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It's useful, in part, because it reminds us that we all have feelings that we don't act upon, maybe shouldn't act upon. 它的好处在于，这种区分提醒我们：我们都有很多并没有付诸行动的，或者本就不该付诸行动的情感和感受。 I'll give you an example. 比如。 Sometimes I'm in line, and there's somebody in front of me with one of those bluetooth earpieces on. 有...
The Bible suggests that those who divorce and remarry should be put to death. 圣经里建议那些离婚之后又再婚的人，应该被处以死刑。 Why? Well because the New Testament defines divorce as adultery; the Old Testament prescribes death for adultery. 为什么？因为根据新约，离婚则视为"奸淫"，而旧约里规定了"奸淫"者要处以死刑。 Again, this doesn't sound very good...
Now, for many of these claims, we don't have to settle the statistical arguments in order to address the arguments. 对于很多这种无端的指责，其实并非每个都需要我们通过统计研究的方法加以辩驳。 Part of the reason for this is that correlation is not the same thing as cause. 原因很简单：相关性和因果性不能混为一谈。 How many of you have heard this before maybe in class? Ok. 你...
It's important because it puts a face on the issue. 它之所以重要，是因为它让你直面问题所在。 Now, a lot of people at this point will say to me, "You had me part of the way, but now here you go being all open about it now, and that's what I don't get." 说到这里，很多人可能会对我说："你让我懂了不少，但是你现在开始鼓吹同性恋展示自我，这让我很不解。&qu...
And indeed, in the handful of places that the Bible talks about homosexuality, it's almost always in the context of a discussion of idolatry because homosexuality was very much associated with certain pagan practices. 而且事实上，在圣经寥寥几段关于同性恋的段落里，上下文的背景几乎都是在探讨偶像崇拜，而这里的同性恋在很大程度上是与异教徒的行为联系在一起的。 If that's th...
Even that would not be an argument against homosexuality. 即使在这种情况下，这都不会成为反对同性恋的合理论证。 At best, it would be an argument against exclusive homosexuality. 它顶多可以用来反对那种对异性恋绝对排斥的真性同性恋。 I mean, homosexuality doesn't prevent a person from procreating, anymore than you sitting here listening to this lecture prevents you from proc...
The Bible suggests that those who divorce and remarry should be put to death. 圣经里建议那些离婚之后又再婚的人，应该被处以死刑。 Why? Well because the New Testament defines divorce as adultery; the Old Testament prescribes death for adultery. 为什么？因为根据新约，离婚则视为"奸淫"，而旧约里规定了"奸淫"者要处以死刑。 Again, this doesn't sound very good...
People always laugh when I say Strom Thurmond. You remember Strom Thurmond. Strom Thurmond was the senator from South Carolina. 我一提到斯特罗姆·舍尔蒙德这名字观众们就开始笑，你们还记得斯特罗姆这人吧？斯特罗姆·舍尔蒙德是个来自南卡罗来纳州的参议员。 He had been a segregationist many years ago, then he ended up being in the Senate, and he was there until he was like 116 years ...
It's useful, in part, because it reminds us that we all have feelings that we don't act upon, maybe shouldn't act upon. 它的好处在于，这种区分提醒我们：我们都有很多并没有付诸行动的，或者本就不该付诸行动的情感和感受。 I'll give you an example. 比如。 Sometimes I'm in line, and there's somebody in front of me with one of those bluetooth earpieces on. 有...
It's important because it puts a face on the issue. 它之所以重要，是因为它让你直面问题所在。 Now, a lot of people at this point will say to me, "You had me part of the way, but now here you go being all open about it now, and that's what I don't get." 说到这里，很多人可能会对我说："你让我懂了不少，但是你现在开始鼓吹同性恋展示自我，这让我很不解。&qu...
Since when did animals start providing us with our moral standards, particularly in the area of sex? 从什么时候开始，我们的道德标准是由动物来提供的？特别是性的道德这个领域。 I mean, think about this. ok. 我们想想。 Animals don't become state legislators, either. 动物是不会成为州立法委员的。 Can we lock Warren Chisum up now? 或者换个角度说，我们能把沃伦·奇松关进笼子里吗？...
When I say it makes some people happy, I don't just mean that they're pleasurable, although that's part of it. 我说它能让一部分人幸福，并不是仅指它令人愉悦的那部分。 But, there's more to it than that. 虽然愉悦这一点是幸福的组成部分，但还有更多的东西在里边。 A homosexual relationship, like a heterosexual relationship, can be an important avenue of meaning and ...
Now, for many of these claims, we don't have to settle the statistical arguments in order to address the arguments. 对于很多这种无端的指责，其实并非每个都需要我们通过统计研究的方法加以辩驳。 Part of the reason for this is that correlation is not the same thing as cause. 原因很简单：相关性和因果性不能混为一谈。 How many of you have heard this before maybe in class? Ok. 你...
What do they mean when they say that it's a choice? 当这些人说"同性恋是个选择"的时候，他们想表达什么？ This is one of those places where the orientation-activity distinction actually comes in handy. 在这种情况下，"性取向"和"性行为"之间的区别看上去很适合来佐证这种观点。 They might mean that homosexual orientation is a choice, having those fee...
I want to start with a thought experiment. 我想以一个思维实验开始我今天的演讲。 Suppose I told you that I'm imagining an activity that takes place between consenting adults, doesn't hurt anyone, and results in a great deal of pleasure for the people involved-and that's all that you know about the activity that I'm imagining. 此刻我们来设想某种行为，它发生在自...
What about the other side of this contrast? Sexual orientation. 我们接着谈另一个问题：性的取向。 I have a certain sexual orientation. 我有着某种性取向。 What is that? 它是什么呢？ I'm attracted to people of a particular gender. That's true. 我会被某种性别的人吸引，没错。 I'm also attracted to people of a particular age range, body type, personality type, certain ...
So much of what I've said tonight is based upon my moral convictions, convictions about fairness, convictions about justice. 今晚我在这里探讨了这么多，全部基于我个人的道德信念，我对公平的信念，我对公正的信念。 I think the way gay and lesbian people are treated in our society is wrong, not just irrational, but morally wrong. 我坚信这个社会待同性恋者不公，这种不公正的对待...
In fact, I want to take this a step further. 事实上，我进一步想说。 I want to say not only does this argument scapegoat gay people and make that sort of mistake, it actually is a greater threat to the family than what it's trying to fight. 这种论断不但错误地把同性恋者作为替罪羊，而且，比起它反对的同性恋来说，这种论断本身就是对家庭更大的威胁。 Let me tell you another stor...
I must admit I find some of these bizarre. 这种说法让人不寒而栗。 How does what I do in bed "threaten the nation's infrastructure?" 我们在床上的事情，如何能动摇国家的基础呢？ I might think I'm powerful in bed, but whoa, that's a crazy claim. 我的确在床上比较威猛，不过这种指责也太不着边际了。 Nation's infrastructure better watch out tonight, baby. &q...
Now, in the early days of my lecture, when I used to talk about risk, that is all I would say. 在我早先的演讲中，当我谈到风险的时候，我就只讲上面这些就够了。 But people would sometimes try to ask me a question during the Q&A period. 不过有人会在后面的问答环节里试图向我提问。 And I say "try to ask my a question" because it would often come out in a kind of garbl...