Carpenter constructs a defense of homosexuality through ancient Greek and artistic precedents (5, 39-42) He observes that queer people are primarily healthy and without pathologic taints (26-27)—although with neurosis rooted from cruel social conditions (28). To Carpenter, the sexual aspect and unexplainable nature of homosexual love does not invalidate it any more than those qualities do in normal love (34-35). Finally, he declares that queer men value love, art, and intelligence over sex, money, and power (37, 43, 47). The Whitmanic ideal of Democracy, intermingling class, and comradeship also factors largely in Carpenter's theory (46-47), and he leads from this discussion into one condemning anti-queer societal policies and sodomy laws (50).