When feminism and gay rights butt heads

National Post - Canada ^ | Wednesday, January 17, 2007 | Barbara Kay

[GMMAC]

Gotta love it every time there's yet another indication that political correctness is doomed to collapse - and soon! - under the weight of its own inherent contradictions & competing interests.

[GMMAC]

PING!

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Steyn wrote a piece about this about a week or so ago.

[Tanniker Smith]

I've been saying for years to pro-life people as a thought balloon of sorts: if they can prove that homosexuality is genetic, then they can develop a genetic test for it. If they can test for it, then women can decide that it's okay to have gay babies, but that they don't want their babies to be gay . . .

Does the gay lobby suddenly become pro-life?

[Clintonfatigued]

IMHO, if the hormone therapy experiments being done on the rams are successful, the gay lobby fears that their numbers will be reduced by gay men seeking the treatment so that they can become hetrosexual.

[Dreagon]

Of course, you have to wonder how many radical feminists out there would want to use their power of choice to inflict the child with homosexuality.

[originalbuckeye]

If hormone therapy can change an animal or human's sexual preference, then there is absolutely no way that sexual preference is genetic. But then I have been saying that sort of thing for 15 years. There are NO valid studies proving that there is a gay gene. None. It's just the PC crowd making everybody feel good about themselves no matter what they do and no matter how they behave.

[gcruse]

More likely, it's testing for gayness in the womb, then using hormones to correct as needed. By the time you're grown, it's a little late.

The people horrified over genetic manipulation are at loggerheads with themselves, I imagine.

This is reminiscent of the deaf culture opting for their children to be deaf when there are remedies.

There's a reason carnivals don't have freak shows anymore. In Prozac Nation, dysfunction needn't be encouraged.

[gcruse]

why do you think the hormone would be deficient, if not for the genes?

[gidget7]

Agreed. Some say that is why they are constantly trying to lower testosterone levels in males! (The very thing Congress and officials all over this land, NEED more of!) Guys, just in case, don't drink milk with growth hormones in it, and don't eat soy! LOL

[Oztrich Boy]

Hee! Barbara said "butt"

[GMMAC]

"Steyn wrote a piece about this about a week or so ago. "

Yes, that was my first thought as well when I initially began to read Barbara's article and, in fact, I may have even forwarded her a copy at the time.

However, to me, it's her own personal take on the same original news item.

[originalbuckeye]

I would think it would be a malfunction of one of the endocrine glands. A malfunction not a genetic problem. Here's my quandary: I'm thinking that if it is purported to be genetic, why would heterosexual parents have gay children?

[rbg81]

Unfortunately, this may reduce, but not eliminate homosexuality. Some will always do it to be different or simply because they can.

[GMMAC]

Worse still: "butt heads".

[Mr_Moonlight]

It isn't very often that womens' liberals rights and gay liberals rights collide, but we may be on the brink of just such an interesting moment.

There. Fixed it ......

[originalbuckeye]

I always did like the song 'I Want a Hero'. Yes, a strong man who knows where he's going and loves the woman next to him for the journey.

[gcruse]

If it is, is a malfunctioning endocrine gland a matter of choice?

As far as heritability, not every heritable trait is expressed that is passed down. Traits skip generations.

[originalbuckeye]

So for a heritable trait to be expressed do you not need it to be a dominant trait? And if the parents are heterosexual wouldn't that be their dominant trait for both?

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However, to me, it's her own personal take on the same original news item.

You're right, she takes a different angle.

Steyn's was more humorous in tone.