Why is zoophilia condemned and homosexuality not?

It would be an irrational statement, and therefore not a credible one.

Literally made no sense and is essentially nothing to do with the true principle of Occams razor. Occams razor, in a simple way, is to select one of a group of theories as the 'correct one for now' if it presents less 'new ideas' and thus is a more simple option than the others. Explain how this relates to your post.

So essentially.. what?

Well done, you posted the link.

Don't know why.. as nothing i said contributed to the need for it.

An animal can't be "raped" as that is a human concept, in nature an animal would normally rape each other and is morally acceptable. As long as the animal is not harmed there isn't a moral dilemma as the issue of statutory rape only applies when the person involved is unable to make the correct decision for themselves. An animal which mounts a human has made the decision to do so, if they didn't want to, they wouldn't do it. Just because the animal's though process is different to a humans doesn't make the decision invalid.

How is zoophilia harmful to either party if neither party is harmed?

The point he is trying to make is that not that long ago people were as closed minded about homosexuality as they are about zoophilia now.

It's just as irrational to say that homophobes have a mental disorder.

If you are heterosexual, it is understandable that you would find homosexual acts disturbing, just as it understandable that homosexuals find heterosexual acts disturbing.

To say that homophobes have a mental condition is unjustified and ridiculous.

I am not a Zoophile. But why do you believe to Zoophilia be wrong?

If these things never got discussed in this manner Homosexuality would still be a crime, don't be so damned closed-minded.

Argh, sorry, I had a bit of a bad explanation there. My point being - it is simpler to suggest that dolphin was horny because dolphin shows all the characteristics of horniness than to suddenly put 'confusion' up there for no apparent reason.

To say that homophobes have a mental condition is unjustified and ridiculous.

I thought you might be interested to actually read the source which the poster was using to back up his point.

Or if you'd rather live in ignorance, don't read it.

There are many important comparisons to be made between homosexuality (which has, very recently, received widespread and official endorsement), and other minority sexual practices which are still regarded with the utmost disapproval.

It's a known fact bestiality is harmful

Why is this?

I am not talking about animals being forced to mate with humans, rather an intimate sexual relationship between both partners, to which both have consented in their own way and in which neither party is harmed.

It just seems like a double standard to me, I don't understand either zoophilia or homosexuality. The arguments for homosexuality and the arguments for zoophilia appear to be fairly similar. Yet one is outright condemned and the other is accepted as normal behaviour.

1. Both parties involved are consenting adults.

2. Both zoophilia and homosexuality are a sexuality, rather than a fetish.

3. Both involve an intimate relationship.

4. Both occur in nature.

5. Neither can result in offspring.

Thoughts? I don't even know why this came across my mind, I guess this is what happens when I do too much procrastinating.

Please note: I am not a troll, BNP supporter, a homophobe or a Zoophile, I am a student trying to have a sensible discussion and understand the logic behind people's opinions.

No apparent reason? ...
Obviously it is confusion. When humans have sex with humans, they know they are humans, when humans have sex with dolphins they are intelligent to know all the information to this.
A Dolphin does not have the intelligence to provide a thought process as to what define species they are 'acting sexually aroused around', why they are doing it and why it is any different that doing it towards another dolphin.
Same reason a dog essentially humps anything in it's path.

Even a dolphin should be able to distinguish between a human and a dolphin - otherwise they'd never survive evolutionarily to make more dolphins.

First time i have been called closed minded so thanks haha! Idk maybe its because its a completely different species we're talking about, you dont see many cross breeds between bulls and alligators do you? theres a reason for that, you are genetically attracted to the same species and if not, there is something severely wrong... this is worse than that guy who made a thread defending incest!

It is not the case of making a distinction. It is the case that they do not know what constitutes as 'a different species' .
An animal cannot give full consent. Neither can communicate this consent as effecitvely as they can through the same species.

They are also completely unable to be fully informed. Which is the main point. They get confused.

They will know what constitutes 'not a dolphin'.
They cannot as effectively communicate consent, but there are bodily signs known by the knowledgeable, and if they initiate sex..

They can be fully informed about all they need to know. They know what sex is.