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Proving people are born gay would give them wider social acceptance and better protection against discrimination, many gay rights advocates argue. In the last decade, as this "biological" argument has gained momentum, polls find Americans - especially young adults - increasingly tolerant of gays and lesbians. And that's exactly what has groups opposed to homosexuality so concerned. The Family Research Council, a conservative Christian think tank in Washington, D.C., argues in its book Getting It Straight that finding people are born gay "would advance the idea that sexual orientation is an innate characteristic, like race; that homosexuals, like African-Americans, should be legally protected against 'discrimination;' and that disapproval of homosexuality should be as socially stigmatized as racism. However, it is not true."
The author's research led to this conclusion: "Still, no matter how imperfect these studies are, when you put them all together and examine them closely, the message is clear: While post-birth development may well play a supporting role, the roots of homosexuality, at least in men, appear to be in place by the time a child is born."
Furthermore, the author notes that more and more religious conservative organizations believe this also. (I won't quote anymore because of copyright, but it's there if you choose to read the WHOLE article you linked to.)
The author's research led to this conclusion: "Still, no matter how imperfect these studies are, when you put them all together and examine them closely, the message is clear: While post-birth development may well play a supporting role, the roots of homosexuality, at least in men, appear to be in place by the time a child is born."
Furthermore, the author notes that more and more religious conservative organizations believe this also. (I won't quote anymore because of copyright, but it's there if you choose to read the WHOLE article you linked to.)
It was quite interesting. Thanks for the refresher.
It was quite interesting. Thanks for the refresher.
Uh huh. Well thanks for providing a link that nicely sums up current research on the issue and the widening scientific belief that being gay is an innate biological characteristic from birth. Well done!
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Uh huh. Well thanks for providing a link that nicely sums up current research on the issue and the widening scientific belief that being gay is an innate biological characteristic from birth. Well done!
Uh huh. Well thanks for providing a link that nicely sums up current research on the issue and the widening scientific belief that being gay is an innate biological characteristic from birth. Well done!
If you are attracted to anything, it just is. I don't think anyone 'decides' to be attracted to something. If you ARE attracted to something can you then decide NOT to be attracted to it? I don't get people who think homosexuality is a choice. I wonder when they 'decided' to be attracted to the opposite sex. I don't think they did. I think that's just the way it was.
However, even if it is a choice I say so what. As long as they don't infringe on anyone else's rights I say leave them alone.
It's in the DNA and most of passed on traits is form the mother's chromosomes. Blame your mother side if the kid is gay. Also, it is my theory the both past generations posteriori and priori responses are passed along in the "junk DNA." --and then the after the zygote and during a person's life, life experiences are "pulled in" and memorized within the "junk DNA" too.
So yes, we become what we are, but we also pass on in our genes to what we have become too.
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