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Now, there are a number of problems with this argument.
這種論調(diào)的漏洞很多。
A lot of our organs have multiple purposes.
我們的很多器官都是多功能的。
I can use my mouth for talking, for singing, for breathing, for licking stamps, for blowing bubbles, for kissing a woman, or for kissing a man, and it seems very arbitrary to say that all of those are natural, except the last one.
我可以用我的嘴聊天、歌唱、呼吸、舔郵票、吹泡泡、親吻一位女士，或者親吻一位男士。如果你要說前面幾項(xiàng)都是"自然的"，只有最后一項(xiàng)"不自然"，這種說法未免過于武斷了吧。
And if you say, "Well, okay, using it to lick stamps is not natural, but it's okay."
如果你認(rèn)可舔郵票雖然是"不自然的"，但也沒什么道德問題的話。
Well, then we don't have a morally relevant sense of unnatural.
那么"自然的"還是"非自然的"和道德又有什么相干呢？
Now what about the sexual organs?
那么，生殖器官呢？
Obviously, one purpose of the sexual organs is procreation; nobody denies basic biological facts here, but is that the only legitimate purpose?
很顯然，生殖器官的一個(gè)功用，是生育。大家都認(rèn)可基本的生理常識(shí)。那么生育是它唯一合理合法的功用嗎？
Heterosexual people often have sex, even if they say don't want children, don't want children yet, don't want any more children, or can't have children.
異性戀者常常發(fā)生性行為，不想生孩子的時(shí)候會(huì)上床，暫時(shí)不想要孩子的時(shí)候也會(huì)上床，已經(jīng)有了孩子，不想再繼續(xù)生的時(shí)候會(huì)上床，甚至沒有生育能力的時(shí)候也會(huì)上床。
Why? Because there are other purposes for sex-building and expressing a kind of intimacy and connection and relationship, showing affection for a person.
這是為什么？是因?yàn)槌松⒆又猓孕袨檫€有別的目的：建立或者表達(dá)親密的情感，向愛人示愛等等。
Even the Roman Catholic Church which by no means is a permissive organization, will allow sterile heterosexual couples to marry and have sex and will allow pregnant women to have sex with their husbands, even though further procreation cannot result.
即使是羅馬天主教廷這樣一個(gè)非常保守教條、律令森嚴(yán)的組織，也允許沒有生育能力的夫婦結(jié)婚，并且發(fā)生性行為。也允許懷孕期間的女性，同她們的丈夫發(fā)生性行為，即使明知這種性行為不會(huì)以生育為結(jié)果。
Why? Because they recognize these other dimensions of sex, this unitive dimension of sex.
為什么？因?yàn)樗麄円舱J(rèn)可"性"有著多元性，多種目的構(gòu)成了統(tǒng)一的"性"這個(gè)概念。
But, if it's okay for heterosexual people to pursue that in the absence of procreation, why is it not okay for homosexual people to do this?
那么，對(duì)于異性戀者來說，不以生育為目的的性行為是可以接受的，為什么同性戀者的性行為就是不可接受的呢？
I think one of the best ways to show this is by analogy to certain other organs of the body.
我們還可以以別的器官來類比分析。
Take the digestive organs.
比如消化器官。
What's the purpose of the digestive organs?
消化器官的功用是什么？
Nutrition and hydration.
吸收營(yíng)養(yǎng)和吸收水分。
So, it seems that any time you eat or drink something, it should be to bring nutrition or hydration to the body.
那么，大概每當(dāng)你在吃東西或者喝東西的時(shí)候，它的任務(wù)就是把營(yíng)養(yǎng)和水分帶入人體。
You've been drinking something.
這位先生您在喝東西吧。
Can I borrow that? This is the audience participation portion of the program.
瓶子能否借來一用？（走下講臺(tái)）接下來是我們的觀眾互動(dòng)環(huán)節(jié)。
It's a Diet Coke. Diet Coke contains less than 2% of the following.
這是一瓶健怡可樂。（從一位觀眾的手中拿起一瓶飲料)以下成分低于2%.
There's no nutrition in Diet Coke.
可以說健怡可樂里根本沒有什么營(yíng)養(yǎng)。
Why would you drink it?
你為什么要喝它？
Just for the taste of it?
僅僅是因?yàn)槲兜绬幔?
Presumably, presumably you would drink it for hydration because it brings fluid into your body, yes?
想來你喝它多半是為了補(bǔ)充水分，因?yàn)樗梢宰屢后w進(jìn)入你的身體，是這樣嗎？
