Posted on 06/09/2009 7:20:13 AM PDT by conservativegramma
(But Report Shows Researchers Concealing Information)
A licensed psychologist with both clinical and forensic practice outreaches is warning that it appears children of homosexual couples are seven times more likely to develop "non-heterosexual preferences" than other children, but lawmakers establishing policy often don't know that because the researchers have concealed their discoveries.
"Research … although not definitive, suggests that children reared by openly homosexual parents are far more likely to engage in homosexual behavior than children raised by others," said the online report by Trayce L. Hansen.
Studies she reviewed suggest children raised by homosexual or bisexual parents "are approximately seven times more likely than the general population to develop a non-heterosexual sexual preference."
The "studies thus far find that between 8 percent and 21 percent of homosexually parented children ultimately identify as non-heterosexual," the psychologist wrote. "For comparison purposes, approximately 2 percent of the general population are non-heterosexual. Therefore, if these percentages continue to hold true, children of homosexuals have a 4 to 10 times greater likelihood of developing a non-heterosexual preference than other children."
However, those researchers who found such differences "nonetheless declared in their research summaries that no differences were found," the report said.
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LOL did I say that?
He said a child needs to grow up in a normal traditional home. LOL Again.
Are they conflating the biological children of gay (LGBT) people with children only raised by gays?
Whatever the case, most social properties are found to arise from an interplay of biology, environment, and individual choice.
Picture a dog on a leash, with a given characteristic (like IQ) expressed by the position of the dog in your yard. Our genetics determines where the post the leash is tied to is located, as well as the length of the leash (with the length of the leash not varying much within a particular species). The surrounding environment dictates areas the dog is more likely to go within its leash-range (shade under a tree, water in a bowl, another dog to bark at in the yard adjoining to the west, a mailbox just out of reach to the north) and areas the dog cannot go (like a closed shed or fenced in garden, or areas beyond a perimeter fence). And within that post+leash+environment, the decisions made by the dog are responsible for its precise position. In this analogy, the leash is very long, the yard is very large, and the environment is very richly varied.
If being gay is the equivalent of the dog being in a certain location within the yard, then a dog whose post is planted closer to that position has a greater likelihood of finding himself there. A dog whose environment includes some reward for going to that location (like a water bowl located nearby) is more likely to end up there. And sometimes, despite the post being far away and that spot being occupied by only a fire ant mound, the dog will end up there anyway.
Always be leery of determinism - either biological determinism or social determinism. Determinism is ultimately a tool used by tyrants to imbue their machinations with “scientific” backing and ultimately supplant individualism and notions of personal responsibility with collectivism (either eugenics or dysgenics) or welfarism/social engineering. This goes for social determinism (like chalking up individual success to a summation of supposed “privileges” and failures to “institutional racism”) just as it goes for “racial hygiene”.
Thanks.
Good for my students who get so much propaganda about it all.
I think being Gay is like being an alcoholic its not something that you are born doing but it is something that you are born with a predisposition for.
Flame you for asserting something that has never been proven - a “gay gene?”
Quite right... teaching kids not to Bully needs no detailed explanation of nor praising for different families. We don’t praise obesity when we tell kids not to pick on overweight kids..
Feel sorry for and lift up those in bad situations and don’t tear them down,
but that doesn’t mean you have to “celebrate” their condition.
I certainly appreciate your viewpoint and your insight. With that said, I still would say the same thing in response: I disagree.
IF there is any sort of genetic factor or shall we say 'chemical' haywires in the brain its going to come from the following:
"24Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
25For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
27and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,"
The above is from the New Testament: Romans Chapter 1 (verses marked) - NASV version. Pretty clear what causes this abnormality. And its a sobering warning as well.
This is a very valid point. What most don't realize is there are more effeminate heterosexual men than homosexual. Apparently misinformation and mistaken beliefs (perhaps best defined as old wives' tales) have brainwashed many into believing effeminate behavior implies homosexuality. If somebody isn't sure what is meant by old wives' tales, check this out.
If somebody believes homosexuals are born that way, they are not at all familiar with the science of homosexuality. There is no evidence or research that claims homosexuality is genetic. There is no genetic test, experimental or otherwise that can determine one's sexual orientation.
Why would you get flamed for stating the obvious. Of course you aren’t born gay, and even if one was that doesn’t make it normal.
Duhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What an understatement! Even if the gene theory is slightly possible, the adopted kids are presumed NOT to have it, right? Only one explanation: choice of behavior proves to be the major factor.
Envy is usually camouflaged as something more socially acceptable, in this case as wanting "acceptance". No, they couldn't care less what other people think. They envy what other people have. To the degree they are denied, they want it more, which is why being in the military, marriage, and children are at the top of their list. Many do not really want these things. They are just consumed by envy for having been denied.
And of course children of the mafia are more likely to be criminals.
I think being Gay is like being an alcoholic its not something that you are born doing but it is something that you are born with a predisposition for.
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WELL PUT.
World Nut Daily strikes again. Just a few years ago, anything posted from that site was met with jeers. Oh, how times change.
“vote”sorry to burst your bubble, but if you?ve ever been around research and study how research is done, you?ll find that a lot of it is bogus to begin with, especially since you aren?t reading the actual research report but reading a so called analysis from a conservative source. The main point is to be careful when you read such reports from either left or right or mainstream (typically left) papers. They over simplify the results and those writing these articles have no understanding of how research is done.This isn?t to say that gay parents can or can?t have an effect on how a kid grows up but I?d take this with a grain of salt at this point until.”
I agree 100%
The whole point of the gay agenda is to grow the numbers of homosexuals. Turn the world gay. With that will come increased incidences of pedophilia and sexual brutality with children. Hate Christianity. Hate decency, and destroy the culture as quick as possible. And by all means, make sure the GOP embraces the change.
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