Posted on 06/30/2006 12:54:57 PM PDT by DBeers
TORONTO, June 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The mainstream media resurrected the specter of the 'gay gene' theory this week in covering a Canadian study on the origin of homosexuality. "Homosexuality influenced by biological factors, Canadian researcher says," proclaimed the CBC, the first to break the story on Monday. CNN was quick to jump on the bandwagon with "Study: Sexual orientation of men determined before birth."
In reality, however, the study was most intriguing for what the mainstream media failed to cover. Namely that, if true, the study suggests that homosexuality is a congenital abnormality, and shares its origins with other disorders developed in the womb.
Researchers at Brock University in St. Catharines Ontario published a study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences entitled "Biological versus nonbiological older brothers and men's sexual orientation."
The findings suggest male same-sex sexual orientation is linked to having older brothers, even if those brothers are not raised together. By way of explanation the researchers suggest that homosexuality results from an immune reaction of the mother to the male child in her womb.
"A theory of male homosexuality consistent with the present findings is a maternal immune response to succeeding male pregnancies," says the study. "If this immune theory were correct, then the link between the mother's immune reaction and the child's future sexual orientation would probably be some effect of maternal anti-male antibodies on the sexual differentiation of the brain."
Dr. John Shea, medical advisor to Campaign Life Coalition, explained to LifeSiteNews.com that the study explains the significance of its findings suggesting that "the immune response of the mother's body, damages the sexual differentiation of the brain of the male child in the womb, thus producing an abnormality in the fetus."
If correct the theories would thus show the opposite of the normalcy of homosexuality, which the mainstream media are attempting to posit with the coverage of the study. "I was born abnormal, and therefore I'm normal is not good logic," concluded Dr. Shea.
Quite a stretch. IMO, the higher incidence of queeerness in younger brothers is due to the natural hero-worship of an older brother by the younger, sometimes deveoping into a "crush".
What they are trying to say here is anyone male with an older brother is gay! What utter frickin' nonsense.
Anyone who claims that anal sex is normal is a freak by definition.
Well, this theory does not require a "gay gene" at all.
And even something like a "gay gene" would be darned difficult to find; genes and their effects are very complicated and tricky things. Homosexuality could still be genetic, or partly so, but not in a straighforward way. Finding out if it is is a difficult problem. The human behavior genes (and there appear to be lots of them) are nowhere near as straighforward in their operation as those that govern physical characteristics.
Yes it was definitely made for exit only...
No they aren't saying that.
They are saying that there is an increase in the probability of turning out gay if one has older brothers, from a very low probability to a somewhat higher but still very low probability.
I recommend a good course in probability and statistics. I think that should be a voting requirement, along with a solid accounting course.
the abnormality is an abomination....
The argument here is that there is an increased incidence even if the brothers have been raised apart, eliminating such social causes.
High intelligence may not be a positive abnormality from an evolutionary point of view. If smart people reproduce at a lower rate than not-so-smart people (a common observation for a century at least) then it would also be a "birth defect".
Junk science in need of more grant money.
The important effect of this is that gays will be able to claim protection under the ADA. Other abnormalities like Tourette's syndrome and autism - essentially behavior abnormalities - are covered.
The study doesn't explain lesbianism at all.
Some of the name-calling and ignorance in this thread is embarassing.
I am not gay, but
you've got to wonder, if God
didn't want men to
do Ned Beatty stuff,
then why did God wire-up
the male prostate to
the male orgasm
button?! I mean, the toy's there
guys will play with it . . .
"High intelligence may not be a positive abnormality from an evolutionary point of view. If smart people reproduce at a lower rate than not-so-smart people (a common observation for a century at least) then it would also be a "birth defect"."
Not to worry. "I" already have 3 kiddies, and my wife wants another. I'll save the world. I was born for this.
"High intelligence may not be a positive abnormality from an evolutionary point of view. If smart people reproduce at a lower rate than not-so-smart people (a common observation for a century at least) then it would also be a "birth defect"."
Not to worry. "I" already have 3 kiddies, and my wife wants another. I'll save the world. I was born for this.
Now contrary to Downes, if one is to "BELIEVE" that homosexuality is congenital, a person is always able to decide whether or not to indulge in his/her sexual desires.
As a very normal heterosexual male, I am strongly attracted to very attractive females. Its how I respond that determines whether I'm appreciative, rude/vulgar, or immoral. Also, if I allow myself to constantly indulge my sexual desires, I have no will or strength to counter them.
A gay pride festival is nothing more than a blatant indulgence of their sexual apetite. And a flaunting of that.
Besides, the gays always denounce former gays who went through therapy to be healed of this abnormality. Why? If its a defect, shouldn't they want to be healed from it? Unless of course it really is a choice.
Whether by birth or lifestyle choice, how they respond to their desires is still A CHOICE
I don't know but for some reason I have heard of this explanation before I think it was in a psychology class that I took a couple of years back. At any rate I remember the correlation of gay boys to the number of older brothers being fairly strong. If it is the womb that causes Homosexuality then there should be a cure for it. Maybe the solution is to put the mother on a dose of steroids after the first son and up the dose for each additional son if the cause truly is the mother’s ability to compensate for her male babies hormones.
So blunt a description. Now please put that in the MSM outlets as either a letter to the ed., or write a whole column on this case. My bet is that the public that is so willing to be soooooo tolerant of homosexuality hasn't the foggiest idea just what homosexual sex is all about. The propaganda that it is civil rights, that it is love, that it is fellowship has so overwhelmed the public with the fear of creating hate, that this description might actually shock some of the soooo tolerant.
Point of order. The Bible proscribes a man lying with a man as with a woman. That said, those who, within the confines of a committed heterosexual marriage, decide to be a bit adventuresome may freely do so without being branded a "freak."
Or, if they are so branded, may wear it as a badge of honor. :-)
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