Comments on: Well, maybe not ENTIRELY boring

By: Muscat

Muscat — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:18:09 +0000

Heh.

By: MsRowena

MsRowena — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:23:12 +0000

I have always responded “I have the same rights regardless of whether it’s a choice or genetic.” I get a little antsy at the idea that somehow it’s okay to be gay if it’s an accident of birth but not okay if you deliberately chose it. I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone who chose it, regardless, as opposed to it just being who you are. But I almost feel as if we’re playing “their” game when we let the argument be about choice or genetics as opposed to simply equality and equal treatment under the law.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:01:14 +0000

Great article. Still my favorite response to “but there is no gay gene, it must be a choice” is always “Did you pick your fingerprints?” After all science shows those are not encoded your DNA either.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:25:08 +0000

Thanks Mark. Link added now.

(I do that far too often. I also forget to attach the attachments to emails before I hit “send” almost every time I send one. Someone could do a thesis on that, I’m sure.)

By: Mark Barton

Mark Barton — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:43:05 +0000

I didn’t see a link so I googled:

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=816923&publicationSubCategoryId=75

By: JesterKatz

JesterKatz — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:10:18 +0000

“Nature loves diversity, society hates it” – Dr. Milton Diamond

I like this, it’s pathetic to deem who a person is merely by their genitals. People need to get their noses out of other people’s pants, and spot yelling at us to “act our gender”. And if I may add, no one has found a “straight gene” ether.