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Author Topic:   Focus on the Family Will Keep your Kid from Being Gay
AdminNosy
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Message 269 of 317 (235625)
08-22-2005 4:01 PM
Reply to: Message 268 by Chiroptera
08-22-2005 3:55 PM


Re: Genetic Science
Not conclusive evidence, though. If genetics were significant, then I would expect that fraternal twins would show the same statistics as the adopted siblings. Instead, in both cases we see the fraternal twins being higher (although I don't know whether this is significantly higher). In fact, it is exactly this evidence that makes me doubt that genetics is all that significant.
I am not aware that ANYONE is suggesting that genetics is ALL that is significant. This, like many other things, must clearly have some complex set of causes. The gestational environment is another one that seems to have a significant effect as well for example.
The arguement was that homosexuality was a choice. Clearly other things are at play. To what extent and how many of them there are will need further work. However, it is clear that genetics does have a significant effect. With that the case I don't know how individuals are supposed to make a choice about what alleles they get.

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Message 283 of 317 (235728)
08-22-2005 8:57 PM
Reply to: Message 277 by Yaro
08-22-2005 6:20 PM


Cultural affects
The point is, while I think there are genetics involved, culture can definetly be a factor.
Can be, maybe: Where is the cultural influence in the occurance of homosexuality today in western culture? I can't understand why you would think that these two examples have any explanatory power in the situation we are discussing.

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