> -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Being Gay: Nature or Nurture? > > I thikn what makes a person gay or straight is much like what makes > someone like Blondes vs Redheads. It will be a very very long time > before there is overwhelming evidence supporting Nature or Nurture. > Even so, it's primarily moral objections that are stopping gay > marriage now, and till that changes I don't see anyone agreeing on > anything.
Remember also that both cause AND effect is in flux. There will, I'm sure, someday be a concept of a "textbook homosexual" - the general norm, the scientific average. I feel the evidence is piling up for this "normal homosexual" to be explainable via genetics. However at the same time there will always be special cases, anecdotal evidence and oddities that muddy the debate. There are definitely psychological issues which can cause homosexual behavior. There are self-esteem issues which can cause the behavior. There will, as long as there is any stigma to it whatsoever, be cases of those claiming to be "cured" of it. Essentially it's not completely a "nature vrs nurture" question since there are clearly cases of both. It's really not very different from the possible genetic markers for alcoholism or violence or empathy or anything else. You can be born that way or end up that way. The real trick is understanding when any particular homosexual is normal and another isn't (in other words a "sick" heterosexual). Of course the reverse is true as well: many natural homosexuals attempt to force themselves straight. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199698 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
