Originally posted by sithsaber408
All right man, I apologize.I won't mention it around you again.
(It is a vital part of my side's assertation that sexual orientation is determined through environmental factors and not at birth. But, why should I be allowed to present my full case? I'm "the cold-hearted Christian" after all. I shouldn't be allowed to present any other possiblities than the ones that you think are true.)
You don't have to worry, I was just being hypothetical.
For the record: I am not stating that you were abused by anyone in anyway, shape, or form.
(I believe that many, if not all, homosexual people were affected by things in childhood, but I will keep that belief generic, and not specific.)
You can continue to be specific that all Christians are wrong, and hate everbody, and with all their lovey-dovey of life and irrational desires for morality means that I am all those things, and you can rest assured that I won't report you, Adam, AC, or anyone else who says such things about me.
I am sorry you were offended Capt.
You can take solace in that I will [B]never
allow that to happen again. 🙂 [/B]
Your argument that homosexuality is determined by environmental factors is not supported by any scientific evidence.
According to extensive research by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Psychological Association there is currently no scientific evidence that sexual orientation is learned or can be changed.
Originally posted by sithsaber408
Adam, you refer to a study that was done on a small group of people, and is inconclusive at best.How many people were involved in that study again?
A minority right?
(Just like the "minority" of people that I mentioned choosing homosexuality, or making it past single motherhood in the Abortion thread. Once again, you can use types of arguments that I cant. Guess it's cool for you, but only when it suits your purposes.)
This is not the conclusion of a single study but of over 30 years of scientific and genetic research:
In 1991, Simon LeVey, neuroanatomist for the Salk Institute, found that the INAH3 structure of the hypothalamus in homosexual men is twice as small as those of heterosexual men, more closely resembling those of heterosexual women.
Seven years later, findings published in the March edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers at the University of Texas - Austin report that the cochlea structure in homosexual women more closely resembles that of heterosexual men.
In both studies, the difference in the structures of homosexuals is attributed to hormone exposure in the womb, evidence that sexual orientation has a biological substrate.
A fingerprint study by J.A.Y. Hall and D. Kumura at the University of Western Ontario at London ON Canada found that a significant percentage of homosexuals have excess ridges on their left hand digits compared to their right hand digits, a characteristic that was not shared by heterosexuals.
This study shows a genetic link to sexual orientation that is determined before birth as fingerprints are fully developed in a fetus before the 17th week and do not change thereafter.
A study by Psychologist Michael Bailey of Northwestern University and Psychiatrist Richard Pillard of Boston University found that if one sibling is homosexual the likelihood of an identical twin also being homosexual is 52%, the likelihood of a fraternal twin being homosexual is 22%, and the likelihood of a genetic or non-genetic sibling being homosexual is 10%.
They also found that in most instances in which identical twins are separated at birth and one twin is homosexual, the other twin is also homosexual.
This study shows that sexuality has a genetic component and is not determined by life experiences.
Dean Hamer at the National Cancer Institute examined the DNA of 40 homosexuals and found that ALL shared a genetic marker in the Xq28 region of the X chromosome.
Camperio-Ciani of the University of Padua - Italy found that there is no single "gay gene" but rather several genes responsible for sexual orientation. He identified that genetic components are indeed linked to the X chromosome and that there are other components likely to be on other chromosomes as well.
Findings published in the March issue of the biomedical journal Human Genetics by Brian Mutanksi of the University of Illinois at Chicago in conjunction with Pennsylvania State University, the University of California - Los Angeles, the University of California - San Diego, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation report, after combing the entire human genome for genetic determinants of male sexual orientation, identifying them in stretches of DNA on chromosomes 7, 8, and 10.