Personally I believe there is always choice. It's part of the wonders of being a human being. What some people need to remember is that choosing doesn't require concious thought about it to occur. People often CHOOSE to start smoking becuase they're stressed and it's something to do. They don't think, "I want to be a smoker and get lung cancer". They just DO it... but it's still by choice. Even moreso there are situations where people say, "but I had no choice" when that is blatently not true.
So, onto homosexuality. A girl may not sit down in her teen years and think, "I want to be a lesbian", but when she's staring at someone across the classroom, she might notice a girls budding breasts more than a guys growing muscles. I think it's a lot psychological, a lot how you grow up. The argument is often one of "but you don't CHOOSE who to be attracted to". Well, I agree to an extent... but I don't think you're BORN with a set attraction either. I have a penchant for asian girls and redheads. Do you think I was "born" that way? Do I have some encoded gene for "think redheads are hot"?
Well, to the OP, perhaps I just don't like the way it was worded. Maybe it's not a conscious choice, per se, but I don't think people are born gay or lesbian any more than they're born to like redheaded hotties or latino studmuffins.
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