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by DirtyDiana on June 3rd, 2005

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  • by R Spandit on February 21st, 2006

    R Spandit

    Being gay is certainly not 'learned'. There are people who grow up gay without even knowing that gay people exist, so it's not possible they 'learnt' it off anyone.

    Recent studies suggest that the brains of gay men are slightly different to heterosexual men's, suggesting that being gay may be physical, rather than environmental.

    Other studies suggest that gay women have different hormone levels to heterosexual women, pointing to the same as above.

    Some psychologists however, Freud for example, thought that all people sit somewhere on a scale of bisexuality, so those people close to the 50/50 mark might go either way (gay or straight) depending on events that happen in life.

    Other studies dispute this theory, saying that men in particular tend to be either mainly heterosexual, or mainly homosexual. The studies also suggest taht women however are more inclined to be bisexual than men (see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/06/030613075252.htm for more).

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  • by POLICE...IN HOT PURSUIT on October 24th, 2007

    POLICE...IN HOT PURSUIT

    being gay is is a gene trait, prejudice against gays is learned.

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  • by sega256 on July 12th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    sega256

    We are born this way, simple. You want your proof? Lookin at him right here. I have been this way since I can remember. We dont "choose" to be targeted, hated, or treated as lesser citizens, that's simply absurd.

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  • by gillaspy01 on July 12th, 2010

    gillaspy01




    this is for some of you

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  • by PocketNut is as sure as a peanut on February 28th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    PocketNut is as sure as a peanut

    Or to put a finer point on it, they are born with a greater propensity for being gay, just as some people are born with a brain chemistry that allows them to excel in chess, art, business or sport.
    Forcing gay people to be straight, or insisting that they "control their urges" is a ridiculous and unrealistic expectation, and causes untold hurt to the people involved.
    Ultimately, I see no point in legislating against people doing something I have no interest in, in private, with a consenting partner.

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  • by Jodie44 on April 29th, 2008

    Jodie44

    The only people who believe being gay is a choice are those who have no frame of reference on which to base an honest answer to your question. Seriously, considering the prejudice, hatred, blackmail, physical abuse, derision, and public humiliation that gay people have endured in the past, do you really believe anyone would choose to be gay?

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  • by Icarus389 on July 12th, 2010
    voted: No

    Icarus389

    A new born baby has a mostly empty brain. And I think homo-sexualism is excluded from what he has on his birth. I think they become gay by life experience.

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  • by OverRate_504 on September 22nd, 2006

    OverRate_504

    Okay, "Is it learned?" learned... honesty? "I'd like to enroll in the Fall semester for Homo1301."

    No it is not learned, one person who commented above put it best: "People are born gay just like people are born straight. Being gay isn't learned just like being straight isn't learned."

    Another thing though for another fellow commenter up there, mutation and flaw, are not friendly words, altered gene sounds less hatefull.

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  • by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on July 12th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    DA BEN DAN yanggui zi

    I was certainly born gay. I tried to deny it for years, having sex with women....but eventually I had a breakdown and had to face the truth that I was homosexual....
    It kinda bothers me on here that people who are not gay can have a valid opinion on this....
    walk a mile in my shoes:)

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on October 19th, 2006

    Im Alec has abandoned this account

    Just as sompe people ate totally straigt, some people are totally gay, and cannot choose otherwise. However, it is not a black-and-white situation. Many people are to a greater or lesser extent bisexual - with both straight and gay sexual interests. Such people can choose to suppress one aspect of their personality for a while. At a later time they may decide not to suppress it, in which case they will appear to have chosen to change their sexuality. The won't actually have done so, they will have just revealed something that was there all the time.

    Despite the increased acceptance of gay people in society, there is still considerable pressure to be straight. So someone who is 3/4 gay and 1/4 straight (so far as one can measure these things) may feel pressured to act straight, using only the 1/4 side of their sexuality. But they will be much happier if they turn gay, and use the 3/4 instead. If so, they will *appear* to have "turned gay".

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  • by teknimage on November 18th, 2006

    teknimage

    I believe that people are born gay. This is not only backed up through anecdotal evidence but also through scientific evidence, such as observation and research.

