RE: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights

2008-06-24 Thread Billy Cox
cinating...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 facto

Re: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights

2008-06-24 Thread Jim Davis
>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

RE: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights

2008-06-24 Thread Billy Cox
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

Re: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Or treat their children post womb with drugs along the same line as autistic or schizophrenic children? On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:39 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is the day approaching when parents can request doctors to engineer their > unborn baby to ensure that he or she is straigh

Re: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights

2008-06-24 Thread G Money
Is the day approaching when parents can request doctors to engineer their unborn baby to ensure that he or she is straight On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both I suspect. I suspect that given the strong genetic evidence that what > will be eventually

Re: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights

2008-06-23 Thread Larry Lyons
Both I suspect. I suspect that given the strong genetic evidence that what will be eventually determined that the significant point is that its biologically based rather than a "choice". In other words the right wing or fundie response is flat out wrong. As such discriminating against gays and l

Re: FW: Brain Study Shows Differences Between Gays, Straights

2008-06-23 Thread Michael Dinowitz
So they're basically saying it's not genetic but due to pre-natal environmental factors. The genetic vs. environment debate continues. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the