What do you think: (if they find the gay gene) in vitrio gene therapy to make sure kids aren't born gay?

Question

I'm curious. Let's hypothetically assume they isolated a homosexual gene and developed a way to remove it from a fetus. Do you think it's right or wrong to get rid of the homosexual gene before the baby is born, particularly if homosexuality is against your religious beliefs? Why?

Answer 1

They will never find such a gene because it doesn't exist and if ever it did come to exist, man tampering with Gods divine creation, put it there.

Answer 2

I think the question is flawed, or at the least, skewed as you are directing those who answer, and that means the question is no longer subjective. Right and Wrong are not the same for all people. It's relative. I am an Agnostic but I live my life believing that things like stealing, killing, cheating, etc. are wrong. I'm straight and do not have a problem with homosexuality and also believe there will be some scientific reason eventually found (whether that's an expressed gene or some other anomaly) to support that it's a difference in our biology.
It's hard to imagine why someone would arbitrarily choose to be gay given the problems they face with not being accepted, being ridiculed, and the high rates of suicide.
Of course, those who are religious and believe homosexuality is wrong, will likely answer "yes" even though I assume the premise of your question really targets the question of whether or not a religious person would 'mess' with the natural process of conception and childbirth.
At the end of the day, I would answer that I believe it would be wrong to correct this genetic deviation as I do not believe it to be a disease, or wrong in any way. If you want to correct true birth defects that would affect the health of the child, of course I'd be all for it...

Answer 3

You know, that's a *great* question.

I'm not up on the very latest research, but had the impression that scientists were leaning toward the timing of certain hormonal releases during pregnancy as one of the likelier causes of homosexuality. I guess that would mean that the "gay gene" was in the MOTHER, not the fetus!

At any rate, while I certainly think it would be grossly unethical to use gene therapy to alter a fetus's future sexual orientation, I guarantee it WOULD happen. Probably a *lot.*

There's a "religious gene" too, y'know. Has to do with the development of a particular area of the brain . . . just like homosexuality . . .

Just sayin'! :-)

Answer 4

I don't think it would be right to remove the gene. Homosexuality is a part of who a lot of people are, and then civil rights would be called into question. Anyway, religion wouldn't play a part in it because people would know it's a gene that causes homosexuality, not getting "farther away from God'.

Answer 5

They will never truthfully isolate a gay gene, as it doesnt exist, tho they may try to make us think that. If it couldnt be helped, God would not call it sin and say it is an abomination to Him. There is no homosexual gene. What makes homosexual ppl is being raised in abuse and dysfunction, or by someone molesting them at some point, or just a lifetime of undealt with issues. It is simply a major lust of the flesh and it will only be given up if one asks God in the name of Jesus Christ to break that curse. So, we dont worry what to do with a gay gene, as there isnt any. and remember if any so called scientist one day says there is a gay gene, these are the same ppl saying it is not really life to take in abortion. Well,ts living and growing, therefore life, and that baby has human DNA even before birth. So surely not a frog nor a dead baby. GOd tells us when science goes against His teachings , it Is false. Many scientists arent of God but are here to do the devils work and they do it well. But there are many scientists that are true Chritians,and their findings never go contrary to Gods word. LIsten to God alone and you never get off track.

Answer 6

I'm not against homosexuality. I think if people want to remove the gay gene before is born then that is their choice. Is just a little creepy to know that even before you were born your parents were already looking for ways to see if you measure up to their standards. Is a complicated issue.

Answer 7

Finally genetic research will bear some fruit that doesn't cause allergies and astmatic disorders!

Why? Gays have no purpose whether you're religious or not, doesn't matter essentially. From a darwinistic standpoint they are waste of food. Religiously they are an abomination.

edit: this is all just hypothtical anyway. Since genes develop and change during the growth of a human (yea really i saw it on CNN).

Answer 8

sometimes there is a problem with a clarity of a persons sex.
In some people it only manifests in the way they feel and in others it manifests in the way their bodies are formed.
By far, I'd think that it would be only logical to say that if somebody is born with improper sexual organs they will suffer as a result.
Some people are born all messed up and it would be just ridiculous to say that the nature's or the god's work should not be interfered with and just not help them.

Answer 9

Any religion that regards homosexuality as a sin and evil is not one i want to be associated with.

I will love all my children equal regardless of sexual orientation so yes i think it would be highly unethical and wrong to rid the child of the homosexual gene.

Answer 10

You know, that's a great question. From personal experience with the gay people I know, they would have preferred to NOT be 'different' and many of them have suffered much.

For me, as a hetero, I can say yes in answer to your question, but then I've never been gay either, so it would be interesting to see what they think.

Answer 11

Funny that you mention that...

A Moral And Ethical Dilemma For Abortion Rights Supporters?
http://www.drlaura.com/blog/2007/06/05/a-moral-and-ethical-dilemma-for-abortion-rights-supporters/

There is no gay gene, though.