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Okay, you finally gave a straight answer.
The natural purpose of HETEROSEXUAL sexual intercourse is for procreation. That much we can agree upon.
Flawed logic. A behavior doesn't need to fulfill any "purpose" in order for it to be natural. But even if I were to concede your point, homosexual behavior could very well fulfill other purposes.
A quick google search reveals a few examples, and I'm sure there are other theories as well.
The Purpose of Homosexuality
Same-sex relationships may play important role in evolution | Science | guardian.co.uk
Evolution myths: Natural selection cannot explain homosexuality - life - 16 April 2008 - New Scientist
As answered above.
Flawed logic? You’re making me laugh. I think the only reason you’re saying that a behavior doesn’t need to fulfill a purpose to be natural is because you actually have no reliable answers. You don’t really know anything. Let me show you what I mean. Let’s take a look at some of the articles:
From “The Purpose of Homosexuality”:
In this article, the author, Toby Johnson doesn’t seem to be sure about anything. Here’s what I mean.
Homosexuality <u>seems to be</u> simply an inherent aspect of human nature.
Homosexuality is, at least, <u>a possible reproductive strategy</u> for controlling population.
Here’s another one:
That is, homosexual uncles and lesbian aunts <u>may have given offspring</u> in the tribe a richer experience and better education. Gay people <u>may exist</u> primarily to be teachers and guides.
All those “seems to be”…and “possible’s”…and “may have’s” and so on tells me that Toby Johnson doesn’t seem to be too sure about anything. Has he got any positive conclusions? Anything he’s sure about?
Now “Same-sex relationships may play important role in evolution”:
"Same-sex behaviors – courtship, mounting or parenting – are traits that <u>may have</u> been shaped by natural selection, a basic mechanism of evolution that occurs over successive generations," Bailey said. "But our review of studies <u>also suggests</u> that these same-sex behaviors <u>might act</u> as selective forces in and of themselves."
These are smart researchers, I’m sure, but don’t you want to be sure you have all the facts, and not guesses? There may be more examples in this article, but I want to move on to the third article “Evolution myths: Natural selection cannot explain homosexuality”.
I like this quote: “A common assumption is that homosexuality means not having children, but this is not necessarily true, especially in cultures other than our own. Until it became acceptable for same-sex couples to live together in western countries, many homosexual people had partners of the opposite sex.
That confirms to me that gay sex is unnatural, and that if gays wanted children, they had to mate with a partner of the opposite sex because, why? Because the purpose of sex is procreation. I see nothing in these articles that makes your point.
The funniest thing you said was this “The natural purpose of HETEROSEXUAL sexual intercourse is for procreation”.
I’m trying to stifle a laugh. You’re really too hilarious. That’s what happens when you don’t know what you’re talking about. Someone makes a good point, and instead of answering intelligently, you react, and this is what you get.
Sex really doesn’t have separate heterosexual and homosexual purposes. It only has one purpose. That’s why women and men have different genitalia. They’re made for each other. And the purpose for matching men and women together is so that they can make a child, if they want to. The very fact that they CAN make children, and gay men CANNOT make children (through homosexual sex) means that gay sex is UNNATURAL.