    The anecdotal evidence is as varied as are the people contributing to it. Gay men and women, I being one of them, tell countless tales of how they had first gotten an "inkling" about these urges, usually about the same time as straight people first experience the same type of urges, though, obviously, involving the opposite sex. Then the stories really diverge, ranging from tragic to revelatory. Some repress these emotions, only to re-awaken to them later on, while others may go so far as to attempt a total suppression of what they view as "alien" or "disgusting" or even "unnatural" feelings, hiding both from the feelings as well as hiding the feelings themselves. Others may even immediately come to accept these feelings as normal, which, I would assume most psychologists would agree to be the most healthy for the individual. Others still will eventually come to terms with them. All of this is indicative of an internal struggle to cope with what they feel inside and balance this against what society has deemed to be at best inferior and at worst unnatural and offensive. Not something that is "learned".

    At this point, I would have to ask, just where do you think we learned to be gay? For most gay people, both parents are straight -- and here a thing: most gay people come from straight parents, so why such controversy surrounding gay parenting? -- and if we're all exposed to the same kind of cultural influences, just when did we "pick up on" being gay when others did not?

    Over the past two centuries, more than 1500 different species of animals have been observed to exhibit homosexual behavior. 500 species have been very well documented and studied. There is a museum installation exhibiting these species now in progress at the Oslo Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway entitled "Against Nature?" Who do you think has "trained" these animals to be gay?

    Most of the controversy around homosexuality comes from one source: religion. So, I feel that if anyone truly seeks to understand homosexuality, they really need to step away from the religious spotlight on it and attempt to view it free from any slant.

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  • by dwin1979 on June 13th, 2006

    dwin1979

    All gay people have been gay their entire lives. They are gay in the same way that straight people are straight. It is, generally speaking, not a choice.

    That does not mean that some straight men and women have not decided to pursue relationships with their same gender. This does not, however, make them gay. It makes them straight people who have, for whatever reason, decided to have 'homosexual' relationships.

    Being homosexual means being attracted to member s of the same sex. Your sexual orientation does not change, but that doesn't mean that you can't experiment with members of the same or opposite gender. Experimentation does not change your sexual orientation.

    Some people, on the other hand, are bisexual and are approximately equally attracted to both genders. These people may choose to have relationships with both genders, or they may decide to only have relationship with one gender. However, they are still attracted to both men and women, and are thus still bisexual.

    Many people are not exclusively attracted to one gender -- there are some lesbians who may occasionally be attracted to a man, and some gay men who may occasionally be attracted to a woman, some straight men who may occasionally be attracted to another man, and so on.

    Keep in mind that this is simply my opinion as a gay person. I feel that I have been gay my whole life and that nothing is very likely to change that. I like girls, I have always liked girls, and I pretty much expect to always like girls.

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  • by Kiso77 on September 19th, 2005

    Kiso77

    Phychiatrists do not know this answer for certain. Some scientists have found that switching a certain gene in fruit flies changes their sexual orientation. My theory is it is a genetic mutation or flaw that causes homosexuality. (Nature) How flamboyant or "butch" a person is is based on social behaviors (Nurture)

    As a gay man, I don't think that I chose to be this way. I don't recall getting the brochure and ordering catalog between men and women when I was an adolescent. furthermore, I don't think that anyone would chose to be so different and discriminated against given the choice.

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  • by Vaporeongirl on July 12th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    Vaporeongirl

    Homosexuality is a normal thing created for population control. It is part of nature.

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  • by underpantsgnome on July 12th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    underpantsgnome

    I can't say with 100% certainty that people are "born" gay, but I'm sure they didn't choose to be gay, any more than straight men choose to be aroused more by tits or asses, blondes, brunettes or redheads, or prefer one race over another (I'm into Asian chicks).

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  • by Penny The Wise on March 24th, 2007

    Penny The Wise

    From personal experience, I was born gay. (Bisexual, but it still fits the bill). I did not choose how I feel about other people and who I am attracted to. I did not choose to go what I consider "the hard route", losing friends and getting picked on and mistreated. People can "choose" to accept they are who they are, and go with how they feel, but you can't choose who you are attracted to. Do straight people choose to be straight?

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  • by Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here on March 24th, 2007

    Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here

    Born: Scientists have actually found what they believe is the gene contributing to homosexuality. It is NOT a choice.

