When feminism and gay rights butt heads

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

[gcruse]

Since some traits skip generations, I'd have to say, "Not necessarily."

[Theresawithanh]

This line from the article "Take, for example, gay tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who immediately called for a halt to the research at Oregon State, citing "the right of sheep to be gay.'" made me think this was from Canada's answer to Scrappeface, but I see it's for real.

[period end of story]

Since some traits skip generations, I'd have to say, "Not necessarily."

Take what you can get and don't worry about it.

[processing please hold]

The Bonnie Tyler, song, I need a Hero?

[garjog]

"develop a genetic test for it'

What is there was a genetic test of unborn children for conservatism?

[Republican Party Reptile]

So for a heritable trait to be expressed do you not need it to be a dominant trait?

No, only need for it to be a heritable trait, having certain genetic tendencies in your family tree will increase your (or your offspring's) probability of displaying the trait, but it doesn't have to be dominant to manifest itself.

Look at say ... diabetes which is highly hereditary, but it doesn't mean every diabetic individual has diabetic parents - it just means it's more likely that the disease runs somewhere in the patient's family genetic tree. Or if you ever seen two dark haired parent producing a blond haired child ...same idea.

[Nachum]

Beavers and butt heads?

[originalbuckeye]

Yup. Great lyrics and a tune you can dance to......

[originalbuckeye]

I definitely think political persuasion isn't genetic. Why else would so many kids disagree with their parents about candidates? As for the 'gay gene', it doesn't exist. Try to find actual valid medical studies. The most recent studies were from Canada and they said 'No gay gene'. If studies in this country showed the same result, you would never hear about it anyway.

[right-wingin_It]

"When Feminism and Gay Rights Bump Uglies"

[Albion Wilde]

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

Hormones can be deficient from organic malfunctions such as thyroid trouble or cysts or tumors in other glands.

[Albion Wilde]

ping

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Interesting thought.....however I think in many cases homosexuals are created by their environments/sexual abuse as children.

[thulldud]

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

They don't?

Well, no loss. We can see stranger things on CSPAN every day for free.

[GMMAC]

"What is there was a genetic test of unborn children for conservatism?"

IMHO: conservative gene = common sense gene.

[brooklyn dave]

I have been thinking the ame thing for a good while myself--and have even said so to gay acquaintances---you better pray that the cause of being gay isn't genetic because most parents will not opt for having a gay baby. "oh yes, I think I'll name him Fay"---lol

[Tanniker Smith]

Oddly enough, it'll be the more religious ones that will "choose" to have the "gay" baby because they couldn't imagine doing anything else.