Gay Marriages

[Darorinag]

The homosexuals today are at loggerheads with the issue and deny that it is "genetic" because they think it is a matter of 'preference' or choice.

Wrong. Just ask the typical gay guy that you see on the street. He will tell you that he has given himself up totally, completely, hopelessly, to the theory that homosexuality is genetic and that therefore it was meant to be. Not to ignore the other side of the issue, i.e. considering it a genetic FLAW and thus trying to find a cure for it. Regardless, most gay people think it's a good idea if it's proven to be genetic. I certainly don't care.

[hyebruin]

don't know about 'flower power' but i like 'girl power'

haha right girls??? there's nothing we girls can't potentially do EXCEPT for "that" which is why we need men

[Anonymouse]

The only homosexuals that would have a vested interest in making homosexuality out to be some sort of "genetic issue" are those with political interests that seek to use the State for their own benefits and self-gratification. Certainly declaring it out to be a "genetic" thing invites the argument of getting it "cured". It would be more appropriate if they just said it was a preference of lifestyle that made based on upbringing or certain conditions or what have you, not some thing they are "born with". Either way, it is a behavior and not something that doesn't change.

[Anonymouse]

don't know about 'flower power' but i like 'girl power'

haha right girls??? there's nothing we girls can't potentially do EXCEPT for "that" which is why we need men

I don't like girl power either.

[hyebruin]

I don't like girl power either.

that's cuz you haven't really seen and experienced it yet!
it's NOT a matriarchal thing! it empowers two

[Darorinag]

Mouse, the problem is, they insist that it's a mixture of both genetic and upbringing/environment. They are playing both sides. They know where their interests lay. *shakes head*

[loseyourname]

That is a non-issue, I was referring to the correctness/incorrectness of things. Just because people engage in homosexuality does not make it correct.

How is it a non-issue? It is exactly the issue that Deviance brought up. What you've posted is a non-issue, given that I never once said homosexuality is correct because people engage in it. I doubt that anyone in here said that.

However, who said anything about being a eunuch having an impact on being gay? You do not need to have a uterus to be a lesbian or be straight.

Does anyone in here understand the concept of an analogy? You said that because homosexuality is a genetic flaw (I'm guessing because it prevents them from breeding) it is morally wrong. That obviously means that all genetic flaws are morally wrong, which is an absurdity. Do you believe a man to be morally flawed because he suffers from sickle-cell anemia?

If it wasn't really wrong they would not be considering it an alteration of the chromosomes and there will not be centers trying to "cure" them. It exists to reach up to the "norm" of things really.

Pay attention Mousy, because this right here is relativism. He just defined morally right as that which falls into accordance with an accepted norm. I doubt any such thing even exists. Certainly there is no one set of genetic traits that can exclusively be called the "norm." Are we now to consider albinos morally bad people?

[Darorinag]

Does anyone in here understand the concept of an analogy? You said that because homosexuality is a genetic flaw (I'm guessing because it prevents them from breeding) it is morally wrong. That obviously means that all genetic flaws are morally wrong, which is an absurdity. Do you believe a man to be morally flawed because he suffers from sickle-cell anemia?

You're good. Very good.

Welcome back, btw.

[Crimson Glow]

people can have sex with whoever/whatever they want..that's their biz (as long as it's not with someone vulnerable like a child or a mentally challenged adult)

Ummm.....news flash. Most heterosexual marriages are between children or mentally challenged adults, let alone the sex.

[Aphrodit3]

I’m a little reluctant to accept genetics as a predisposition to homosexuality but I’ve read some case studies that claim to “prove” this. A guy named Dean Hamer interviewed 110 families with gay male members and noticed that it seems to run in the family line. He also noticed that it was usually the mother’s brother who was also gay and not the father. This suggested that the “gay gene” was on the X chromosome. He and his colleagues found a region in the Xq28 (the tip of the long arm of the chromosome). Apparently, gay men share the same version of the genetic marker 25% of the time and straight men shared a different version of it 75% of the time.