if you were pregnant, and your fetus was gay, would you change that?

Question

this is a hypothetical question. reverend r. albert molar, head of some southern baptist ministry in kentucky wants to help pass legislation that would change the sexual orientation of a fetus. he considers homosexuality to be a punishment from god and wants scientists to develop some sort of shot that would genetically alter the baby, so sin can be eliminated.

funny thing is, he's admitting that homosexuality could be genetically based which is a contradiction to his beliefs if you ask me. not to mention scientists aren't 100% sure it's genetics as they haven't figured out the gene.

all that aside, let's say this were possible, would you do it?

frankly this level of fanaticism is frightening. and on that note, if he could predict a child's sexual orientation, why couldn't he use that money and campaigning to test for incidences of serial killers in fetuses and alter those?(assuming that's genetic as well)

ps-the last empath...be a little less predictable, okay? ok good =)

oh so i should be absolutely thankful for your input? no not so much. i can turn my email off as i please actually. just because you respond, doesn't mean i want to hear it. it's not what you said, it's how you said it. later-not replying to you anymore.

i never even mentioned abortion either, did i? next.

Answer 1

The research money would be far better spent in finding and removing the fanaticism gene.

Answer 2

First, He's southern baptist. My experience with Southern Baptists isn't great, so that doesn't do much for his credibility. You're right, to say that you could genetically change a baby's sexual orientation is rediculous. We are sinners, and nothing can change that. If he even read his Bible, he'd know that. This guy is so irritating! He gives Christianity a bad name.

All things aside, if (hypothetically) I knew that my child would be "born gay" (in my opinion not possible), I don't know what I would do. On one hand, God made my hypothetical child that way. On the other hand, maybe that was the Devil's work, and not God's. That's a good question.

Answer 3

This is hysterical and I'm having a hard time believing it but I have a feeling you didn't make this up.

If it were possible, I wouldn't have the testing done in the first place so 'no', I wouldn't change anything. If for some insane reason the testing became mandatory, I think I'd want to have a hetero baby but I still would NOT change it because that's messing with nature. I want my baby to come into this world the way it was meant to. The only reason I wouldn't want a gay kid is that I know their life may be a tiny bit more difficult because of crazy as*holes like this guy Albert Molar. The only way to combat people like that is to keep having gay babies!!

*Your question was hypothetical, there's obviously no real way to answer this!

Answer 4

For one, you shouldn't alter anything of God's creation. That to me seems like a form of cloning because your demanding what type human YOU want and that's not cool to God. Yes, homosexuality is a sin in the Bible, but we should not measure one sin greater than the other. A sin is a sin which is between the fetus and God. I also don't think you can become homosexual as a fetus. Homosexuality can develop from environmental and childhood cases that influenced that mindset. Bottom line, we should never interfere with God's creation and I can't believe the person who accepts that is a reverend.

Answer 5

No need. Everyone come to earth with a purpose. They have the right to live as they wish. We have no right to either alter it or abort it. Even if you are able find the wicked person in the fetus, we should not do anything because he is also from the god.

Answer 6

To begin with, it's Dr. Albert Mohler, if you're going to quote him, please know his name.
Secondly, he is not suggesting that homosexuality is genetic. I know, I listened to that particular broadcast. As a matter of fact, he is not suggesting anything, he was merely opening the floor for conversation in RESPONSE to a scientific article that came out about sheep being gay how the researchers have determined that it is an ENVIRONMENTAL response as a fetus, certainly not a genetic one. The researchers have found that by injecting particular hormones into the pregnant sheep, they can change the sexual orientation of the offspring.

Whether or not we can and should apply this to human beings is an entirely different issue. He was merely discussing the possibilities, not advocating a position one way or the other. Please get your facts straight.

EDIT: Please don't send me a personal email and then turn off your email so that I can't respond to, now that truly is rude. I was not being rude in my answer, I was correcting your obviously flawed facts. It was clear you didn't listen to his broadcast and you didn't hear what was said. Dr. Mohler would NEVER advocate abortion. I am certainly not "holier than thou" as you claim, but then you don't know me and I don't know you. I was merely trying to correct the information you have obviously heard second or third hand.

Answer 7

What if a white woman have been given pregnant with a black toddler and then had to abort it (or vice versa)? What if it have been obtainable to isolate a "nerdy and undesirable at activities" gene? A "socially awkward" gene? i might wish that maximum individuals may well be against discriminatory practices in particular, so of direction i may well be against the useful abortion of gay infants, for the only actuality that they have got been gay. this could be a contemporary impossibility, so i do no longer see it rather is relevance. when you consider which you're involved in genetic discrimination, regardless of the indisputable fact that, you may desire to computer screen GATTACA. large action picture.

Answer 8

No!!! I'd love my child no matter what. A parents love should never be based on their childs sexual orientation, that's just wrong. And a gay child is not a punishment from God, being able to love another, whether its the opposite sex or the same, is a blessing!

Answer 9

This so called *man* is Spiritually Ignorant beyond words to describe it. No one is born *gay* as it is put, and God has said not only is it a sin, BUT it is and Abomination also. All he is doing is propagating Murder in the Name of God. God has also said that "Judgment BEGINS at the House of The Lord" (paraphrased for simplicity) There was an innocent time in mans life when gay meant happy. How far we have progressed in the Society in which we live. Yeah, right.

Answer 10

A fetus doesn't have sexual orientation. Sexuality develops through early childhood experience.
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