Posted on 05/31/2018 2:38:55 PM PDT by Ennis85
Half of Americans in Gallup's 2018 Values and Beliefs poll say that being gay or lesbian is a trait from birth, easily eclipsing the 30% who believe it is a product of upbringing and environment. This is consistent with findings over the past few years. Another 10% say both explanations play a role, while 4% attribute being gay to something else and 6% are unsure.
When Gallup first asked this "nature vs. nurture" question in 1977, a majority of U.S. adults (56%) said being gay or lesbian was due to people's upbringing and environment, and only 13% saw it as a birth trait. Attitudes didn't shift markedly until after 1989. Between 1989 and Gallup's next update in 1996, the percentage believing sexual orientation is determined at birth jumped from 19% to 31%, and reached 40% by 2001. Opinion remained steady for the next 12 years, as Americans were roughly split between the two positions. Since 2012, the percentage assigning sexual orientation to nature rather than nurture has inched up another 10 percentage points.
This year's Values and Beliefs poll, conducted May 1-10, also shows 67% of Americans in favor of same-sex marriages being legal -- a new high for that viewpoint. Separately, Gallup recently reported that the percentage of Americans identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender has increased a full point since 2012 and is now 4.5%.
The perception that a person is born gay rather than it being the result of upbringing or other factors has increased among all demographic and political groups. But, according to a comparison of aggregated data from 2001 to 2003 vs. 2015 to 2018, the change in beliefs has been most pronounced among politically left-leaning groups, including young adults (aged 18 to 34), college graduates, Democrats, liberals and those who seldom or never
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They seek to normalize their behavior to achieve easier access to MOLEST YOUR CHILDREN!
>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2009/06/05/a-major-study-of-child-abuse-and-homosexuality-revisited/<
On page 37, the other relevant result relates to men.
The 13th research question addressed, of homosexual men who have been molested, what percentage were molested before self-identification as homosexual men, and what percentage were molested after self-identification as homosexual? Of homosexual men who were molested, 68% were molested before self-identification as homosexual, and 32% were molested after self-identification as homosexual.
I have links to dozens of related studies.
It’s almost impossible to conduct such studies today because they’re “not allowed” for fear of their conclusions.
Note: Surveys are NOT a substitute for studies.
Traumatic childhood events are often suppressed.
Try finding trained professionals to conduct the interviews who don’t have a gay sympathy bias.
Prove it, jerks.
Sorry, don’t know too many children who affect a gay lisp and like putting stuff up their rear end.
Men and women have a soul, and our souls are exactly identical. You take on the sexuality of the body in which you are born, assuming you are a reasonable person who plays the hand you are dealt.
All the rest is just hitting your head against the wall.
Even gay scientists Simon LeVay says he no longer thinks they'll ever find a gay gene or any science to support the idea anybody is born with an attraction to the same sex. And scientists say this because studies show us time and time again that environment plays the largest part in determining our sexuality.
Bullcrap
I’ve seen em go from straight to gay to bi ov r and over
It’s simply a choice who you decide to have sex with
Attraction means nothing
Of course you’ll have thoughts and attractions
Means nothing
The LGBTQRSTWXZT goodballs msny of which have mental issues
Just want to stay in the news
I lean towards ‘born that way”
my reason?
Nobody would willingly ‘choose’ a lifestyle that gets nothing but disgust from the majority of all sexes. High school is hell for these people.
Just my 2 cents...
I’d say that’s case closed on the “born that way” nonsense.
This is a full diaper load. Since gay marriage and the Obama era full court press of publicity around “alternative lifestyles” this kind of behavior has skyrocketed. This would lead one to believe the environment (social and political) is a major influence, hence “nurture”.
Are you kidding? These days, homosexuality is lauded as a high virtue, and those practicing it are treated as social heroes. Consequently, more and more kids are “identifying” as “gay.” They see it as a badge of honor. The fact that making homosexuality more socially acceptable has led to much higher numbers of people claiming to be homosexual is further proof that no one is just born this way.
Yes, and passenger jets run on compressed air.
Science by vote. No more laboratories or funding needed. Just take a vote.
I have read about some studies that make just such a point. I also read an executive summary of a study that stated children who had overbearing mothers and weak fathers had a higher incidence of homosexuality. I had two cousins from that type of family and they both became homosexuals.
They were fine as children but became strange as they matured while their mother smothered them and refused to let them date girls or even play sports.
I'm a old fart. Back in my day, a queer risked getting the crap beat outta him. At the very least he faced a barrage of queer jokes. Had about three "outed' fags in high school. And a few more suspected. Their lives were not pleasant. Add in the stress of just being a teenager and I cannot envision any way of me 'choosing' to be a homo. No friggin way.
No doubt today, anything goes...
50% are below the mean. The average could be something else, depending on the distribution.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1026551/posts
I've forgotten more about the subject than those in the telephonic poll will ever know. Just nonsense.
Science is not decided by popular vote.
If you understand how these polls work, it’s mostly BS. What they’re not cherry picking, or wording in a way to get the answers they want.. they’re outright making things up. A lot of polls like this are polling mostly democrats and independents.
As a side note about the integrity of polls, please consider the following.
Consider that if liberal pollsters interpret poll results the same way that they interpret the “living” Constitution, patriots need to start demanding transparency for all aspects of a given poll.
For example, consider the following rigged pro-Obama reelection poll.
Robopoll records silence as support for Obama.
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