Posted on 07/11/2015 5:48:01 AM PDT by NetAddicted
Over the past decade the idea that we are “born this way” — or that our sexuality is genetic — has become increasingly important. The mantra has become a political strategy, in particular for gay and lesbian communities, who see it as a way to protect themselves from discrimination. The movement has spawned blogs where people show pictures of their childhood to highlight the innate nature of their sexuality, and attacks on those who have questioned the theory.
But do the politics match the science?
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has two children. Both her son and daughter are married to members of the opposite sex and both her son and daughter each have two children.
Even if there turns out to be no such thing as a gay gene, that does not mean that someone could not have been gay from birth.
Yeah it does.
So God created abominations? Surely you jest.
No, you only have to want to do so. A totally heterosexual person would never feel any inclination to do this. So homosexuality, like heterosexuality, IS a trait.
Yeah it does.
No, it doesn't. There could be something related to the uterine environment that affects the developing baby's brain.
In fact it has been proven that the likelihood that a son will be gay goes up every time a mother has another son.
So perhaps this effect is due to hormones or antibodies from the mother, not DNA.
I believe that that is the most convoluted reasoning I’ve ever seen at Free Republic.
"There could be something related to" the mother's failure to wear a tinfoil hat.
In fact it has been proven that the likelihood that a son will be gay goes up every time a mother has another son.
Maybe it's because he's now "the baby" of the family and gets hyper-nurtured, and spoiled by mommy.
Babies and young children are not sexual...at least they're not supposed to be, unless some pervert molests them.
perhaps this effect is due to hormones or antibodies from the mother, not DNA.
Or perhaps from "Uncle Ernie" doing a little babysitting...on his lap.
What I said in #26 is actually some of the clearest reasoning you will see on FR. If a person is sexually turned on by the same sex, they are at least partially gay, even if they do nothing about it. If they are highly turned on by the same sex they are extremely gay, even if they have never had sex, because this doesn't happen to pure heterosexuals. What other name would you give to this mental characteristic?
What you said in #6 in convoluted reasoning since you are saying that all victims of homosexual rape are homosexual.
Also it is obvious that homosexuality is a trait since some people are clearly interested in it, want to live in gay same-sex communities, have no interest in the opposite sex, etc. and the majority are not like this.
So it is a 'defect'?
In fact it has been proven that the likelihood that a son will be gay goes up every time a mother has another son.
Link please. First time I have ever read this excuse.
So perhaps this effect is due to hormones or antibodies from the mother, not DNA.
Are you trying to tell use something? There is nothing 'gay' about perverts.
You’ve just hit it out of the ballpark. :)
If I think about eating you, does that make me a cannibal?
No.
The behavior is what earns the term.
Homosexuality is a behavior.
Homosexual rape is a crime. It is not what I was writing about and you know that.
You seek to obscure this issue because your reasoning is wrong.
The fact that you call homosexual behavior “gay” shows that you have an agenda to obfuscate homosexual behavior.
Your last statement is absurd.
Words have meaning. Homosexual means someone engaged in homosexual behavior.
Some poster on the Guardian site called FR....”a US evangelical trash site”
Maybe that's why judging by appearances doesn't always work out so well.
I’m speechless....I had no idea that there were people as ignorant as you on Free Republic.
Many posts have shown absolute PROOF that there is no gay gene and here you are coming up with something so stupid as to shock those with a brain that accepts rational and logical scientific proof.
Inquiring minds need to know....are you gay?
Great point!
Do you have a link to that information? I believe it, just would like to see the article.
If there’s no gay gene, then no one is homosexual from birth. They’re homosexual from upbringing, or assault.
Excellent post!
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