>>Kevin, I personally know and work with some of the worlds top scientist on fertility and genetics for my profession. I'd like to think that their knowledge on the subject would be far greater than anyone else on this forum.
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>>The exact origin of homosexuality is not (yet) fully understood, but there already is an awfull lot of indication/proof that you are born with it. Please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation. This is not "junk science."
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>Walter, I think the more compelling question is...have you read that Wikipedia page in its entirety? :)
>If you read through that, it's not exactly the biggest smoking gun in the world to prove that "people are born gay", as you claimed.
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>There are plenty of legitimate counter-arguments - including several studies (both in the U.S. and in New Zealand) that question why the differences in outcomes amongst identical twins.
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>You've also got a rather odd variation of selection bias. Many homosexuals state that they didn't know at certain points in their adult lives. So any study could ultimately be comparing "gay and straight men" with.....well...."gay and straight men". There are just too many flaws in this evaluation process to conclude with a sweeping, "they are born that way".
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>And I think you missed the hint I dropped in my prior reply - that some scientists are acknowledging that the "genetics" for homosexuality is different with females than males.
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>I am not saying genetics and predisposition don't play a part. But there are arguments regarding environment, upbringing, culture, that cannot be dismissed. This is a far more complicated topic than a crude "it's not a choice, they are born that way" .

Another intriguing question is why it is such an issue?
No one seems to be doing extensive research on the question of whether or not programmers, knuckleballers, or scratch golfers are "born that way."