussion. If you talk a bit about your reasons for having your opinion, it might fit this guideline more clearly.
2) "by giving more information about the topic, perhaps from personal experience"
Again, you haven't given us any more information about the topic. The only new information we have is that you are part of a group that knows "that homosexuality is a destructive force in society." That assertion alone isn't going to convince anyone that you're onto something.
Something else to consider, which should be obvious, is that this issue is an extremely charged subject. Because of that, it's especially important to talk about your reasons for having your opinion. Otherwise, people are going to immediately dismiss it.
2. in accordance with the nature of, or circumstances surrounding, someone or something.
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The existence of millions of homosexual humans in nature invalidates your point.
If you changed "know" above to "believe", then I think that would raise the level of discourse and be more respectful.
> It's yet another small victory for the evil one
For your own good, please, please, please, please try to reconcile your religion with reality. There's a whole load of stuff in the Bible that isn't meant to be taken literally. The current Pope has been very forward-thinking (in Catholic church scales) in 'relaxing' views about contraception, homosexuality, etc.
But even if that weren't so, how can you call yourself an intelligent Human Being and believe that homosexuality is destructive and evil?
Do you believe it is a choice? Do you accept that it isn't a choice, but still think it is a sin? I'm genuinely curious.
> But it's my duty to speak the truth even when it's uncomfortable or inconvenient. At the end of my life, at least I'll be able to say that I acted with integrity.
If only Integrity were a Singleton. You may think you're acting nobly according to your instanceof Integrity, but you certainly aren't by mine.
He's been very good at mood music. He's been completely useless at actual substantive change on those issues. He gets very good press for saying nice things, which is as good as the Catholic Church is going to get.
Meanwhile, he's meeting and blessing Museveni, the leader of Uganda. http://uganda.news24.com/National-News/President-Museveni-me...
And then there's the anti-gay Spanish cardinal he appointed. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-...
With change like this...
And about this "the evil one"... how do you know what his/her/its desires are?
I find it interesting that your HN Profile says this:
> Computer engineer and programming language pragmatist (as opposed to fanatic or over-principled).
...I wonder if you could apply those same principles to life in general?
Faithful members of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
And about this "the evil one"... how do you know what his/her/its desires are?
Our Church teaches us so.
> "We know that homosexuality is a destructive force in > society."
Followed by an appeal to proof, then, followed by a long and aimless debates ("define 'We'", "define 'destructive'", "define 'society'", show some proofs, "#define DEBUG", etc...)
Followed by people giving up, making a sandwich, and going on with their mortal lives.
The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church teaches so.