I personally wouldn't care one way or the other if homosexuality were innate or chosen, since I believe two people whom are in love with one another should be afforded the right to legally marry. However, if there is scientific evidence to document homosexuality as being at least partially genetic, then I think this provides LGBT supporters with a much stronger argument against religious individuals whom abhor such "lifestyles."
Now I personally feel that homosexuality is mostly, if not fully innate in most to all cases. Science has slowly been showcasing significance in this theory. Even so, though, I stumbled across a comment on the debate just recently, which I wanted to mention and counter.
In a recent Facebook debate on whether or not homosexuality was indeed a choice, I read one individual say, "I support gay people, but I chose to be straight with what I do with women. They may have had feelings they couldn't help for the same sex, but chose to be gay on what they do with these same people."
Here is where I think some people mistake what I feel is the true definition of our sexuality. When a gay man or woman decides to involve themselves in a heterosexual relationship and get married, to prolong their name and genes through reproduction, this doesn't make the person straight, in my opinion. In other words, I feel that our sexuality can't be fully defined by our actions, but more by our innate feelings toward one sex or the other (or both). People often times ask if I'm gay, largely because I regularly turn women down for one-night stands. However, I've always been sexually attracted to women, whereas I've never felt such an attraction toward men, so to me, that is much more illustrative of my sexuality than how many women I've slept with.
I think this very issue plays a large factor in whether or not people believe homosexuality to be innate or chosen and whether or not they support the LGBT community. I think people whom feel homosexuality to be a choice should ask themselves, "It may have been a choice to engage in sexual relations with a person of their own gender, but was it a choice for them to be sexually attracted to them in the first place? It may have been a choice for me to engage in sexual relations with a person of the opposite gender, but was it a choice for me to be sexually attracted to him/her in the first place?"
Now I personally feel that homosexuality is mostly, if not fully innate in most to all cases. Science has slowly been showcasing significance in this theory. Even so, though, I stumbled across a comment on the debate just recently, which I wanted to mention and counter.
In a recent Facebook debate on whether or not homosexuality was indeed a choice, I read one individual say, "I support gay people, but I chose to be straight with what I do with women. They may have had feelings they couldn't help for the same sex, but chose to be gay on what they do with these same people."
Here is where I think some people mistake what I feel is the true definition of our sexuality. When a gay man or woman decides to involve themselves in a heterosexual relationship and get married, to prolong their name and genes through reproduction, this doesn't make the person straight, in my opinion. In other words, I feel that our sexuality can't be fully defined by our actions, but more by our innate feelings toward one sex or the other (or both). People often times ask if I'm gay, largely because I regularly turn women down for one-night stands. However, I've always been sexually attracted to women, whereas I've never felt such an attraction toward men, so to me, that is much more illustrative of my sexuality than how many women I've slept with.
I think this very issue plays a large factor in whether or not people believe homosexuality to be innate or chosen and whether or not they support the LGBT community. I think people whom feel homosexuality to be a choice should ask themselves, "It may have been a choice to engage in sexual relations with a person of their own gender, but was it a choice for them to be sexually attracted to them in the first place? It may have been a choice for me to engage in sexual relations with a person of the opposite gender, but was it a choice for me to be sexually attracted to him/her in the first place?"
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