The Arizona spoke about being a married homosexual and pushed the “born that way” line.
In other words, they talked out both sides..
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A lot of genetics studies have been done on the Old Order Amish. They keep very detailed family trees going back centuries, outsiders almost never marry in, they keep great records of abnormal trait (like homosexuality) and they will quickly expel people for for certain sins and they keep a record of why (and they DO shun homosexuals).
So, one of two things could happen:
1. To not get shunned, the homosexuals keep it a secret and marry as normal. With extensive intermarriage, a recessive gene will eventually become the norm. In other words, there would be entire families of homosexuals and this HAS NOT HAPPENED.
2. Over the centuries, more and more homosexuals will be shunned and since no new bloodlines are introduced, a recessive gene like homosexuality would have died out among the Amish centuries ago. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED EITHER. Old Order Amish become homosexual at a rate of about 3% which is about average.
And just so nobody gets to thinking that a recessive gene can't become the norm (even though it's recessive) or eliminated completely, consider this: the dominant gene is for humans to have SIX finger and toes on each hand and foot; however, presumably as a result of personal preferences, most people will never come across a person with six fingers and toes.