Re: To opponents of gay marriage

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 08:58:49 -0800, Mark Stringer
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> I believe most homosexuals are born that way although people
>can probably become gay/bi through environmental experiences/
>influences.  I not sure how a homosexual would asked for
>forgiveness for being born attracted to the same sex. . .
>"I'm sorry you made me gay, please forgive me."?

Very true.  But what makes you say this?  I have seen literatuire on
both sides of the issue, but all of it is dubious to me.  It's usually
presented by an outlet clearly with a bias.  Nothing wrong with bias,
but it does mute the impact of the studies.

That is to say, gay rights groups come out with studies that support
this position.  Anti gay rights groups come out with studies that are
against that position.  To my untrained eye, neither set of studies
look more credible than the other, so my position on that genetic
predisposition is, naturally, 'we don't know yet.'

So is your conclusion based on particularly compelling evidence (and
again, evidence is on all sides of this issue), instict, or something
else?