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Until there is biological proof from one side (homosexuals are born gay) or the other (no they aren't!), I don't see a simple resolution to this. Yes, there are gay couples in nature. I was at the San Francisco Zoo recently with my daughter, and my wife and I were talking about the penguins. Maybe there's something in the water in San Fran....oh well. I wondered if it was possible that homosexuality is some kind of social defence mechanism to prevent both genders from behaving too much like one another...therefore it could be natural and it could have nothing to do with morality. I dunno, it's just another theory to add to the bucket. And that's kinda the point. Until we have science backing one side or the other, we simply can't know with total certianty. I know many of my friends who are gay were always attracted to the same sex, from the time they became sexually aware at a young age. At the same time heterosexuals started to notice the opposite sex, many homosexuals started noticing the same sex. So why do a lot of them pretend to be heterosexual? Well, that's obvious. Being gay still isn't easy. When the BSA fires someone for being gay, it sends a message to other gay people that they are still going to be segegated and treated as a lower class of humans. And that’s the point. If you are going to treat a group with disrespect just because that group might be a social group...you are a bigot. The burden of proof should not fall on those who are already being treated unfairly despite the lack of proof. Even if being homosexual isn’t genetic, does that really make it okay to treat them this way?
Let’s go into one last hypothetical scenereo. Let’s say that someone is born with a totally normal genome, with no mental or physical problems of any kind. This person is set to live a happy life until a very bad uncle comes along and molests them. This very little child does not understand and is deeply hurt by this, and it stay with them or a very long time. Years later, this person developes a morbid fear of sex. They cannot have sex with anyone and they avoid it. Should you make sure that this person doesn’t teach your kid how to build a fire or widdle some wood? If this person poses NO DANGER to your child or the community and lives a totally normal life, but happens to have a private sexual disorrder, should you treat them with contempt and hatred and bigotry? There is no excuse for treating someone differently for something they can’t control. There is no excuse for treating someone differently for something they can’t control. There is no excuse for treating someone differently for something they can’t control.
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