If it became the acceptable thing to' come out' as gay, would homosexuality die off?

Riddle me this.

Lets assume that homosexuality is genetic.

If homosexuality became widely accepted and marriage was legal everyware, wouldnt the homosexuality gene die off eventually?

Since some gay people dont come out and decide to just marry the opposite sex and live a straight life and have kids with the opposite sex (passing the gene down) the gene will never dissapear.

But if it is widely accepted and marriage is welcomed, most gays would marry each other and not be able to have kids(adopt kids yes, but it wouldnt be passing genes) so there would no longer be any homosexuality since the gene isnt being passed down to any other generations.

Ya dig?

Ever hear of a Punnett Square?

The answer would be no to your question.

Straight couples would still have gay kids every now and then.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Straight couples would still have gay kids every now and then.

thats true...

Originally posted by Soleran
Ever hear of a Punnett Square?

The answer would be no to your question.

That's assuming that Gay-ness is the recessive trait. If on the other hand it is a dominant mutation, then the trait would die out over time without reproduction. The only source of new gay genes would be new mutations.

Even with the recessive gene it gay numbers would dwindle over time due to genetic drift and natural selection. It would just take longer.

Last time I checked, it was only straight couples that are having gay kids... Two guys or two girls cannot reproduce, so homosexuality has always and will always be here. Unless of course science is able to single out and isolate the gay gene, then couples could weed out the gay aspect.

Originally posted by KidRock
Lets assume that homosexuality is genetic.

Homosexuality is genetic? Well that's gotta shock the disgruntled fathers of the world! "But dad, it's genetic!" <What?! you mean I'm gay too. The neigbours can't find out!> "Well I could have gotten my atraction towards men from my mother's side..." <No way, she went lesbo after marrying me!>

Originally posted by Madman_V3N0M
Homosexuality is genetic? Well that's gotta shock the disgruntled fathers of the world! "But dad, it's genetic!" <What?! you mean I'm gay too. The neigbours can't find out!> "Well I could have gotten my atraction towards men from my mother's side..." <No way, she went lesbo after marrying me!>

You do realize it is possible to pass on a trait without it being active in your own body right?

Originally posted by botankus
That could very well be true, but I often wonder about a few years ('96-'98) where many of the chicks in my hometown were bisexual or gay, and then in '99 and '00 they were all straight again and even had kids and married.

Ofcourse being gay is a fashion to some ppl aswell...

Originally posted by BornToRule
Ofcourse being gay is a fashion to some ppl aswell...

Do you think straight people become gay out of some fashion treand? Huh?

Yeah! I heard genocide is fashionable this year!

Originally posted by Robtard
Do you think straight people become gay out of some fashion treand? Huh?

I don't know, but like I said, there were a few years where none of them were bisexual before ('93-'96), then a good deal of them were ('97-'99), and then they all weren't bisexual again ('00-'01). I moved to another city (not because of that, LOL) after '01 so I don't know if bisexuality rose to power again in that town.

Originally posted by Robtard
Do you think straight people become gay out of some fashion treand? Huh?

Dude its true!!! i swear! atleast in some cases. We used to have this dude in our class he was a fashion geek, and when homosexuality became more focused in media. He started to dress Gay and then he became gay after a while.

Point is, it's very possible it could be both genetic and fashionably popular. For example, some girls are born with big boobs. Some aren't but want them because they're considered cool. Therefore, they have plastic surgery to increase their boob size. I'm not sure if that's the best example, but it's the only one I could think of with 12 minutes to go in the work day.

Originally posted by BornToRule
Dude its true!!! i swear! atleast in some cases. We used to have this dude in our class he was a fashion geek, and when homosexuality became more focused in media. He started to dress Gay and then he became gay after a while.

I have a gut instinct that the guy in your story was gay all along and when he finally matured enough and saw that it was "Okay" to be gay, he finally came out.

Originally posted by botankus
Point is, it's very possible it could be both genetic and fashionably popular. For example, some girls are born with big boobs. Some aren't but want them because they're considered cool. Therefore, they have plastic surgery to increase their boob size. I'm not sure if that's the best example, but it's the only one I could think of with 12 minutes to go in the work day.

That is silly... Do you then choose to be attracted to the opposite sex... Or are you equally attracted to both men and women yet consciously choose the opposite out out fashion or other sense?

no, there very much is such a thing as fashionably gay, though most if not all are attention whoring temporary bisexual girls. *HOWEVER* straight society rewards them with attention and adoration, so given something to gain there is an exception. since there is nothing to gain by being a gay man as opposed to a straight man, i dont see how any man would choose to be gay

Originally posted by Robtard
That is silly... Do you then choose to be attracted to the opposite sex... Or are you equally attracted to both men and women yet consciously choose the opposite out out fashion or other sense?

It's silly to think otherwise. C'mon man, I don't what they're teaching you in California about trends (oops), but you gotta be cave crazy (no homosexual pun intended...I think) to believe that there aren't girls who tell others that they're bisexual and get involved with kissing girls even though they have no true feelings for them but only want to elevate their social status.

Originally posted by PVS
no, there very much is such a thing as fashionably gay, though most if not all are attention whoring temporary bisexual girls.

Then they are not really gay are they...