[scripter]

I have no doubt that certain folks are more susceptible to the temptation into homosexual behaviour.

Indeed. It's too bad GLSEN and other radical homosexual organizations insist on pushing homosexual and other sexual expressions on today's school children.

In our schools today we have gay, lesbian, transsexual, LUGs (Lesbian Until Graduation) and others. I think it would be very interesting to see statistics on those who identify in any of the above categories from the following pool: government, private and home schools. Because environment is the major factor, I would think those who homeschool would have the lowest statistic by huge margin.

[thehumanlynx]

Because environment is the major factor, I would think those who homeschool would have the lowest statistic by huge margin.
I would imagine that to be so by and large. Gay/straight alliances are idiotic, and all these schools that refuse to let parents know not only of their existence but also of their kids involvement.

[Albion Wilde]

I think it would be very interesting to see statistics on those who identify in any of the above categories from the following pool: government, private and home schools. Because environment is the major factor, I would think those who homeschool would have the lowest statistic by huge margin.

Indeed it would, as would a study of the number of self-identified homosexuals who were abused as children by priests. We have already seen that abuse itself in childhood is a factor.

I wish I had ordered a transcript, but fwiw, I heard a most interesting radio interview some years ago about the influence of low brain serotonin on depression and addictive behavior. The commentator said that low-serotonin individuals tend to become depressives and/or addicts in greater numbers because by using substances, they are attempting to self-medicate for the depression. In the same way, high-risk behavior that stimulates the body's own adrenaline response is an attempt to self-medicate against depression originating in low serotonin levels in the brain.

He said that many Americans of all kinds of ethnic backgrounds are persons who were willing to take the high risk of migrating to another country and leave their origins behind; he speculated that low serotonin is therefore part of the general American psyche.

The point I'm getting to is that in his studies of religious persons with low-serotonin profiles whose communities forbid alcohol consumption, such as Methodists or Baptists with Irish ancestry, he found fewer incidences of alcoholism than in communities that allow drinking. He postulated that therefore environment trumps brain chemistry with regard to addictive or "high"-seeking behavior.

Like I said, I wish I had written down the particulars. I remember I was driving on the PA Turnpike at the time!