Comments on: “Mercury causes homosexuality in male ibises”

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:10:13 +0000

mary,

There is no evidence at all that homosexuality is the result of something ‘gone wrong’.

By: mary

mary — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:54:13 +0000

Well, it makes sense.. NO matter what people want to believe.. Male – Female is the most logical pairing..Some thing has to have gone wrong..
Like it or not.. And I’m sure many wouldn’t even accept it if it was proven that it is ’caused’ and not natural in humans..

By: Richard Rush

Richard Rush — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:03:16 +0000

Ed said, “well that explains me then. I drove Mercury’s many times over the last 30 years.”

You may be on to something, Ed. During my impressionable growing-up years, my father always drove a Mercury. And because he liked to drive the family to far away places, we thought of him as a distant father. So when you add up the effects of my distant father driving a Mercury, plus the fact that I played with mercury globs as a kid, the only surprise is that I’m not more of a flaming queen.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:53:04 +0000

well that explains me then. I drove Mercury’s many times over the last 30 years.

By: ravenbiker

ravenbiker — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:14:25 +0000

Gay birds? There’s a new one.

By: cowboy

cowboy — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:29:34 +0000

I want to know who belonged to that group of rampaging homosexual bullies in 1973?

By: Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:15:38 +0000

[This commenter impersonated another person, using their name and their return email. The real Chris Mitchell, Director of Communications at Reason Magazine, is a supporter of our community. Reason Magazine is founded on libertarian principles and, as such, opposes arbitrary discrimination based on sexual orientation.]

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:02:59 +0000

Poor Chris, he’s having trouble comprehending. So I guess I’d better speak in smaller words.

Chris,

See the pretty picture? Those are birds. They are called ibises.

We are not ibises, Chris. This article is about the pretty ibis birds, not about people.

There, now don’t you feel better? No? Okay, maybe it’s nap time.

By: Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:10:01 +0000

By: Richard Rush

Richard Rush — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:05:39 +0000

Thankfully, I did play with mercury when I was a kid (but I didn’t eat it, though). I collected it from broken thermometers, and kept it in a small jar. It’s scary to realize that if it hadn’t been for the mercury, I wouldn’t have had all these wonderful years with my partner. It’s true, God really does work in mysterious ways.