[ClearCase_guy]

They were always around, I imagine, just not visible.

I acknowledge that they've always been around. But what about the numbers? If the percentage is somewhat elastic, then one can posit a society (like ours) that openly tries to embrace the lifestyle, passes laws to help practitioners, and educates young people to believe that the lifestyle is perfectly fine and commendable. That society may end up with a homosexual population of 2.8%.

Now picture a society were homosexuals are scorned as potential child molesters, disease-ridden hedonists, who threatened crucial institutions such as marriage and traditional families. Such a society may end up with a homosexual population substantially below 2.8%

Now, which society is better off? Hint: think about lower rates of disease.

[ffusco]

Society has always had its share of discontents, sqaure pegs. Homosexuality, the practice, has always been around.

I personally don't think any kind of indoctrination is going to change any people. Only those people who were curious in the first place will "try it", but there will be a larger group that will experiment ( mostly girls) and after college ; ) return to a purely hetero lifestyle.

a monogamous heterosexual lifestyle has evolved over thousands of years and is the foundation of any society. By trial and error it has been found to produce the greatest levels of happiness to the greatest number of people .