Is the "Gay Gene" possible?, Scientific fact vs. Natural impossibility?

Question

Im sure that most of us remember the controversy of the infamous "gay gene". Was it real? was it possible?..well, moving on...

Some groups argued for it, using it as a crutch to explain their lifestyle; whereas others objected such a claim saying it mocked the foundation of physical and mental genetics.

Answer 1

I don't know if there is anything that's actually called a "gay gene", however it has been scientifically proven that persons who are gay are born that way as opposed to choosing homosexuality as a lifestyle. I have also read an article that said when there are several older male siblings in a family, the last male child is likely to be gay. I have found this true in several families with whom I am acquainted, so there must be some truth in it, and not mere coincidence. That there is some genetic circumstance, is plausible. However, I'm uncertain as to whether or not a gay gene specifically is responsible. There are certainly predispositions to various illnesses such as alcoholism which can be attributed to genetic makeup. But I think genes are more likely to produce physical characteristics and tendencies, than behaviors.

Answer 2

I suppose it's possible. I believe it is MORE than just genes though. Being gay probably has more to do with crossed wireinng in the brain from hormone imbalances or something. Keep in mind, I am gay, so I am not saying this is a BAD thing, just what happens. I shouldn't say crossed wiring, I guess what I mean is "Different".

Answer 3

There is no gene to explain a particular human behavior. Gays may be wired differently in the head but that is not the same thing as a gene.

Answer 4

No. It is called a perversion. Otherwise do I have a normal gene, an "I like to go fishing" gene or I just gotta have a smoke gene. The gay gene is merely an excuse to try to normalize a perverted way of thinking.

Answer 5

Deep down we are animals.

Our primal urge is to survive.

That includes eating and procreation of species.

A 'gay gene' would undermine the process of life and is therefore an impossibility in genetics.

Answer 6

It's not genetic.

Our sexual imprinting takes place in the first three or four years of our lives during the primary socialisation period. It is then re-affirmed throughout your childhood and adolescence by repeatedly seeing or feeling the same things and that experience causing at least a primary state of arousal.

If you look in to your own mind deeply enough, you'll find the experiences that lead to your sexuality/ fetishes. You'll find that most of these were quite ordinary experiences.

Answer 7

Totally impossible for any human to have a "gay gene".Homosexuality is a choice,and a wicked choice at that,that people CHOOSE to get involved in.God didnt create trash.

Answer 8

Fiction: Men and Women are EITHER gay or straight.
Fact: 90% of ALL boys and girls are TEMPTED with homosexuality, and only 10-25% actually become gay.

Fiction: We are who we are, and we must find that out.
Fact: MOST gay men in the late '70's -'80's were only gay for 8-10 years.

If people who "Are Who We Are" holds true, then why do they go back straight? Why do ANY of them go back straight? Ever? It's because people, I DID say PEOPLE, become weak in the absence of LOVE. In the ABSENCE thereof, ANYTHING can come in and take hold: HATE, ANGER, REBELLION, Immorality, unnatural urges, drunkeness, etc., etc., etc.

Answer 9

THE A,B,C,D's OF HOMOSEXUALITY...
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A. THERE IS NO HOMOSEXUAL GENE...
Google Simon LeVay
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B. THERE ARE STUDIES THAT PROVE THE HOMOSEXUAL GENE IS ELUSIVE BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
- http://trueorigin.org/gaygene01.php
- http://www.middleeastrising.com/homosexuality-has-no-genetic-cause/
- http://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2014/06/17/the-latest-in-scientific-research-there-is-no-gay-gene
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C. THERE ARE KNOWN CAUSES FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
The #1 cause is same-gender sexual molestation
Other causes include
- ABUSE &/OR ABANDONMENT BY FATHER:
..........emotional, physical, sexual &/or verbal abuse
..........abandonment by the father or father figure thru death, leaving the home, or present but cold & indifferent
- PARTICULAR TO MALES: emasculation of son & his milktoast father by domineering mother/wife
- PARENTING BY **** COUPLES:
..........the known rate of homosexuality among children raised by heteros is 2% (1.7-3.1%)
..........a 20-yr study shows the incidence of homosexuality & homosexual experimentation among teens increases to 35% (a 1750% increase)
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D. THERE IS A CURE FOR HOMOSEXUALITY...
- Bible calls homosexuality: sin, abuse, unnatural, unrighteous, abomination (disgusting)
- Bible also says homosexuals can be forgiven & transformed when they are born again {1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
BE *BORN AGAIN
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*BORN AGAIN = BELIEVE (the **gospel) + BE ***BAPTIZED
**THE GOSPEL = Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
***BAPTIZED = Immersed, not sprinkled

Answer 10

I'm not gay although used to work with a girl that was. I loved talking to her about it and learning about her thoughts and stuff. She has many family members that are homosexual. I think a gay gene is very possible because I think that your sexual orientation is something that is determined before you are born, not learned. But...that's just MY opinion.