Being gay might be genetic

[smackababy]

I figured this was a given. Interesting to see they are verifying it.

I didn't think the gene was a given, personally. Considering gay men have identical attractions (albeit for the other sex), as straight men, I was open to the idea it might not be an actual gene that causes it, perhaps some chemical or electrical signal reacting differently.

 

[soulcougher73]

I wonder what kind of conundrum a pro-life/anti-gay religious conservative will have when she finds out her fetus tests positive for "teh gay".

 

[alzan]

I would like a gay persons honest opinion on this thread.

How do gay people feel about mothers aborting children who test positive for a gay gene?

We've seen this movie before.

Which of your various wives or children, or was it your mother, had an abortion?

I think you need therapy to help you get past this deep-seated need to control women; not only those related to you but all women.

How do you feel about mothers aborting children who test positive for a gay gene?

Women abort fetuses, not children. Educate yourself on the difference between a fetus and a child.

 

[DrunkenSano]

What's the big deal about what other people do? If they want to abort for whatever reason, that's their decision. It only becomes an issue if someone else tries to force what they believe is the right decision on you, that is the only way issues like this become a problem.

 

[Texashiker]

We've seen this movie before.

Which of your various wives or children, or was it your mother, had an abortion?

I think you need therapy to help you get past this deep-seated need to control women; not only those related to you but all women.

You keep avoiding the question, how does the gay community feel about their birth rates taking a nose dive from abortion?

It is ethically or socially acceptable to abort a child (fetus) if it tested positive for a gay gene?

What's the big deal about what other people do?

Because the abortions would be discriminating against gays.

 

[smackababy]

It is ethically or socially acceptable to abort a child (fetus)

That is the only thing that matters. Why a women chooses to get an abortion is none of your, or the gay community's (which I suspect you long to be a part of) business.

The fact that the first thing you thought of when they discovered the gay gene was "what will gay people think if women get abortions because this gene was identified in their fetus" says a lot about you.

 

[momeNt]

You are missing half the point of this thread.

Yes a mother has a so called "right" to end her pregnancy, but society also says discrimination against gays is wrong.

Isn't terminating a pregnancy because the fetus tested positive for a gay gene a form of discrimination?

Oh okay. I see where you are taking it.

I would say that it is okay. I can't speak for gay people, but I think a parent willing to do this because of their child being gay, is not a parent a gay child would want to have.

My world view is consistent, not that of a liberal or conservative. There really isn't a singular principle that you can try to apply for liberal discrimination and abortion doctrine to try and understand it. Trying to do so will make you feel like you exposed a flaw in their logic, but you have to understand that they are not always using the same logic for each situation. Logical consistency is ideological, like anarchy or libertarianism, or totalitarianism. One of our esteemed liberals on this board has or had in his signature the self quote "Ideology is the enemy".

 

[Genx87]

I wonder what kind of conundrum a pro-life/anti-gay religious conservative will have when she finds out her fetus tests positive for "teh gay".

Likewise I wonder what the pro-choice left will do if babies are killed because they are gay. I suspect their stance on it being a woman's choice will change.

 

[gevorg]

Ok, pro choice. Although it's really semantics. It's the same friggin thing in the end.

"choice" is a euphemism

 

[Texashiker]

That is the only thing that matters. Why a women chooses to get an abortion is none of your, or the gay community's (which I suspect you long to be a part of) business.

I suspect you say that only because you are not a minority.

 

[DrunkenSano]

Because the abortions would be discriminating against gays.

And why would I care why they are getting the abortion for? It's not my business nor should it be.

 

[z1ggy]

I wonder what kind of conundrum a pro-life/anti-gay religious conservative will have when she finds out her fetus tests positive for "teh gay".

Pretty sure their dumb little heads would just blow up.

I was wondering where the backdoor 'I can't stand butt pounders' TH threads have been. Glad I have some good afternoon reading back finally.

 

[Texashiker]

And why would I care why they are getting the abortion for? It's not my business nor should it be.

