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As gay couples race to the altar in California this week, scientists may have found an answer to the so-called gay paradox. Studies suggest that homosexuality is at least partly genetic. And although homosexuals have far fewer children than heterosexuals, so-called gay genes apparently survive in the population. A new study bolsters support for an intriguing idea: These same genes may increase fertility in women. Despite some tantalizing leads over the past 2 decades, researchers have yet to isolate any genes directly linked to homosexuality. Nevertheless, a number of studies have shown that male homosexuals have more gay male relatives...

CONTACT: Gary Glenn 989-835-7978 Professor David Halperin 734-647-5884 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, brings back “How to be Gay: Male Homosexuality & Initiation” family group renews criticism of tax-funded college class “How to be Gay” U-M catalogue calls class “an experiment in the very process of initiation it hopes to understand.” ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A statewide family values group Monday renewed its criticism of a controversial University of Michigan class — offered this fall for the first time since 2003 — again calling on state lawmakers to pressure university officials to drop the course altogether. The American Family Association...