Being gay is not a choice debate

According to the National LGBTQ Task Force and at least a few experts, gays do not have a choice about their sexual orientation. If a man or a woman is born gay, he or she will always be gay. A new study of nearlyindividuals finds that many genes affect same-sex behavior, including newly identified candidates that may regulate smell and sex hormones.

Social attitudes about homosexuality have changed a lot over time in many parts of the world. As views shift, it can become easier for people to be open about being gay. “Nature Versus Nurture” Debate Scientists have long wondered if being gay comes from genes or the environment. The truth is, it’s probably a mix of both. In some polls and studies of heterosexual people's attributions for homosexuality, it has been demonstrated that when individuals believe that homosexuality is a matter of personal choice, their attitudes toward gay men and lesbians tend to be more negative, whereas more positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians are associated with.

The debate over whether or not being gay is a choice has been going on for decades. It’s an emotionally charged topic and many feel strongly about it one way or another. Anne Heche chose a man after being with a woman…Seems happy to me Would this being be an anomaly? Boston University Bostonia. The Pyschologist leader of this study rightly said he is unqualified to not a genetic statement on the subject.

As with other complex behaviors, it is not possible to predict sexuality by gazing into a DNA sequence as if it were a crystal ball. At the time that I was searching for a problem, that popped out. Abusive, profane, self-promotional, misleading, incoherent or off-topic comments will be rejected. Such behaviors emerge from constellations of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of genes, and how they are regulated by the environment.

Sorry, nothing is debatable about it. Questions being follow the presentation. Your complimentary articles. There have been numerous studies designed to determine whether or not homosexuality has a genetic cause. You might as well ask gay to debate the exact moment they began liking Chaucer or disliking Hemingway.

It is choice, but you disagree with the conclusion. This argument is fundamentally mistaken and offers no support to the gay rights cause. If my neighbors express the opinion that I am a nitwit, as is their right, it will hurt my feelings — it will cause me harm. I was born the way all of us gay born: as a human not with a seemingly infinite capacity to announce myself, to re-announce myself, to try on new identities like spring raincoats, to play with limiting categories, to challenge them and topple them, to cultivate my tastes and preferences, and, most importantly, to love and to receive love.

There is simply no biological distinction. That is exactly what I was debate, if you have 2 kids and they both grow up in the same household assuming how they are raised causes being gayif one is gay than the choice would most likely be gay as well since they are both in the same conditions.

Where does gayness come from

Boston University moderates comments to facilitate an informed, substantive, civil conversation. The flaw is in the attempt to derive morality from science.

Some straight people choose to experiment with homosexual behavior — is it moral to discriminate against them? This idea is further supported by the new studywhich identified five new genetic loci fixed positions on chromosomes correlating with same-sex activity: two that appeared in men and women, two only in men, and one only in women.

‘I am gay – but I wasn’t born this way’

And the answer is: not a lot. For instance, does one choose to be viewed as annoying for telling the same stories over and over again? The Record. In fact, the homophobic and non-homophobic respondents he studied shared similar levels of belief in a Born This Way ideology. Science is an excellent tool for describing the physical world.

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