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  • by Randy123 on July 2nd, 2005

    Randy123

    Just as straight people are born straight, gay people are born gay. You can't anymore change who you're attracted to than you can change the color of your eyes or skin. The very idea that you somehow "become" gay is both offensive and absolutely ignorant and absurd!

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  • by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on April 21st, 2008

    Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo

    Born that way. Just ask the AMA and APA as well.

    If course, none of us spring from the womb knowing 100% of their psychological and physical makeup. So it takes people varying amounts of time to understand their orientation.
    That doesn't mean it changes one bit after birth.

    Note that this is the ONE answer (so far) that has cited science as backup, as opposed to individual opinion. Please take this into consideration when you weigh the relative merit of your answers.

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  • by King Arthur Pendragon on July 12th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    King Arthur Pendragon

    Gay does not exist in nature. Being gay in my opinion is wrong.

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  • by Mr. Meaulnes on December 9th, 2007

    Mr. Meaulnes

    The thing that's always bothered me about that question is that it treats homosexuality like a condition or a "Disease" rather than what it is, a simple difference.

    If enough research was done into the matter, I'm sure scientist could find genetic evidence proving that some people are born with a natural inclination to liking bondage in the bedroom, or even that some people are born pedophiles.

    But sexuality is just one small aspect of sexual orientation.
    When you see a gay couple in a committed long-term relationship, do you honestly think that their choice to be together is entirely fueled by sexual attraction?

    The only aspect of sexuality scientists can really understand is the genetic and physiological conditions that come along with our sex drives.
    So if you look at homosexuality based only on what science can prove, it can be reasoned down to a simple perersion or a "Genetic Defect".

    But human sexuality, and more importantly, human love and relationships, are so much more than sexuality.
    And that's something that can never be understood by looking at DNA (And dissecting people's psyches isn't much better).

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  • by sweetielowe on July 13th, 2010
    voted: No

    sweetielowe

    I don't believe there is a genetic gene for homosexuality.
    In Britain back in the 1960's there were a set of identical twins called 'the Kray twins'.
    They were both very hard and dangerous gangsters but one was straight and one way gay.
    This for me personally disproves the gay gene argument because being identical twins they would have been identical right down to DNA.

    The Romans didn't have to choose a lifestyle they were both gay and straight. When they took a lover it could be either sex as they didn't label sexuality as we do today.
    Nether did they act feminine as gay people do today. Personally I think gay men acting like women and gay women acting like men is a act to proclaim to the world they are gay and to let other gay people of the same sex know their sexual orientation.
    For anyone that would argue against this I would remind them that acting gay is a very new concept and that throughout history homosexual men/women have always acted in the same manner as everyone else (even when it was seen as perfectly normal and not frowned upon by the church). There were some very masculine men back hundreds/thousands of years ago that chose to be gay.

    This post isn't gay bashing. There isn't anything wrong with choosing to live anyway anyone chooses to.
    However it is a choice,most chose it from the moment a person becomes aware of their sexuality. For others it takes a while to reach that conclusion and for others they never do choose and instead become bi-sexual throughout their lives.
    Of course there are some people that feel trapped in the wrong body and they could very well have a genetic evidence to back this up as they have proved that in some cases their brain scans showed the brain as being more of the opposite sex. However these are people that actually want to change their sex and not those that are satisfied with their own skin but just fancy others of the same sex.

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  • by blackwolf61492 on July 12th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    blackwolf61492

    i think people are born gay. i think its in dna. dont get me wrong there are kids that walk around now saying there bi or gay just cuz they think its cool. but what they dont get it that gay peole have had a hard life. people are putting them down and calling then VERY RUDE NAMES that pple are calling them. im not gay, but i do know gay people. he alwayed wanted to be with a girl but he just cant. he loves guys and there is nothing he can do about it. when he should have been playing with cars he was playing with girl things when he was 10 he put on make-up and painted his nails pink. when he was in high school before he know he was gay people keeped picking on him for his voice, it was girly, his friends know he was gay but dint tell him. are school has 5000 ppople in it no joke. so think about the number of pople who hate gays...we dint have a lot of gay people but we had a some to make a club called gsa. the last year i was there we had 105 pople in that club and i think we had it runing for 7 years. i was in that club and i can tell u when a day for gay pride came up we had people buging us very day. i was called a fag and a slut. but i just pertended what they had to say was nothing. i know the truth and i dint really care. so to all u gay people out there, be happy ur gay, be happy u know who u are.i mean gay means happy. so if someone calls u gay just say "yes im happy arnt u" use the true words to get back at them. and god made us all, he loves us all, god has nothing to do with being gay or hating gays, he loves all his childen, for a flaw.

