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[rivetgeek]

Ok, I need to get something out here.

I'm far from anything even remotely gay, and to be honest I only know maybe 2 gay people. However, I plan to vote no on prop 8 because it's a bigoted, fundamentalist-driven piece of crappy legislation that destroys the concept of equality

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[inertiacage]

re: evolution
http://www.arcamax.com/technology/s-368155-806908

[rivetgeek]

Thats a completely flawed study. It makes assumptions that homosexuality is a hereditary trait. Nobody has isolated "the gay gene" or brought forth any genetic proof that homosexuality is a genetic predisposition.

Im not saying it isnt, just that the study is obviously flawed.

[inertiacage]

it's interesting to me b/c it addresses the question of what possible evolutionary advantage homosexuality could be connected to...

[rivetgeek]

well for there to be an evolutionary advantage, it would have to be a genetic trait. There is no conclusive evidence that it is. It could just as well be a psychological aberration, a learned behavior, or even environmental.

[inertiacage]

"Sexual preference may be hard coded at birth, or maybe it's ingraining at a very early age due to some sort of galvanizing experience."

true, nothing conclusive...yet...
no one's ruled out the possibility of a genetic contribution either...

[rivetgeek]

Right but to blindly assume that and then make inferences based on assumed data isn't science, its just speculation.

[inertiacage]

hmm seemed like a legitimate study to me...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15539346?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg