From an evolutionary standpoint, homosexuality is not practical. It has no capability of pushing genes for survival into the future.

From a purely biological standpoint it is not practical. Look at how the parts fit.

I think the author did a great job at illustrating the inconclusiveness of the ‘I was born gay’ studies. This is important because the immutability of the genetic condition is essential to many of the legal and moral arguments on the subject.

For example, when Sheryl Swoops came out and said she “chose” to be with a woman, the gay community went nuts. Because it is a political war they are fighting, and much like the arguments on abortion, it is less about rational debate, and more about propaganda in large part on both sides.

In regard to discrimination…I absolutely have no doubt that in many places gays would be discriminated against. There is a difference between being discriminated against and being a protected class that is discriminated against in the eyes of the law.

From a purely social and economic standpoint, gays tend to have higher than average per capita incomes, better access to education etc. So it is hard for me to move from single acts of discrimination, to macro consequences across the group, similar to what we see occurs with Blacks.

Now here is what I do believe. That regardless of whether it is biological or a choice, they have the right to engage in that kind of sexual behavior if they choose too. This is America. What I don’t believe however is that they should have protected class status, or be compared to historically ‘oppressed’ groups that come up under government protection.

You say what gays do sexually is against nature. There are hetrosexual women who like anal sex from men and many, many women love getting oral sex from men. Neither one of these practices are considered “unnatural” when it occurs in a hetrosexual relationship but for some reason it is when two people of the same sex do it.

At one time not too long ago we were told it was abnormal for people to have sexual desires for people outside of their race. Also thanks to artificial insemination, same sex couples can and do have children.

Finally the stats show that more people are victims of male-female child molestation, with Oprah just one of many women who have been molested by older men.

SMH

And excuse my frankness, but how in the fuck could anyone know what their child is going to be as an infant?! That’s like saying: “Yea, I knew my daughter would grow up to marry a white guy since she was an infant. The signs were already there!” Do you hear the foolishness in this? What you’re saying is that the infant has no choices in life, all things are pretty much predetermined for it. So much for free will and freedom of choice.

You can’t restrict people’s freedom to express their thoughts. Do that and America ceases to be America. People say the most vile, racist stuff about blacks all the time: whether it’s Obama, his lovely wife Michelle, or the little black girl who played in the movie The Hunger Games. But does that stop us from living life or going for our dreams? Not me! And it shouldn’t stop you from going for yours if people don’t support your stance on homosexuality.

Please stop with these smokescreens…

It showed a six year old boy prancing about and modeling make-believe dresses. And then it cut to an interview with his mom who was absolutely panic stricken that someday that someone would harm, or even kill, her son because of who he was. My heart went out to her and everyone on earth who has to live with that fear on a daily basis.

Later a cousin of mine who fought for his country and who has two sons now serving in the Marines told me that his third son is gay and that he knew it from he was an infant. Though we are all entitled to our own opinions keep in mind that what we say or write could ultimately bring deadly harm to others. . .

Gays can live anywhere and where ever they choose; they can work where ever they qualify to work at, and for whatever company. In fact, being gay actually has it’s privileges in some industries, such as the music and motion picture industry. All this talk about discrimination is bullshit.

Where the disconnect between gay and straight happens at is when those who have a proclivity for doing things that are sexually against nature attempt to normalize it to the public. It is abnormal for same genders to sexually desire one another. Nothing biologically fruitful can come from such a union.

What I would really like to see is the research on how sexual molestation at a young age by someone of the same sex affects one’s decision to become gay later on in life. Because of all the gay people I know, when you talk to them and get right down to it, most if not all have this one thing in common.

People choose their religion and change it, often several times in the course of their lives. We don’t suggest that religion shouldn’t be a protected class under the US Constitution because it’s chosen.

People experience their sexual orientation, the people they are attracted to, organically and without cognition. Even before we understand what gay or straight is or understand sex, we already have feelings and emotions telling us who we are attracted to.

Quoting from the research mentioned above “Many think that nature and nurture both play complex roles; most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation”. The first part of this statement speaks to researchers in the field and the public (third-person) understanding, but the second part speaks to the results of the research – the overwhelming majority of people don’t experience any sense of choice over their sexual orientation. It’s not up for debate.

You are right that people choose whether they have sex with a person they’re attracted to. However, pretending that choosing *whether* to have sex, which is clearly under some cognitive control, is the same as choosing the gender of the person you are *involuntarily sexually attracted to* is nonsense.

Choosing not to have sex isn’t the same as changing the gender you’re drawn to have sex with.