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vincentML -> RE: LGBT compared to having anorexia (11/19/2016 8:08:15 PM)
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or the sake of argument, why does it matter whether or not sexual preference is biologically determined?
It is a political tempest. The line was drawn in the sand by Christian Fundamentalists on the “choice” side and the LBJTQ community on the side of “genetic determinism.” The Q btw includes the members of the BDSM community.
The political consequences were as follows:
The Fundies were able to reach back into Calvinist Doctrine and assert that (1)the LBGTQ were devoid of Grace and thus condemned to the everlasting torments of Hell, (2) since the LBGTQ malady was not set in rigid gene template they could change their behavior with the help of the church and attain everlasting Paradise.
OTOH, Queers seized upon some research from the 70s or 80s (whenever Harvey Milk was elected before his assassination) which claimed gay preference was inborn. The research for a gay wired disposition was since revealed to be flawed. But that didn’t matter. Not only did the acceptation become the issue that elected Harvey, it became the rallying cry at the center for the equal marriage legislation and court decisions that proved to be vital for the advances of the last decade.
The controversy is still alive and trashing about. I expect the new Administration, Lead by the VP, will lead the charge to roll back same sex marriage based on this divisive and nebulous controversy. Reportedly, Gov. Pense is notoriously anti-LGBTQ.
Personally, I have searched for confirmation of the genetic basis for LGBTQ but I haven't found it. No gay gene, sorry. But, that does not confirm the Christian proposition either. Strong, maybe irreversible, personality characteristics can develop through environmental interaction during development of individual personality.
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