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Born this way? Society, sexuality and the search for the 'gay gene' (Says there isn't one)
The Guardian ^ | 7/10/2015 | Simon Copland

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 ...


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To: NetAddicted
Gay jeans:


21 posted on 07/11/2015 7:45:26 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: allendale
Take a really good look at Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Picture her as the mother of a son. Come to your own conclusions regarding a gay gene.

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.

22 posted on 07/11/2015 8:08:04 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: NetAddicted

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.


23 posted on 07/11/2015 8:16:21 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded
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.

24 posted on 07/11/2015 8:17:25 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: wideminded

So God created abominations? Surely you jest.


25 posted on 07/11/2015 8:19:07 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: blueunicorn6
In order to be a homosexual, one must perform homosexual acts.

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.

26 posted on 07/11/2015 8:31:05 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
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.

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.

27 posted on 07/11/2015 8:37:12 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded

I believe that that is the most convoluted reasoning I’ve ever seen at Free Republic.


28 posted on 07/11/2015 8:48:23 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: wideminded
There could be something related to the uterine environment that affects the developing baby's brain.

"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.

29 posted on 07/11/2015 8:49:33 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: blueunicorn6
I believe that that is the most convoluted reasoning I’ve ever seen at Free Republic.

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.

30 posted on 07/11/2015 10:05:51 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded
No, it doesn't. There could be something related to the uterine environment that affects the developing baby's brain.

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.

31 posted on 07/11/2015 10:11:31 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: central_va

You’ve just hit it out of the ballpark. :)


32 posted on 07/11/2015 10:47:53 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: wideminded

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.


33 posted on 07/11/2015 10:54:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: NetAddicted

Some poster on the Guardian site called FR....”a US evangelical trash site”


34 posted on 07/11/2015 12:23:17 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: allendale
>>Take a really good look at Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Picture her as...

Maybe that's why judging by appearances doesn't always work out so well.

35 posted on 07/11/2015 5:24:09 PM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: wideminded

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?


36 posted on 07/11/2015 6:40:26 PM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: MomwithHope

Great point!


37 posted on 07/12/2015 11:19:56 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: G Larry

Do you have a link to that information? I believe it, just would like to see the article.


38 posted on 07/12/2015 11:21:15 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: wideminded

If there’s no gay gene, then no one is homosexual from birth. They’re homosexual from upbringing, or assault.


39 posted on 07/12/2015 11:23:52 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Excellent post!


40 posted on 07/12/2015 11:27:34 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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