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  • by A on July 12th, 2010
    voted: No

    A

    I just don't buy it.

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  • by LarryH54 on March 23rd, 2010
    voted: No

    LarryH54

    They're not born that way, but they are turned in that direction early in their formative years - an accidental by-product of the relationship between the parents.

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  • by Crystal on January 1st, 2009

    Crystal

    Yes.

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  • by Lippycow on April 29th, 2008

    Lippycow

    Yes you are born gay and thats coming from someone who has a gay son and proud of it and him:-)

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  • by asweetguy4u2know saya R.I.P Nelson on September 11th, 2007

    asweetguy4u2know saya R.I.P Nelson

    Ignorant intolerant so called religious Christians who want to tell everyone else how they should be living their lives yet can't control their own lives or accept the entire bible as having merit. They would rather pick and choose the passages they want everyone to live by

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  • by Chris24 on September 11th, 2007

    Chris24

    Scientific researchers who specialize in human sexuality have shown that homosexuality is innate and linked to biology and genetics.

    An October 2004 scientific research publication stated that scientists at the University of Padua have found that women tend to have more children when they inherit the same genetic factors linked to homosexuality in men. This fertility boost more than compensates for the lack of offspring fathered by gay men, and keeps the “gay” genetic factors in circulation.

    A study published in Human Genetics in February 2006 examined X chromosome inactivation in mothers of gay sons and mothers whose sons were not gay. Researchers found extreme differences between women who had gay sons and women who did not.

    Another scientific study said that researchers have known for years that a man's likelihood of being gay rises with the number of older biological brothers, but the new study found that the so-called "fraternal birth order effect" persists even if gay men were raised away from their biological families. Anthony F. Bogaert, Ph.D., professor at Brock University, said "The research suggests that the development of sexual orientation is influenced before birth."

    The older-brother effect was constant regardless of whether the men were raised with natural, adopted or stepbrothers. It also didn't matter if they weren't raised with their biological mothers. If gay younger brothers and older brothers don't have the same home environments, what do they have in common? "They shared the same uterus, the same womb, the same mother," Bogaert said.

    http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6519
    http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060224_gay_genes.html
    http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/tb/3641

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  • by Exsterminator on August 23rd, 2005

    Exsterminator

    People are born gay just like people are born straight. Being gay isn't learned just like being straight isn't learned.

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  • by Anonymous on July 13th, 2010
    voted: No

    Anonymous

    No. It is purely psychological.

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  • by MsSmartAss on July 12th, 2010
    voted: No

    MsSmartAss

    When I read the homosexal's side of sexual acts and they brought up "animals",, they completely lost me. Most animals do not engage in homosexual or bisexual behavior because of "pleasure" and really, only two animals so far (besides humans) are known to engage in sexual behavior for pleasure, so the number of over 1,000? I don't think so. Many species of animals will engage with homosexual behavior to show that they are higher in the pecking order.

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  • by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on September 25th, 2008

    Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo

    Born gay, and born straight, and born bi. And the AMA and APA agree.

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  • by Anonymous on April 29th, 2008

    Anonymous

    I have watched other ppls children for several years now, and while I don't know if it's one way or another. I believe you CAN be born gay. I have had two children come through here and I could tell very early on and guess what, I was right. I am not going to say that their are not some ppl who choose because I don't know, I am not gay so I have no right or reason to try and justify it. I think if you are happy that is all that matters and those who say it is a sin and you are going to hell, are no better than the ppl they are calling sinners. They might believe it says in the bible that being gay is a sin(I am not going to agree nor disagree) But it also says you shall not judge too, all sins are created equal so maybe some ppl need to step off their soap boxes:)

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  • by Babycakes on April 29th, 2008

    Babycakes

    You are born that way and if I read the article correctly it comes from the mothers genes.

