[trumandogz]

“I think people have a significant range of choice within a genetic pattern,” he said. “I believe it’s a combination of genetics and environment. I think that both are involved. I think people have many ranges of choices.”

Newt is riding the fence on this one.

[cripplecreek]

Yeah I'd say so.

Gingrich told the Des Moines Register editorial board that he does not "believe in genetic determinism, and I don't think there is any great evidence of genetic determinism."

He said that certain people may choose to be gay if they have certain genetic traits and are raised in a certain environment.

[Marcella]

“Newt is riding the fence on this one.”

No, he isn’t. There is no evidence one way or the other concerning why people are gay. There are opinions galore, but no evidence.

I had gay patients in my counseling practice and some were satisfied with their state and some were not. It was not my business to push them one way or another, rather it was to help them come to a resolution with which they were satisfied and could lead a successful life.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

“I think people have a significant range of choice within a genetic pattern,” he said. “I believe it’s a combination of genetics and environment. I think that both are involved. I think people have many ranges of choices.”

Newt is riding the fence on this one.

What, you don't think that genetics have any effect on behavior? Babies' behavior differs in the crib, before environment has even begun to happen. And since people do learn, experience also influences behavior. So much is obvious.

What is also obvious is that gay parents are a rarity, and the other kind of parent doesn't expect their children to be so, either. So that if ever a necessary-and-suffiecient "gay gene" were discovered which could be detected in utero, gays would become antiabortion en masse on that very day.

[Paradox]

Sometimes, the fence IS the road.