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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] [QUOTE] Of course there are. If there are humans, there are gay humans. I don't see any reason whatsoever why it should be any different 200, 400 or 1000 years from now. Unless one sees being gay as something abnormal, or something that 'will go out of fashion'. Which doesn't sit right with me at all. [/QUOTE]Get to the bottom line. You believe that being gay has a genetic cause. It is not influenced by culture or by individual choice. However, this assumption carries with it certain concessions. It would be a mutation, probably a rather simple mutation that would seem to reduce fitness. Noting that, if one viewed it as a medical condition, it could be prevented or corrected. This assumption is actually interesting ...if it is genetic, than one would expect a mutation that so drastically reduces fitness to be bred out of the gene pool via natural selection relatively quickly. The only thing that might be keeping the gay population around, is the fact that many gays are pressured into leading straight lives..passing on their genes, having gay children. In this case, modern political correctness, leading gay people to live their lives openly might actually cause the extinction of the gay population. i.e. In the past, two gay individuals are pressured into living straight lives, have children, pass on their genes. Modern era, gay couple live together with no biological children, no gene passing. PS: Obviously it wouldn't be simple dominant/recessive inheritance, one would hope someone would have noticed that by now. But you get the general idea. Whether this is right or wrong, is beyond the scope of science, but I wouldn't blindly assume that being gay will automatically be around for however long humans are around. In a way, its an unenviable catch-22. Assume its due to genetics: it can be cured. Assume its due to a choice: it can be changed. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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