A biological factor is not the same as genetic causation. People with cerebral palsy are born with the condition, but it is generally caused by oxygen deprivation, not by a genetic malfunction.
While this is bad news for people who insist that being gay is a moral decision, it's not exactly good news for gay people who may not relish the idea of talking about their orientation in terms of it being a birth defect akin to cerebral palsy. >I suspect that given the strong genetic evidence that what will be eventually determined that the significant point is that its biologically based rather than a "choice". In other words the right wing or fundie response is flat out wrong. As such discriminating against gays and lesbians is the same as discriminating against blacks. In other words they have the same legal protections against that sort of employment or social discrimination - ie the anti gay marriage legislation is simply unconstitutional. >>So they're basically saying it's not genetic but due to pre-natal >>environmental factors. The genetic vs. environment debate continues. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262559 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