Honest question deserves an honest answer.

My answer is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect

We as a society and as a race have a responsibility to protect certain groups.

Gays are a protected group.

 

[SMOGZINN]

A woman has control of her body, but society should not discriminate against gays either.

This is a pretty easy question. You can't discriminate against someone that doesn't exist.

This is not discrimination any more then a woman deciding not to have sex because she does not want to get pregnant is discrimination.

In both cases she is deciding to not allow a potential person to exist.

 

[soulcougher73]

Honest question deserves an honest answer.

My answer is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_to_protect

We as a society and as a race have a responsibility to protect certain groups.

Gays are a protected group.

But fetus are not.

 

[bshole]

You are pro abortion.

How do you feel about mothers aborting children who test positive for a gay gene?

Does this thread create an uncomfortable question for you?

Because you are doing your best to avoid answering.

I have no absolutely problem with that. I also have no problem with a woman getting pregnant just so she can have an abortion to piss people like you off. As long as it is in first trimester I don't give a flying fuck. There need be no reason at all. If prospective parents abort gay fetuses, why in the hell should I care? The better question is why the hell do you?

 

[Texashiker]

But fetus are not.

Go break an eagle egg and see how far that "fetus" argument gets you.

 

[alzan]

how does the gay community feel about their birth rates taking a nose dive from abortion?

Silly boy, gays recruit; they'll always have fresh meat for their bacchanal poo-pounding orgies.

 

[Retro Rob]

I wonder what kind of conundrum a pro-life/anti-gay religious conservative will have when she finds out her fetus tests positive for "teh gay".

Abort 'em. I only want normal children, to be honest.

 

[nehalem256]

Likewise I wonder what the pro-choice left will do if babies are killed because they are gay. I suspect their stance on it being a woman's choice will change.

Well since feminist groups are okay with women aborting a fetus because it is a woman I am not sure why they will care that they do so because it is gay.

 

[justoh]

Oh okay. I see where you are taking it.

I would say that it is okay. I can't speak for gay people, but I think a parent willing to do this because of their child being gay, is not a parent a gay child would want to have.

My world view is consistent, not that of a liberal or conservative. There really isn't a singular principle that you can try to apply for liberal discrimination and abortion doctrine to try and understand it. Trying to do so will make you feel like you exposed a flaw in their logic, but you have to understand that they are not always using the same logic for each situation. Logical consistency is ideological, like anarchy or libertarianism, or totalitarianism. One of our esteemed liberals on this board has or had in his signature the self quote "Ideology is the enemy".

Logical consistency is ideological? That makes as much sense as thinking this gay gene discovery, if true, could possibly be relevant to abortion rights. Fuck is wrong with you people.

 

[momeNt]

Logical consistency is ideological? That makes as much sense as thinking this gay gene discovery, if true, could possibly be relevant to abortion rights. Fuck is wrong with you people.

That's exactly what I mean. If you try and apply an single ideology to liberal or conservative thought. You end up thinking that this gay gene discovery, if true, could possibly be relevant to abortion rights.

That was the entire point. That he is trying to apply a consistent logic regarding liberal anti-discrimination and extend that to abortion rights. Doesn't work that way, because liberalism is not an ideology, it lacks logical consistency. Ideology is the enemy.

 

[Texashiker]

hat makes as much sense as thinking this gay gene discovery, if true, could possibly be relevant to abortion rights.

Uh yea, a gay gene could be relevant to abortion rights.

Does a womans right to choice trump a communities right to thrive?

I would really like to see a gay persons opinion on this thread.

 

[LevelSea]

If I was a woman, I'd get pregnant and abort the heterosexual fetuses just make the OP cry.

 

[momeNt]

Uh yea, a gay gene could be relevant to abortion rights.

Does a womans right to choice trump a communities right to thrive?

I would really like to see a gay persons opinion on this thread.

Why would a gay person want to be born to someone who was willing to cancel their existence? Sounds like a potentially shitty upbringing.