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To: stuartcr
Born "that way"?

If you mean "born gay," the answer is no. "Gay" entails cooperation with a homosexual tendency: and cooperation means choice.

If you mean "born with a homosexual tendency," the answer is yes. It could be a strong or a weak tendency, it could be transient or persistent, but prenatal hormones definitely influence gendered differences, including bodily and brain development and sexual attraction which involves a physiological response.

This does not amount to behavior determination. It's more like a temperament. In an analogous way, a person may tend to be excitable, or placid; cheerful, or melancholic; energetic or lethargic; reckless or cautious, etc. This tendency does not determine the person's action in every case: but it influences him.

111 posted on 07/28/2010 8:21:08 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or the other." George Bush)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Influenced temperament, born with a tendency...but not beviorally determinant. OK, thanks


112 posted on 07/28/2010 8:34:43 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

if sexual behavior (and the consequences) are “born that way” then what about:

people with animals?
people with fetishes regarding things?
pain?

it just a POLITICAL statement masqerading as science.


115 posted on 07/28/2010 9:10:24 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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