Held tongue at work...

On Sundays, I teach an aerobics class (hi-lo) at the Chinese Mandarin school in Montreal. While I was on my way out, the principal and some of the teachers there were discussing the issue of family, and somehow the concept of a family consisting of one mother (female) and one father (male) to be able to pro-create (heterosexuality) to be the correct one. And therefore, a gay couple is not a family, because they cannot pop babies out of their vagina.

Now, since I was in a hurry, and I really didn't to be seen as a crusader for Gay rights at this lovely Chinese Mandarin school, I just pretended that I didn't understand what they are saying, and left.

Let's see what this philosophy of procreation has gotten us, shall we? In China, there are many many people. And the ratio of men to women is about 2:1. caused by this philosophy of must create a family, and must carry on the family name. (Thus, aborting many girls or letting them die in orphanages). As it stands right now, each man in China (assuming they are straight) does not correspond in a one-to-one ratio to a female to be able to create a family and pop out babies.

Homosexuals can't create families, and is considered to be shameful. It is also considered to be a loss of "face". Also, if someone chooses to marry outside of the culture, it is also deemed as a shame to the family... This however, is probably less shameful, or causes less face lost than homsexuality, but I personally think it's the same. This belief has gotten us to this situation... Clearly, this philosophy is working.