The only practical difference between a 'defect' and a 'genetic characteristic' is the ability of those with the defect/characteristic to demand that they be accepted as-is. (gotta love democracy) This is happening to a certain degree with autism.
Brain science is pretty fascinating...and there are still plenty of things that we don't understand. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:32 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights >A biological factor is not the same as genetic causation. People with >cerebral palsy are born with the condition, but it is generally caused >by oxygen deprivation, not by a genetic malfunction. > >While this is bad news for people who insist that being gay is a moral >decision, it's not exactly good news for gay people who may not relish >the idea of talking about their orientation in terms of it being a >birth defect akin to cerebral palsy. Of course it WILL be worded like that, but the simple fact that an in-utero condition may be at fault doesn't make it a "defect". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262643 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