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  • by king of ellipses on April 20th, 2008

    king of ellipses

    I am bisexual. I definitely knew I was romantically attracted to both sexes by the time I was ten years old. Definitely. But then again, I've got a dozen or so other sexual quirks that were all being awakened at this hormonally charged time in my life.

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  • by American idle on March 24th, 2007

    American idle

    I think they are born that way, and I'm glad. I LOVE my gay friends.

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  • by The Wraith of God is Coming on July 13th, 2010
    voted: No

    The Wraith of God is Coming

    No it is choice like Murder and abortion murder they just want something for nothing special rights for being insane.

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  • by Fransua3782 on July 12th, 2010
    voted: No

    Fransua3782

    As the Lord walked out of the temple there was a man blind from his birth. The disciples asked, who sinned, this man or his parents that he was born blind.
    The Lord responded that neither he nor his parents sinned but that for the glory of God was this man born thus.

    The sad part is that the devil does indeed afflict today as in the Lord's day upon earth and people are born with infirmities. The problem lies in that rather than teach the gospel properly the ministers today say they were born gay and that is good to God.

    The word says all fall short of the glory of God and need to repent. It also says that the Lord can heal all.

    The entire word of God from Genesis to Revelation is about the Lord returning for a wife! Rather heterosexual. He is the Lamb of sacrifice to cleanse his bride.

    Adam said a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife and they shall be twain one flesh.

    The Lord left his Father (Jehovah) and mother (the New Jerusalem Paul called the mother of us all) to cleave unto his wife. Once again, rather Heterosexual.

    How does he become one flesh with his wife?
    The prophet Jeremiah prophesied saying behold I do a new thing, a woman shall compass a man. In other words, Christ would dwell in our hearts by faith when we are washed by the blood of Jesus and stand in faith of the blood shed at Calvary. Once again, heterosexual.

    God did not make people gay. From Genesis to Revelation all who are Christian are straight.

    The word says in the multitude of counsellers there is safety. Safety from the wrath of God.

    Where is the multitude of counsellers about straight men?
    Adam, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Samson, David, Solomon, etc... All straight!

    What about women?
    Eve, Sarah, Rebecca , Ruth, Deborah, Esther, etc...

    The twisting of the scriptures that God made people gay is not true. Even if some are born gay, all after Adam must repent and can be healed.

    For those not healed, side B is an alternative as the word says with the temptation God hath provided a way of escape. The Lord said we must be willing to hate our life in this world and celibacy to avoid blasphemy is one way in which people can please God even if they hate their life in this world making this sacrifice.

    No born gay doctrine holds water. Nor does an active homosexual lifestyle.

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  • by Phrenia on December 12th, 2009

    Phrenia

    I have no answer or opinion either way, but this is a great question. Although it shouldn't matter either way, this is something I hope we find the answer to someday.

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  • by Babycakes on January 1st, 2009

    Babycakes

    Yup.

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  • by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on September 25th, 2008

    redcatt63 is around here somewhere......

    I believe sexual orientation is genetic. We are all born "wired" towards one orientation or another. I know I made no choice. I've always been attracted to the same gender. Although more people have become more accepting, you really have to think about this. With the bigotry LGBT have faced, and still face...why on earth would we "choose" to be gay anyway? I just love when a total stranger tells me this. I'd love for a straight person who thinks we choose to tell me when/how they chose? And if they chose, did that mean they used to be gay? Hmmmm?

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  • by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on April 29th, 2008

    Tespot was told she looks like a koala

    born it.

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  • by Xtreme2252 on September 11th, 2007

    Xtreme2252

    birth

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  • by Tondoteottotote on June 28th, 2005

    Tondoteottotote

    It's both. They're either genetically predisposed, or it's through Operant Conditioning, as I'll explain below:

    Whether someone becomes gay or not may also depend on factors and influences early in life.

    It's like how I hated eggs in my childhood until around age 13. Mom told me it's because when I was 2, she fed me some eggs and I threw up. I tried again 11 years later, after adding ketchup, and ate them with ketchup ever since. This is one example of "Operant Conditioning".

