The Gash wrote:
> No One wrote:
>> Anonymous Remailer writes:
>>
>>> http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankTurek/2008/11/01/born_..._or
>>> _a_..._basher_no_excuse?page=full
>>>
>>>
>>> This “born that way” argument is fueling the case for same-.
>>> marriage in California. Is it a good argument?
>>
>> Yes, it is a good argument - studies comparing identical to
>> fraternal twins show that there is a substantial genetic component
>> that determines one's .ual orientation, and most psychologists
>> believe that it is set very early in life (prenatal chemistry
>> may be involved as well).
>
> Only those psychologists who want to be PC and continue to work among
> homos and sell books believe queers are born not made.
> Of course there are the queer psychologists who also sell that nonsense.
I tend to lean ever so slightly to the idea that .ual orientation is
hardwired - that is, it's nature and not nurture. However, there *is*,
as you note, a lot of politics behind the unqualified declaration by
psychologists and queer activists that being queer is not a choice.
Many of the arguments put forth in support of the idea that it is not a
choice are utterly unscientific, and don't even make sense. One of my
favorites, for the sheer absurdity of it, is "Why would anyone 'choose'
to be part of a hated group?" Well, . me sideways - why would anyone
choose to be an al Qaeda terrorist, or to blow up a federal building in
Oklahoma City? People willfully make all kinds of perverse choices. In
any case, it's pretty easy and comfortable to be an "out" queer these
days. (Prediction: this last comment will immediately get a few rabid
queers and queer sympathizers busy playing the Queer Game; more on that
when, not if, they start in.) Queers have huge enclaves in most major
American cities that they control: West Hollywood, all of San
Francisco, Hillcrest in San Diego, "The Village" in NYC. It's
preposterous to suggest that people potentially choosing to be queer are
choosing to be part of a "hated" group. Most straights don't hate
queers; they just don't want to be around flamboyant, exaggerated queers
who demand recognition. |
