Like IQ and alcoholism, homosexuality develops from some combination of both nature and nurture. It's not likely to be 100% one or the other. It's not useful to use for individual cases, but 50/50 in general is a good guess. The problem with allowing open homosexuality in the military is the 50% nurture part. The military must often order people into close living quarters for long periods of time. Just like locking up a group of Irish men inside a well stocked liquor store for 3 months at a time will increase the number of alcoholics, open homosexuals will have some success in nurturing others into it. Homosexuals shouldn't be given a taxpayer funded institution to freely operate an indoctrination trap.
The sin of envy is a significant motivation of the homosexual agenda. It's not that many homosexuals really want to be soldiers, or get married, or adopt children. It's that they want to destroy these things for others because they are denied. That is evil and wrong and worth opposing.
The cause is another discussion. Behaviors have a complex cause as you presented. One of causes that does not get discussed is imprinting. At one time in the 60’s and 70’s this was high on the discussion list.
I contend it is mostly a learned behavior but no one ever wants to talk about that. If you never take that first drink or smoke, you will will never be addicted.
Homosexuality is an addiction......................
I agree that it is plausible that homosexuality is a combination of 50% nature and 50% nurture. Who knows if it’s 49%-51% or some other ratio but your theory is plausible. However, you didn’t just use the Irishmen in a liquor store comparison did you? My jaw dropped. LOL.
OK, here’s the Jonathan Swift logic to the nth degree:
Bring homosexuals in the military and they will turn your troops into gays.
Bring Irishmen into the military and they’ll turn your troops into drunks.
Bring blacks into the military and they will make your troops lazy wiggers.
Bring women into the military and they will make your troops less prone to fight and more prone to tell secrets.
Bring Italians into the military and they’ll make your troops talk with their hands.
Should I go on or have we established the absurdity of the argument when expanded to other groups, many who have been part of our military for over 150 years.