    An event earlier in someone's life may be a decisive factor on how they live. Perhaps they had no problem making friends with those of the same gender, but couldn't get a girlfriend. There are many variables and hey, something else could've made them straight in an alternate reality.

    Alatea: I've been straight all my life. I got my answer through logic and prior knowledge of "Operant Conditioning". It's sure to be one of the ways one could become gay.

    In fact, I read in a magazine article somewhere that a woman was tired of having fruitless relationships with guys, so after her "28-year-old loser-of-a-boyfriend" broke up with her, she decided to go lesbo because she would relate to other women better and her sexual experiences would become more pleasureful. Though I don't condone it, she said her sex life much improved after that.

    Nightsonic: You're getting it all wrong. It was an analogy. If someone is treated much better by the same gender than by the other, they -might- turn gay.

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  • by Meg on July 15th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    Meg

    After watching/hearing about many LGBT people who suffer because they shunned by their families or fall into a depression because their loved ones don't accept them, I really think being gay is definitely not a choice. It's who they are, and they can't just change, just like straight people can't suddenly start liking the same sex. How would you feel if your loved ones and society started pressuring you and forcing you to be attracted to the same sex? It's just not fair.
    I do think that *some* people are a product of their environment (i.e. some victims of rape who turn to the same sex as a result of the trauma), but it seems rarer. I am by no means an expert on that subject.

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  • by garion335 on July 13th, 2010
    voted: No

    garion335

    First off, what's the deal with "pet adoption" and "dog adoption" popping up as related articles? Thought that was kind of funny.

    Reading through the posts, I don't understand the connection between homosexual activity in animals as an argument for the human side of it. Is the argument that since animals do it then it must be natural or something to that effect? If so, I don't think I agree with that at all. I mean, some animals will gang up on a female and take turns having sex with her right? Is that to say that because it's natural for animals to do this then it's ok for humans? What about sexual cannabilism? That's a completely natural thing for some insects to do. I understand that some animals will have sex with animals outside of their species. Does that then mean it's ok for humans to have sexual relations with animals? I have to answer 'no' on that. Sexual activity observed in animals doesn't validate human sexual activity.

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  • by ellesheen on July 13th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    ellesheen

    Sexuality is a combination of both, genes and environment. How come people who are born within polygamous societies do not feel jealous when their spouse is having sex when another woman as opposed to people born within monogamous societies? Because upbringing has taught them it is ok to accept polygamy. So is jealousy a learned trait or an emotional trait? Nevertheless even people within polygamous societies feel jealous. So is jealousy an emotional response that it is both learned and born with? It is. Things are not so black and white. Homosexuals just like everyone else are born they way they are born, they have tendencies to feel attracted to the same sex and their environment will dictate whether or not those traits would be more apparent or not.

    Homosexuality is seen within the animal kingdom, actually more often than monogamy. Our societies have become monogamous over time (or at least we attempt to be), however it doesn't mean that polygamy is an unnatural state of being, neither homosexuality. People are born with certain tendencies, that's why they are people who are attracted to the same sex, some are more jealous than other and some just have different tastes. You could argue that it is our natural state to date within our own race, however as you have seen this is not often the case, as people are attracted to other people based on a variety of factors, each factor different from everyone else.

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  • by 23Skidoo on July 13th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    23Skidoo

    Very few people would chose to be gay, especially in past years before there was much acceptance and it could be life threatening.

    Then fact that some guys are more able to have sex with men for a while and then stop is nice. I don't doubt it - after all - there are a lot of such men in prisons. But it doesn't mean anything when discussing people who are truly sexually and emotionally only attracted to their own gender.

    Whether the causes of homosexuality are genetic, in vitro environment, external environment, or combinations of them - it's beyond reasonable doubt that some people are made gay.

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  • by Christine on July 13th, 2010
    voted: Yes

    Christine

    I don't know if every person in gay relationships is born gay, but I always assume they are if they say so. I can imagine how gay people might have been pressured into heterosexual marriages in the past, but nowadays, people have a responsibility to know who they are before they get married. Today a person who is born gay should never have a heterosexual relationship. That would be just as wrong as a heterosexual having a homosexual relationship.

    As for public policy, well, marriage should be defined by the people in the marriage, not the government, and like any other contract, they should have the right to have it legally enforced.

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