I had to write a two page paper on this topic and I'd just like to share my views.
Dictionary.com defines homosexuality as sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own
sex.” This means that a person would not only have the desire, but as
postulated by the definition, a homosexual will have sexual behavior or
activities with a person of their own sex. Clearly, a person cannot be born
like this.
The majority of homosexuals believe they were born "gay” because
this belief often supplies them with comfort, relieving them of any
responsibility to change. This belief is also used to justify the actions of
homosexuals. However, there is no solid scientific evidence that people are
born homosexual. The overwhelming majority of gay people are completely normal
genetically. They are fully male or female.
In the article “This is the way God Made Me ” Harrub et al suggested that “Skin color and other genetic traits can be traced through
inheritance patterns and simple Mendelian genetics. Homosexuals are
identified not by a trait or a gene, but rather by their actions. Without
the action, they would be indistinguishable from all other people. It is
only when they alter their behavior that they become a group that is recognized
as being different.”
The article also continues to say that “it is not scientifically
accurate to refer to a “gay gene” as the causative agent in
homosexuality. The available evidence clearly establishes that no such
gene has been identified. Additionally, evidence exists which documents
that homosexuals can change their sexual orientation.”
If
even the alleged “gay gene” existed, it cannot account for homosexual behavior
completely. Sarah Knapton (2014) indicated that “Homosexuality is only partly genetic with sexuality mostly based on environmental and social
factors, scientists believe. A study found that, while gay men shared similar
genetic make-up, it only accounted for 40 per cent of the chance of a man being
homosexual.” This means that there is a 60 percent chance that a man with the “gay
gene” will not be homosexual. In fact the scientist that found the alleged “gay
genes” cannot give account for homosexual behavior in females. There is no “gay
genes” found in females. So how then, do females become homosexual or “lesbian?”
What is responsible for homosexuality is females?
Sarah
Knapton (2014) also quoted that “environmental
factors were likely to have the biggest impact on homosexuality…Environment
means anything that is not in our DNA at birth, and that includes a lot of
stuff that is not social.”
Homosexuality may have some genetic influences, but like
all other genetic traits, or influences, having them is not really a problem,
but rather acting on them. For example, a person can have the genetic trait of
athletic abilities, that person may have the desire to become athletic, but the
desire in itself does not make that person athletic. To become athletic, the
person must choose to perform athletic activities.
