She simply does not know what she is talking about. While the specific mechanism is not know, it does appear that homosexuality is physiologically based. Or rather should I say gender preference is physiolgically based. Gays cannot help being gay any more that blacks cannot help being black.
We've had this argument before on this list, just do a search, one of the things I presented was a scholar.google seach that turned up over 600 studies that supported the physiological basis of homosexuality. I found less than 10 that contradicted that theory. Of those 8 studies, they were so poorly done as to be worthless. Another approach is to look at so called conversion therapy. I tried to do a meta-analysis of it in grad school. First off all but a very few studies that showed some conversion were adequate - no followup, self identification, really weird operational definitions etc. Of the methodologically adequate studies, almost all showed that conversion therapies did not work. At best a few studies that tried negative conditioning showed some effect, but again no followup. The best I could conclude about these studies was that all they did was condition the victims against any sexual response. The religiously based therapies were even worse. There was no data available. I tried contacting several of the churches and organizations that sponsored these approaches. No data was available. The best I could figure was that these therapies operated by guilt and harrassment. No followup, no independent assessment of program effectiveness. As for being natural or unnatural. Homosexuality is common in the wild and with farm animals. There are the infamous Stanley Park seagulls in Vancouver, BC, for instance. I could go on about it, but I am sure that there will be others who will. The research evidence is available to show that it is just as natural as being a heterosexual. larry On 1/22/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wife and I watched 'Crash' last night and then got into a > discussion about prejudice. That discussion led to talking about some > of her friends that refuse to go see 'brokenback mountain' and don't > want it shown. I called them out as being prejudiced since they > haven't even seen the movie to know if the subject matter is treated > tastefully or not. > > My wife argued that it wasn't being prejudice against gays since > homosexuality was immoral. I countered with the fact that this was > based only on someones beliefs. -- Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. Edmond Burke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193690 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
