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Originally posted by uv7piy
To me, the ability to answer the question is only relevant if you know what action you would take once having gotten the answer. Does knowing that there is a biological rather than sociological root cause change how we deal with homosexuality? Should it?
There are plenty of suboptimal outcomes that occur naturally (Down's syndrome, some might say alcoholism, etc). Does the fact that they occur naturally mean that we shouldn't fix (or avoid)these outcomes? I had the same conversation with my wife when deciding whether or not to have an amnio test late in her pregancy. What would you do if you had the information?
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I think it's fair to say that homosexuality differs from down syndrome and alcoholism in that it isn't inherently destructive.
The fact that it occurs naturally lends weight to the idea that it is indeed completely natural for people to be homosexual. But this point is really moot, since as onetime came close to pointing out, humans and all our actions are quite natural on their own.