Is GLBT a Character, Flaw, or a Function of Genetic Composition?
Not too outlandish to conclude that the promotion of the GLBT lifestyle without an abstinence component is socially irresponsible
August 23, 2007
Is the predilection for the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender life style an indication of a flawed character, or a function of genetic composition?
“Researchers from the Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago are searching for genes that influence male sexual orientation” reads the introduction to the Molecular Genetic Study of Sexual Orientation (MGSSO website. The MGSSO is the most extensive study yet to search for a genetic basis for homosexuality and may provide clues to the questions previously asked – or will it?
Consider the debate over the evil twins, Abortion and Murder: JOHN J. DONOHUE III from the Yale Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and STEVEN D. LEVITT from the University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); American Bar Foundation claim in their The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime paper to “…offer evidence that legalized abortion has contributed significantly to recent crime reductions. Crime began to fall roughly 18 years after abortion legalization”, while Steve Sailer interprets the fact that the age group 14-17, that started enjoying the crime-stopping benefits of abortion rights in 1987 or so, responded to this improvement by going on a significant murder spree. So is the incidence of the Evil Twins a cause-and-effect issue, or is there a genetic basis for murder? What about Alcoholism, or Fraud?
The results of the MGSSO “ may ignite controversy, the researchers acknowledge, both by providing ammunition in the raging cultural war over homosexuality and by raising fears about ethically questionable applications like genetic profiling and prenatal testing” reports Robert Mitchum in the August 12, 2007 issue of the Chicago Tribune. Whereas EDGE Boston Contributor Kilian Melloy writes in the Monday Aug 13, 2007 issue The MGSSO “…is a scientific inquiry into what gays and naturalists already know, but which religious leaders and social conservatives don’t necessarily want to hear: that a certain percentage of all animal forms of life are attracted sexually to members of their own gender, that it’s not a matter of conduct but rather an innate characteristic--and that while it may constitute a variation, it’s not a pathology”
In the Politically Correct realm, alternative terms are used to minimize a transgression, for example “having an affair”, over fornication. Some say that the use of the term :having an affair” not only condones the act, but encourages it.
Consider the battle between Gay rights activists and Mayor Jim Naugle: "We are encouraging people to mail either a roll or several sheets of toilet paper to the mayor at City Hall to help him to wipe his dirty mind clean," said Brian Winfield, spokesman for Equality Florida, a gay rights organization that helped start a toilet paper protest after Mayor Naugle's comments in a July 4 article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel about the city's plan to buy a $250,000 self-cleaning robotic toilet for beachgoers. The device could be programmed with a time limit, after which the door would fly open. In the article, Naugle was quoted as saying the toilet could prevent "homosexual activity" that has occurred at other public restrooms. Mayor Jim Naugle’s cited his concern that Fort Lauderdale is ranked number third in Highest annual AIDS rates (number of new reported cases per 100,000 population), just behind New York and Miami (echoes reports by the Body Health Resources Corporation) as the motivation behind his efforts to reduce high-risk practices in his city.
Responding to the question, What advice can one give to the world?, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger writes in his book Values in times of upheaval: “The inviolability of man ought to be an unassailed pillar of ethical regulations…I should like to add that this must be linked to respect for the origin of man and the sexual union of man an woman: main may not become a product, he may not be produced, but only begotten. An this is why the one of the constant elements of every human society is the protection of the special dignity of the fellowship of man and woman on which the future of the human race depends”
After all of this, the question remains: Is the predilection for the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT) life style an indication of a flawed character, or a function of genetic composition?. Regardless of which side of the debate one is in, what cannot be debated are the consequences of the high-risk sexual behavior. Wit Aids cases in New York, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Not too outlandish to conclude that the promotion of the GLBT lifestyle without an abstinence component is socially irresponsible
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