[Ken C.]

Regarding the statement, ‘…Becoming absolved, therefore, of responsibility for their sexual orientation, they become exempt from punishment. This is the motivation for finding ‘the gay gene.’

Or it could be curiosity among the gay and non-gay scientists involved, since identifiable genes have NOT been required to demonstrate biological differences between groups of gay and straight persons. It’s not as if science hasn’t contradicted religious authority before (see Galileo). In recent years, there have been replicated studies comparing groups of gay males, lesbians, heterosexual male and heterosexual females; as groups they can be distinguished by scientists. Fingerprint patterns are determined in the first weeks of prenatal development (different even between twins), and the fingerprint patterns of gay men as a group are similar to those of women as a group. The inner ear structures in lesbians amplify soft, transient sounds less well than those in straight women, though better than those in straight men. The index finger is usually shorter than the ring finger in straight men, but tends to be nearly the same length in straight women, and is generally shorter in lesbians (though not quite as short as in straight men). Biologists realize that traits can be biological without being genetic. Besides, the idea of some that simple cases of homosexual orientation cannot be biological seems strained when we already know that even larger sex atypical variations occur in human nature, as in rare cases of hermaphroditism, intersexed children or genetic males with androgen insensitivity who develop as females.

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Name : Ken C., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : Asian, Age : 38, City : New York City, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Computer programming, graphics, consultant, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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