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To: xzins

Short of one of the kids being molested or something along those lines, I don’t see why one twin would grow up to be homosexual and one wouldn’t raised in the same home. If it’s environmental (experience related) it doesn’t make sense to me failing that one reason.

Do you see a reason?


21 posted on 04/20/2015 5:30:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: DoughtyOne
Do you see a reason?

homer sexuality is a behavior. behaviors are complex. lying is a behavior. stealing is a behavior. drug use is a behavior. alcohol abuse is a behavior.

The first discussion is recognizing it is a behavior.

the second discussion is it a good behavior to encourage or discourage.

THEN we talk about causes.

Behaviors are complex. There is seldom only one cause. Imprinting which one of the things that God created for good. But it can be perverted to imprint children on porn, homosexuality, sex, drugs, ets.

23 posted on 04/20/2015 5:40:14 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: DoughtyOne

It’s what I said. They have identical DNA. What is different are their experiences, identities, associations....everything in the psycho-social area is different.


26 posted on 04/20/2015 5:44:05 PM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: DoughtyOne

Parents sometimes treat children differently. I have seen it. Could make a difference in their outcome.


70 posted on 04/20/2015 6:54:38 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: DoughtyOne

It’s possible that even though siblings are raised in the same home, one may receive different treatment, have a different experience outside the home (such as molestation), etc.

I knew two brothers years ago. One was very much a rough and tumble boy, athletic, hunter, fished, etc. The father definitely favoured him over his brother, a quiet, artistic, not-so-macho type. He didn’t receive much attention or confirmation from his father.

I lost track of them, but last I knew, the milder son was rumoured to be homosexual.


71 posted on 04/20/2015 6:56:27 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: DoughtyOne

From Post 3
“A fascinating sidelight on all this comes from the work of Bailey (7). His team asked non-concordant identical twins (one was homosexual, one not) about their early family environment, and found that the same family environment was experienced or perceived by the twins in quite different ways. These differences led later to homosexuality in one twin, but not in the other.”


119 posted on 04/21/2015 7:37:18 AM PDT by Help!
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To: DoughtyOne
I think that the scientific jury (as opposed to media hype) is still out on the issue of whether there's a genetic predisposition to homosexuality. The condordance among twins could also be explained by what hormones the developing fetus is exposed to while in the uterus, for example. My best guess is that it's a combination of genetics, maternal hormone, and early socializing.

The real question isn't whether it's genetic or not, but whether it's so hard-wired in people's brains from an early age that it can't be changed. Given how many homosexuals have fought their urges and tried (and failed) to go straight with marriages and therapy, it seems to me that homosexual desire isn't something that's a choice or can be made to go away. The only "choice" is whether people act on those desires or not.

123 posted on 04/21/2015 8:04:47 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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