Wanted: 1,000 gay brothers (Barf Alert!)

In Newsweekly ^ | May 17, 2006 | Patty Caya

[Red Badger]

Scientists want to get into gay brothers genes?........

[longtermmemmory]

I would submit the fact they are EXCLUDING identical twins establishes this study is 100% a waste of time.

If identical twins with identical DNA exhibit different sexual behavior then the homosexual gene premise is gone.

IOW the sample has been rigged. (and a waste of tax dollars. Seriously who put in the funding bill for this monstrous fake?)

[DBeers]

My question is how do they separate the nature from the nurture in this scenario. Two brothers may have the same genetice code, but they also share the same environmental forces that might steer them towards homosexuality

See my post #14. The "researchers" separate nature from nurture at the outset. They will study physical characteristics that are most likely the results of a behavior (they skew the study in this direction by only sampling self declared adult homosexuals) and then they will attempt to claim physical results (a linkage) to an as yet unidentified innate "orientation"...

[Free ThinkerNY]

While they're at it, they need to do a new study of Gay Siamese twins. The Ben Dover Institute conducted one many years ago. It was funded by Doublemint Gum.

[DBeers]

EXACTLY!!!!

[isthisnickcool]

Hmm, then is this is based on genetic makeup why not include the father? Or the mother for that matter and see if she has the hots for the same sex?

Or, better yet, just study the entire family and calculate if more than one family member enjoys ingesting feces.

[MEGoody]

Researchers are attempting to discover a genetic linkage to sexual orientation by studying one thousand pairs of gay brothers.

I notice they aren't talking about the sets of twins where one is a homosexual and the other isn't. Can you say 'agenda driven study'?

[Antoninus]

"Folks don't like this kind of research, that shows that sexual orientation is genetically based," he says. "It undermines the argument that it is a choice."

What's next, the great search for the "adultery gene"?

"See, Honey? I couldn't help myself! It's hereditary!"

[Antoninus]

It doesn't matter if it is one pair or a thousand. The researchers will conclude only what they want to conclude.

That's precisely the impression I got from this article. Activist science ain't science at all.

[Jaded]

We couldn't prove the results we wanted so we need more people to get the results we still won't get?

[Antoninus]

Identical (monozygotic) twins are not eligible since it is already known that their DNA (genetic material) is the same.

If it were all nature and no nurture, studies of identical twins would reveal that in ALL cases, if one was "gay", both were. Ever seen such studies done? I know they have been--it's strange that the homo-promo cheerleaders don't trot them out more often...

[DBeers]

Next we have the FR gene.

LOL -I always like to use the analogy of seeking the "Religion Gene" with the punch line being that there are those that faithfully claim believe in a genetic basis for either the practice of Religion and or the practice of homosexual activity; HOWEVER, it is only Religious activity that is Constituionally guaranteed... Faith in homosexual activity is a non-starter...

[zaxxon]

LOL at that.

By the way, "1000 Gay Brothers" will be opening for Depeche Mode on the 15th at Jones Beach Amphitheater. Get your tickets now. /kidding.^_^

[stylin19a]

Wouldn't they be better served to find brothers where one is happy and the other is not ?

[AppyPappy]

My brother is gay.

[MeanWestTexan]

You know, I would love for someone to actually do such a study --- twins, no twins, gay and not gay and delve into the issue for real.

Why?

1. To answer the question for real.

2. And hypothetically, if there was a gene that made people succeptiable to being gay, it would be likely that a vaccine could be eventually created to turn it off.

All that said, I think it is largely, if not exclusively, environment and choice.

[reillygirl246]

"Genes do more than one thing," says Sanders. "They have more than one function. Maybe the gene that contributes to sexual orientation does something else as well."

He says each gene contributes a varying amount to each trait. This is especially true for behavioral traits and personality traits such as novelty seeking, aggression or violence. Not just one gene is involved.



So this guy is basically saying that homosexualuality is still a personal choice, but it's the genes that make them "snappy dressers and put the skip in thier step?

[MeanWestTexan]

"Next we have the FR gene."

Well, the libs all say we are insane and try to prove it.

[wolfcreek]

Unless they're trying to find a way to 'repair' this gene, I don't see the point.

[dcnd9]

""Family studies tell you that something is familial, that things tend to cluster in families," says Dr. Alan Sanders, MD who heads the gay brothers research study. "Then we ask what else tends to cluster in families. Genes do." "

Same as alcoholism. Still doesn't mean you cannot overcome the abnormal attraction to the same sex just as you can overcome the abnormal attraction to alcohol!