[Thom24779]

Your post makes so many assumptions that I’m not sure where to begin. Let me address a few of them. 1) Yes, sexual orientation may depend to some degree on genetic coding. But I don’t think anyone believes genetics by itself will explain anything as complex as sexual orientation. 2) Finding a genetic cause – if possible – has nothing to do with changing someone’s genes and thereby changing that person. Thus, for example, someone who wants blue eyes cannot go to a geneticist and ask for a gene transplant. Genes deal with heredity – they have nothing to do with reshaping ourselves. 3) Choice is irrelevant to issues like sexual orientation. Say, for example, that you’re heterosexual. When did you choose to become heterosexual? Or take another example: Say you’re a Christian – that’s a matter of choice. There is no Christian gene (as far as I know). You could choose to convert to another faith, for example, to become a Wiccan. And then you could choose to convert back. Would you be cured of Christianity? And then be cured of being a Wiccan? What does “cure” mean? Sexual orientation is far more profound than religious choice. And as far as anyone can tell, sexual orientation is a God-given attribute that never changes, no matter how much a person may pretend to the contrary. (None of the religious groups that claim to convert homosexuals has ever been willing to let neutral professionals test those converts.) In that sense, being gay is like being left-handed. My mother was born left-handed, but the nuns made her change. To them, being left-handed was wrong and bad in a right-handed world. The change left real scars on her self-image. She didn’t choose to be left-handed. God made her that way. But the nuns considered that God had made a mistake that they would cure. Poor little God – so limited compared to the religious folk who know so much better!

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Name : Thom24779, Gender : M, Age : 56, City : Washington, State : DC, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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