Nope you can also have group cooperation that gives an increased chance of survival of the group. The person may be gay, but as that person helps with group survival (as was the case in the plains indians) the chances of his relatives genes being passed along is substantially increased. Edmond 0. Wilson gives a great explanation of this in his work on sociobiology.
On 11/9/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well look at evolution. You need the man and woman combo to get it to > work. The staying together and the monogamous part came as we became > civilized which was influenced by nature. So marriage is not by nature > but the pairing up of man and women is. > As we get smarter we can work around natures intent. But if we didn't > pair up right way back before we were smart we would have died off :) > > On 11/9/05, Ian Skinner wrote: > > > > So societies that did/does not restrict "marriage" or "coupling" or sex or > > whatever to a single man and a woman are/where not the way nature intended? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180750 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
