Define Unnatural?

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-bachmann-faith-20110808,0,2495054.story Mighty Bachmann is at it again and in her usual fine form. As I have stated in the past, I don't like this woman. I think she is a lying twit with less than two brain cells to rub together and her very presence on the campaign trail is setting back women at least 100 years, but believe it or not, this rant isn't about Bachmann, its about a word and how it is defined.

I have heard time and time again, Homosexuality (Hells most forms of sexuality that don't involve one man/one woman in the classic position) as "unnatural." The pastor in the above article uses it and hundreds of people have used it and I have to wonder exactly what they mean when they use it.

Dictionary.Com defines Unnatural thus,
unnatural
[uhn-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl]   Origin
un·nat·u·ral/ʌnˈnætʃərəl, -ˈnætʃrəl/ Show Spelled[uhn-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl] Show IPA
adjective
1.contrary to the laws or course of nature.
2.at variance with the character or nature of a person, animal, or plant.
3.at variance with what is normal or to be expected: the unnatural atmosphere of the place.
4.lacking human qualities or sympathies; monstrous; inhuman: an obsessive and unnatural hatred.
5.not genuine or spontaneous; artificial or contrived: a stiff, unnatural manner.

So according to these definitions, Unnatural can be simply defined as something that does not occur naturally in the world around us. So that means if Homosexuality is unnatural, then it cannot possibly exist outside the actions of men. It has to be an artificially contrived state, going against the "pure" world around us. Whelp, if that is the argument that Bachmann and her ilk are using then they are way off base.

Homosexual activity exists aplenty in nature. Our closest genetic cousins the Apes and Chimps do it all the time. When a friendly female isn't around they engage in very "friendly" activities to pass the time. (BTW this one can also be used in support of masturbation if one so chooses.) Moving further away, we have the Dolphins who have been observed to engage in just about every sort of sex known to man including multiple partners and homosexuality. There are more examples, but those two alone disprove Bachhy's point.

Now, when I have pointed these things out in the past, many people have used the argument that "These creatures are animals" as if to imply that simple beasts cannot be used to prove a point. Of course this one comes back to bite them because if these creatures are truly simple beasts incapable of making moral choices, then that means that their actions are the purest form of innocence. Thus making their "gay" actions completely natural.

Now I am not making arguments for or against homosexuality. The people that know me know how I feel on the subject. This is purely a semantic argument over what I feel is the improper use of a perfectly good word. Oh yeah, and the fact that Bachmann is an idiot.