Yorick, you've made a couple of points in separate posts I'd like to respond to.
1. On: What Social Benefits Homosexuality May Confer:
Jokingly, I could reference "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," a show on Bravo where 4 (or 5??) fags help overly-hetero, mustard-stained tee-shirt guys learn how to be more attractive and better present themselves. In short, they give them style -- be it for wooing a woman (1 instance) or having their first art gallery exposure as an artist (another instance). HOwever, joking not aside, I've seen another.
One that seems obvious is adoption. If homosexual couples seek to raise a child, they normally do so through adoption. Now, so long as they are not adopting kids from the foreign market (mostly Asia and Eastern Europe), they are providing a social service. As I've mentioned previously, there are TONS of kids without homes. Giving them homes, be it traditional or non-traditional, is better than them having no home at all. On this front, I think homosexual relationships may confer a HUGE social good.
2. On: The Catholic Church's Continued Propogation:
I know your post doesn't really go here, but to the extent the Catholic "Every Sperm Is Sacred, Every Sperm Is Good" (can you sing it?
) notion, I must admit I find it abhorrent.
While I repspect MANY things about the Catholic faith (e.g. the scholarly nature of it -- comparable to the scholarly Rabinic nature I respect in Judaism, and the notion that certain PROCEDURES must be followed to get to Heaven -- no easy "get saved on the deathbed" route that I grew up learning as a Baptist), I find the urgency of procreation irresponsible. Catholic, Hindu, Taoist, or otherwise, we have too many frikkin people on the planet. I think advocating more procreation is bad, mkay. In fact, this may be a footnote to the religious tolerance thread.
P.S.: If I misrepresented your posts, or took them to far afield, I apologize.