coemgen said:
No, it's because they're all environmental, not just some.
Pray tell, who do you cite for this nugget of wisdom?
That doesn't mean it's natural.
Homosexuality occurring in
nature isn't
natural? Better tell those gay penguins to pray to Jesus then.
Actually, I destest Dobson. I'm in no way a Right-wing Christian.
You're citing from his play book, whether you know it or not. Those are, nearly word-for-word, arguments that he has used, and, as a result, he's the most prominent figure in "ex-gay ministries."
Credible psychology and psychiatry are claiming there's no evidence of a gay gene either. Also, I didn't claim all people who were abused or neglected become gay.
There's no evidence of a straight gene. Science can confirm that. And, yet, it stands to reason that sexuality has a genetic component. In fact, it would have to have one, considering that, until the third month of pregnancy, all fetuses have a uterus, ovaries, penis, and testicles, regardless of whether they are XX (female) or XY (male). It then takes a complex series of hormones that must fully coordinate with a series of genes with both the mother and child in a narrow window. If there are genes missing in either the mother or the child, or certain hormones are not released at the exact narrow window, you're going to have demonstrable sexual variance with the intersexed population in the most extreme situation.
This is the likely origin of sexuality, mind you, and would fully explain why sexuality is both natural without a "gay gene" and still unchangeable.
Then why are these people happy? (And no, I don't mean gay. )
Why are they glad to be out of the lifestyle? Why do they go places speaking about their change?
Because they are craving for approval from their elders. They grew up in highly Christian households, their parents hate them to death for being gay, and they would rather march through hell and back than be hated by the same people they were told to respect growing up.
It's the equivalent of a
Minstrel Show.
Like I said, I'm not even bringing up religion in my reasoning for this. Nor politics.
Unfortunately, most of these arguments have (pseudo-)religious origins.