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So am I thereby to conclude that these men "chose" to have a multiple partnership orientation?

An interesting analogy. I will stick to my guns and argue that yes, in the case of Mormon polygomists, this is a choice, where in the case of gay people it is not a choice.

Those Mormon's becoming polygomists did so in the context of numerous examples and a geographic community that included some support. The typical gay teenager assumes that he/she is the only gay kid in their entire school and has no examples to follow, yet they know that they are gay. Their only choice is to accept themselves or not.

I doubt there is much evidence that the overwhelming majority of polygomists report knowing that they were polygamists when they were very young. Almost all gay people can report memories of non-sexual, yet homosexual thoughts and feelings often at pre-pubescent ages.

Research has found that there are differences in the physical brain structure of gay men that in fact closely resemble the structure as it appears in heterosexual females. So there is biological evidence to explain homosexuality, although that doesn't mean it's genetic. Most theories point to some environmental effect during the 9 months in the womb; possibly a hormonal shift in the mother. Personally, I have no problems with people being homosexual. I'm not, and I'm not threatened by the idea either. There are sexual activities engaged in by married heterosexuals that I wouldn't participate in either (There are far more heterosexual sodomites then homosexual). Who cares? And why should you?

An interesting analogy. I will stick to my guns and argue that yes, in the case of Mormon polygomists, this is a choice, where in the case of gay people it is not a choice.
Those Mormon's becoming polygomists did so in the context of numerous examples and a geographic community that included some support. The typical gay teenager assumes that he/she is the only gay kid in their entire school and has no examples to follow, yet they know that they are gay. Their only choice is to accept themselves or not.
I doubt there is much evidence that the overwhelming majority of polygomists report knowing that they were polygamists when they were very young. Almost all gay people can report memories of non-sexual, yet homosexual thoughts and feelings often at pre-pubescent ages.

You are one weak minded individual....(feeble minded)

All kids...got that??? ALL kids go through a stage of investigation, arousel, mutual attractions etc. The turn in nature that all humans...I mean, most humans take is called maturity. Most humans mature and find attraction in the opposite sex and then reproduce. Your selected few stay in the childhood period and never crawl out.

Your outlook is terribly flawed. ...they are born that way...they don't have a choice... What a damned cop out.

The typical gay teenager...has no examples to follow

What alien planet are you from? This is the most media saturated culture ever! I have seen THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS of articles/electronic media segments on the gay lifestyle. One of our local high schools even ran an article on gays that included 2 phone #s to Gay advocacy youth groups (try running phone #s in a student publication for evangelical youth groups & see what a hubub that would create!)...that was BEFORE GLSTEN's full-court press of getting gay materials, teacher sensititivy training sessions, gay history lessons, etc. etc. on campus.

Teens these days are much more computer savvy, which means they get way too much of BAD EXAMPLES from online sources. Gay characters are elevated on TV. PFLAG is there w/their propaganda, as if the liberal media needed any assistance. So polygamists had "some support"...give me a break...there are more "welcome mats" into the gay lifestyle due to minors being targeted than there are mines in Afghanistan!