Not making a political or cultural point here...just sharing an article that I found interesting.
I have been of the mind that sexual preference is not a choice based on the fact that I could not choose to be attracted to a dude. But this study seems to imply that there is more to sexual preference than biological imperative...
Ganna and his colleagues also used the analysis to estimate that up to 25% of sexual behaviour can be explained by genetics, with the rest influenced by environmental and cultural factors — a figure similar to the findings of smaller studies.
“This is a solid study,” says Melinda Mills, a sociologist at the University of Oxford, UK, who studies the genetic basis of reproductive behaviours.
Nearly half a million genomes reveal five DNA markers associated with sexual behaviour — but none with the power to predict the sexuality of an individual.
www.nature.com
It would certainly would have been convenient for parents if there was a gay gene. After testing confirms it, they could dress their little boys like junior homos.
Could you picture the clash if they not only discovered a gay gene but developed a prenatal test for it? The gay and abortion at all costs at any time for any reason lobbies would be at it hammer and tongs. And then to develop treatment that nullified the gay gene in the womb. They would go bonkers.
None of that makes a god damned bit of sense!
Did you just miss it? If we developed a prenatal test for a gay gene, parents would know that their developing baby would be gay and many would abort such babies. That would make the gay lobby extremely angry that gay babies would be targeted for destruction. They would seek to restrict abortion for the purpose of destroying a gay baby. But the abortion at all costs at any time for reason crowd can't handle ANY restrictions on abortion at all, so they would fight the restrictions. It would an epic slapfest. Then, if we were to not only develop a prenatal test but a gene TREATMENT for the gay gene, many parents would opt to treat their baby and the gay lobby would go bonkers. You seriously didn't get that?
Your entire rant is predicated on several moronic assumptions that would only be entertained by someone living inside their far right bubble. The first is that "many" people would be so freaked out about the prospect of haaving a gay child that they would want to abort it.
Secondly, you assume that a "gay lobby"-if such a thing exists-woild concern it self with the number of gay kids who are born. Gay people either support or oppose abortion for many reasons just like everyone else
Third, you stupidly assume that people who identify as pro choice do not want any restrictions what so ever on abortion which cannot be ferther from the truth
Lastly, and pehapps the most obsurd is your assumption that "many parents" would see gayness as an illness that is in need of treatment.
You really need to get out more and get an education
Okay, here's an education for you.
1. Most people still today would not prefer their children grow up gay. Gay people still face a lot of stigma from their peers, no matter how many times Hollywood tries to boost homosexuality.
2. Many people abort babies with Down's Syndrome, even though those children can grow up and lead fulfilling lives. All things being equal, there would be a lot of gay babies aborted.
3. If you are deaf and know that most deaf babies are aborted, if you are blind and know that most blind babies are aborted, if are <fill in the blank> and know that most babies like that are aborted, you would want them spared.
4. I didn't say pro abortion people don't want any restrictions. Note what I actually said instead of what you wish I had said. I said, "the abortion at all costs at any time for reason crowd", and that is out there. There are many who clamor that there be no restrictions whatsoever on abortion, and you know that.
5. Many parents tolerate homosexuality, but if they had the choice would opt to treat it. Face reality, most people are heterosexual and would prefer their children be heterosexual.
I do not need an education and I damned sure don’t need one from you. But I will congratulate you on your accomplishment of committing at least 4 logical fallacies in one inane post
First, you
moved the goal posts. First you said that many people would abort a gay child if they could. When I pointed out the stupidity of that, you changed your assertion to “ . Most people still today would not prefer their children grow up gay.” Maybe yes and maybe no but they are very different matters. Yes, you did later repeat that there would be many abortions, but without any evidence.
Secondly, the whole abortion thing that you started is a
red herring logical fallacy because it is intended to divert the conversation away from the issue of genetics. You are obviously ill equipped to deal with genetics so you seek to fling whatever excrement that you can to avoid it
In addition, you throw more dung around by bringing up Downs Syndrome and other diseases –another
Red Herring to avoid the real topic and also a
False Equivalency logical fallacy Being gay is not a disease or defect
As far as this assertion goes,
“I didn't say pro abortion people don't want any restrictions. Note what I actually said instead of what you wish I had said. I said, "the abortion at all costs at any time for reason crowd"
I have to ask what the difference is? And its one more
Red Herring
As for this
“Many parents tolerate homosexuality, but if they had the choice would opt to treat it. Face reality, most people are heterosexual and would prefer their children be heterosexual”
I’m going to call
Non Sequitur on that one. You conclude that parents
“tolerate homosexuality” and would “treat it”
is not supported by any premise or evidence that you presented to support it. I could make the argument that most parents love and are supportive of their gay kids, but that too would not be a valid argument in the absence of supporting evidence
The only time you came close to making sense is when you said “
Gay people still face a lot of stigma”
No shit. The question is why, and I will tell you why. It is because they are discriminated against, dehumanized and marginalized. The solution is not to abort or cure gay kids, the solution is to eliminate the moronic bigots who cause them to be stigmatized. If you’re suggesting that gays suffer from stigmatization just because they are gay, independent of the social environment and legal structure you have committed you another
logical fallacy-false cause. Hey that makes 5! Good job slick
Your grade f minus for debate ability
