is not a mental disorder, or a choice, but rather a sexual orientation established at birth. Since that time, they have also voted to designate other sexual desires as orientations instead as a mental disorder/choice. These include attractions to both sexes, to animals, and to children. The last one was done at their San Diego Conference (2001) and was controversial. With homosexuals demanding equal rights, would not also providing the same rights to the other orientations, be still endorsing discrimination? Do you fear that if homosexuals gain the same rights as heterosexuals, that it would lead us down a path that we may not wish to be taking? Will we need to say that certain orientations have no rights, period, and that if one day we learn what part of DNA causes the difference in sexual orientations, that it should be treated as a genetic disorder, with corrective measures taken?
This is a highly controversial subject, but one that needs to be considered.
2006-08-14
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