Apology to diversity. On the case of the marriage of homosexual couples in Colombia

Abstract

This article discusses, in the context of moral philosophy, the marriage of homosexual couples in Colombia. The hypothesis of Reading is: the acceptance of sexual diversity in the conformation of homosexual couples by a decent society is directly related to the dignity and the capacity of recognition of this society in the field of moral philosophy. Repeatedly homosexuals have been treated as sick people, unable to assume a parent role or as people with rational deficiencies or with lack of moral and affective resources. people with rational deficiencies or absence of moral and affective resources. They are Accused of not being the result of the normal and expected life cycle of people; they are treated in humiliating and degrading ways, both in educational, labor, religious, and social environments. It is concluded that the way in which humiliation and contempt of homosexual couples and the LGBTI community is carried out has the peculiarity of being applied by a majority over a minority. Some people are openly discriminatory, others are in a frank rejection from their intimacies and others from their indifference. What is in question is us as a society and the way to make our moral deliberation.