Escape Mainstream
Many people are stigmatized for being gay because they are thought to have made a choice to be gay, which is against religion, and they should thereby be shot. However, it also says in the Bible that people who wear different kinds of cloth material in one garment should not be able to live. Gay women often have to endure all types of societal pressure and pain, due only to their sexual orientation. They might therefore enjoy a gay-friendly resort and keywest to get away. There are some great gay-friendly Caribbean vacations that lesbian women can enjoy. They include caribbean beaches and bed and breakfast for women. However, when at home, there are still several issues they have to deal with.
When the question of the origin of homosexuality arises, homosexual activists tend to resort to the often-heard refrain "I was born gay." There are even T-shirts sold at homosexual functions and bookstores that say, "Hey Mom, Thanks for the Genes." The idea that homosexuality is a predetermined condition that originates in the womb also has been increasingly embraced by society as a whole. A February 2000 Harris Poll of 1,010 randomly selected adults found that the number of people who believe "sexual orientation" "is more dependent on the genes you are born with" has increased 6 percent since 1995. Many misconceptions exist about the supposedly inborn nature of complex behaviors such as homosexuality.
Most of these are due to media reports that present scientific studies in selective sound bites. No scientific studies show an inborn cause for any such complex behaviors. In this day of shirking responsibility and blaming anything but ourselves for our actions, claims that someone is genetically or chemically structured to engage in dangerous or antisocial activities find increasing appeal. People cannot keep themselves from smoking, drinking, or even adultery, because they were born with uncontrollable proclivities. While it is true that we are born with fallen natures that incline us toward any number of vices, it is an error to contend that an inclination is "uncontrollable." We can make choices and are not hopelessly forced to engage in illicit or dangerous practices of any sort.
In 1993, geneticist Dean Hamer of the National Cancer Institute released a study that claimed to have found a genetic component to some instances of male homosexuality. That is very different from saying that he found a gene that inevitably determines that a man will be homosexual.
Hamer never claimed to have done that. He studied 40 pairs of brothers who were homosexual, and hypothesized that a certain genetic marker on the X chromosome was at least partially responsible for their homosexuality. Since men have an X and a Y chromosome, and they inherit their X chromosome from their mothers, Hamer theorized that the mother may be the carrier of the gene determining homosexuality in their sons.
It would not manifest in the mothers' lives, but they would pass that gene on to their sons. Hamer found that of the families he interviewed that had more than one son who was homosexual, a significantly larger number had a maternal uncle or a maternal aunt's son who was also homosexual than showed a paternal linkage. This would suggest a maternal linkage for male homosexuality in some cases.
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