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Shane’s Problem With Homosexuality

I received an interesting comment on my last blog entry and I’ve reproduced it here with my response. The comment writer’s words are in purple. My response is in black.

Anonymous said…
I just found your blog on a search…

Then I read this:

I believe — and current scientific evidence supports this belief — that homosexuality is a normal and unchosen variation of human sexual identity.

Sorry, but that’s just an outright lie.

A smart guy such as yourself, one who knows “the reality of science” could have made his case a lot more persuasively by quoting at least one expert.

The DNA evidence has actually shown the very opposite is true, which is why the gay community, that was so hopeful when we all knew the human DNA was being mapped, are now deftly silent on the issue, because it proved CONCLUSIVELY that there IS NO SUCH SCIENTIFIC BASIS for being gay as you claim.

A study published in “Science” on July 16, 1993 found a 64 percent correlation between homosexual orientation and the inheritance of markers on the “X” sex chromosome. They did not find a “gay gene”, but a linkage that indicated a 99 percent confidence level that “at least one subtype of male homosexual orientation is genetically influenced.” Since then there have been several other studies suggesting a genetic basis for homosexuality. If genetic makeup were the only determinant in human psychology, that alone would be pretty good evidence. Of course, DNA is only one of several factors influencing human sexuality. Hormone levels, brain physiology, psychological and environmental factors (including environmental factors present when the homosexual person was still in his mother’s womb) have all been shown to be relevant.

There’s plenty of scientific evidence that homosexuality is an unchosen variation of human sexuality and the world’s best experts have come to a consensus. According to the American Psychological Association, “most scientists today agree that sexual orientation is most likely the result of a complex interaction of environmental, cognitive and biological factors. In most people, sexual orientation is shaped at an early age. There is also considerable recent evidence to suggest that biology, including genetic or inborn hormonal factors, play a significant role in a person’s sexuality.” The American Psychiatric Association has concluded that homosexuality is not a mental illness. Further, the official policy of the American Medical Association “opposes, the use of “reparative” or “conversion” therapy that is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that the patient should change his/her homosexual orientation.”

You may fool some people with your ridiculous assertion, probably even most, but people believing it, and it being true, are not the same. You also lose ALL credibility instantly with thinking people who know the reality of the science such as I.

Now whom am I going to believe? The experts — or some guy in New Zealand whose argument consists solely of “you’re lying!”

Hmm…..

I think I’ll go with the experts.

You may believe in being gay, that’s your choice, I call it immoral,

Aha. And here, finally, is the crux of your argument. You object on moral grounds. You’re certainly entitled, even if I think your personal moral code is pretty twisted — but it was disingenuous of you to dress up your moral/religious objection as a science-based argument.

just like telling lies, but then maybe you could just add this to your site:

I believe — and current scientific evidence supports this belief — that lying is a normal and unchosen variation of human honesty identity.

Shane

Now you’re just babbling.

Thanks for you letter, though, Shane. Although I don’t particularly enjoy being called a liar, I do welcome the opportunity to examine my own opinions. Having done so, I’m more convinced than ever that homosexuality is a normal and unchosen variation of human sexuality and that the available scientific evidence supports this conclusion.