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To: DBeers
While I have sympathy for some of these cases it is not love to embrace abnormality without at least trying to find a cure.

I would ask this question: Can the orientation result from a choice? For example, while in prison a guy behaves homosexually, then he develops a thing for it. Or a boy is molested by another boy...and then he becomes "oriented" that way. While not a choice of the victim it was a choice of the perp and therefore still the result of choice. If that is possible -- and I believe the evidence reveals that it is -- then it should not be ignored in these studies.

The other question I would have is, are there any negative behaviors humans exhibit which are not entirely chosen and yet are 100% undesireable and should be rejected? I suppose you could say we are all born selfish and greedy. But we still are trained by out parents to not be either. Implied in some of these studies is the idea that if a desire develops early in life, then it must be good, normal and wholesome. I would strongly argue that that is false. Some children like to torture puppies for example. Were they born that way? Should we help them embrace that desire?

There are probably a variety of ways a person develops into a homosexual, just like there are a variety of ways a person develops into a pedophile, a rapist, a sex addict, a pornographer or whatever. But with homosexuality one thing you know for certain: it is a biological abnormality.

Lastly (for now), we could argue that no one is born for monogamy. We can easily be sexually attracted to more than one person. But desire is rightly suppressed by a society that values marriage, family and fidelity. Even the Supreme social engineers on the Massachusetts Supreme Court held onto the "binary" nature of marriage. Why? If the presence of desire makes an act wholesome then we are an oppressive society to limit relationships to only two adults.

30 posted on 03/13/2006 11:11:26 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Well put, Ghost.
39 posted on 03/13/2006 11:34:16 AM PST by Tony O (hibobbi!)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

A little more thoughtful and intelligent response to this article than most. Bravo! But unless you are in the habit of rejecting all legitimate science due to religious beliefs (oh now THAT would be a RARE thing here, eh???), then you must keep your mind open. It is the scientifically appropriate thing to do. Whether homosexuality and genocide are to be treated equal, however, is entirely up to you.


106 posted on 03/16/2006 9:23:56 AM PST by BagelFace (BOOGABOOGABOOGA!!!)
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