[dila813]

It was obvious that this idea was bs from the get go.

[frogjerk]

I believe homosexuality is 99% nurture and 1% nature with the nature part of the equation being a tendency that can be overcome.

[Misterioso]

Why can’t Christians accept the obvious: homosexuality is part of God’s plan. If it isn’t, why does it exist?

[Lysandru]

Damn, we can't have this sort of honest research going on. We might come into conflict with the ideologies of Progressives.

On another thread, there is a discussion about homsexuals being more likely to have mental disorders than heterosexuals. The pet explanation is that homosexuals are still not accepted and hence feel badly. But what happens when this excuse wears thin? Society is increasingly accepting of homosexual behavior. So shouldn't the incidence of psychological problems be decreasing?

Heck, after this sort of research, maybe someone will actually look at real temperature data instead of AGW models.

[hosepipe]

It’s a choice like wearing a leather jacket OR a feather boa.. so is being a pedophile perv..

They prefer perversion even if they don’t know it’s perverted..
maybe even a form of parasitism.. They are societal parasites..

[BuckeyeTexan]

There is no gay gene. If there were, then both identical twins in a set would be either hetero or homo. No mix and match allowed in an identical set.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Come on. How would a “gene” for homosexuality be adaptive to the point where it would perpetuate itself? I once read of a pundit who said that a shark could smell a “molecule of blood.” To which another pundit replied by pointing out that blood doesn’t come in molecules. Neither does homosexuality come in genes.

[Cementjungle]

It's natural for males and females to be attracted to each other. The need for this in nature/evolution is quite obvious.

If someone is attracted to the same sex, then obviously that's a defect. Whether it's genetic or not, it doesn't matter... it's still a defect.

[dalebert]

but isn’t sin satan’s plan? we are given agency.it is our choice to sin or not sin.

[umgud]

I doubt it can be 100% nature. I have NO doubt it is a perversion.

[Organic Panic]

The end of abortion will be a “gay” gene. All it will take is a woman to abort a “gay” baby. Al Queerda has demonstrated it is one of the most powerful political forces in this country. If one single “gay” baby were to be aborted abortion laws would change over night.

[originalbuckeye]

It always was difficult. But the ‘scientists’ decided to tell people that it was in the DNA. The way that research is validated is for two researchers INDEPENDENTLY to come to the same conclusions. I saw two of the researchers on TV in the early 90’s claiming DNA association. They were both obviously gay. ‘Nuff said.

[dontreadthis]

homosexuality is determined by DNA when
DNA is found in the wrong place

[JimSEA]

My bias, without proof but from personal observation, is that child abuse is frequently behind homosexuality. I also can understand that some males are more effeminate than others and likewise, some women are much more masculine than most. Beyond that, there is certainly something wrong with the ostentatious “flaming fags” who seem at the head of the political movement. There is at least a tint of evil there.

[wetphoenix]

Sexuality is learnt not in ‘your genes’. There are numerous indicators to prove it. What makes some cultures attracted to livestock? Is it in DNA too? LOL!

[Smellin Salt]

Homosexuality is a CHOICE!! UGGGGHH BANG MY HEAD ON THE WALL!!

[detective]

“If homosexual conduct is ultimately a matter of choice,” Fischer continued, “then the homosexual lobby has nothing, because homosexual conduct is clearly harmful to human beings in any number of ways, not the least of which is serving as the leading cause of HIV/AIDS, which can leave young men disease-ridden and destined for an early grave.”

This is the reason for all the dishonest pseudo-science about homosexuality being predetermined by genetics. Homosexuals will not take responsibility for their actions. They must always be victims.

The false stories about Matthew Shepard and the poor AIDS infected people who were supposedly innocent victims is part of this same disinformation campaign.

The fact is homosexuals have free will. They choose to engage in perverse and unhealthy behavior. They spread disease.

[Chode]

if it did exist, faggots would deny it since it could be tested for and then aborted...

[hinckley buzzard]

It has never been a mainstream position among behavioral scientists to attribute homosexual behavior to genetics. The occasional advocate sometimes makes the news, or TIME Magazine level reporting, but the serious professionals have always understood that homosexual behavior is multiply determined.

One stumbling block which always creates static in the lay reporting is the use of the word "choice." It is not a commonly used term for behavioral analysis.

The thing is, either you believe in some form of free will, in which case essentially all behavior is a "choice," or you follow a theory of psychophysiological determinism, in which case you seek environmental conditions which determine behavior, and "choice" is a mere subjective experience, not a cause.

It is useful to understand this by asking yourself, if you are a thorough heterosexual, when was it that you "chose" to be straight rather than gay, or rather than nothing? Odds are, if you are honest, you can't remember ever "choosing" such a thing.

One other complicating factor that renders most discussions useless, is that "homosexual behavior" is a broad category of behaviors that may arise from any of a number of causes. No one who seriously researches behavior thinks there is only one "cause."

[sunrise_sunset]

How many identical twins are both gay ? That would be a good place to start. If being gay were purely genetic we would see a lot of matches.