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    Sexuality and biology

    Researchers examined DNA from 1,077 gay men and 1,231 straight men and found two genes linked to sexual orientation.

    The team at the NorthShore University HealthSystem research institute in Illinois scanned the men’s genomes and found single-letter differences in their DNA sequences.

    Their findings add to mounting evidence that sexual orientation is partly biologically determined. However, some scientists cautioned that the discovery was far from uncovering a “gay gene”, saying that further work was needed.

    The researchers found that one of the genes is active in the region of the brain containing the hypothalamus, which produces the hormones that control sex drive and other bodily functions. The hypothalamus has already been shown to be about a third bigger in gay men then in straight men.
    Sexuality may be wired into genetic code, scientists discover - The Times

    Obviously not conclusive, but provides some insight into where science is headed in understanding human sexuality from a biology/genetic/neuroscience standpoint.

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    Will abortion be OK when women start to abort gay babies?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Will abortion be OK when women start to abort gay babies?
    It will make some strange bedfellows. The gay community and the religious right teaming up to stop abortion.
    It's ok if you disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Will abortion be OK when women start to abort gay babies?
    That will be a Paradox for the regressives.

    One cannot serve two masters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Will abortion be OK when women start to abort gay babies?
    I remain skeptical not least because articles like this appear every so often but you're right. They might be getting a lot more than they bargained for here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adelaide View Post
    Sexuality may be wired into genetic code, scientists discover - The Times

    Obviously not conclusive, but provides some insight into where science is headed in understanding human sexuality from a biology/genetic/neuroscience standpoint.
    I've always thought homosexulaity was biological, at least for men. Women, I'm not so sure about though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    I've always thought homosexulaity was biological, at least for men. Women, I'm not so sure about though.
    We don't yet know what causes homosexuality.
    Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.


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