Homosexuality is highly correlated to childhood abuse. Scientific evidence provides no support that people are born gay.
Among women, 80% of those who have same-sex attraction were abused in some way when a child. Thus, sexual development becomes disrupted. Healthy relationships and trust in males fail to develop.
Among men, many young boys are initially attracted to other boys but as their development progresses, they like women. For some boys, however, this progress does not happen for varied reasons, including sexual encounters with other males. Gay adults who address these issues can many times resume their normal development.
The American Psychological Association has stated that “no findings have emerged that permit scientists to conclude that sexual orientation is determined by any factor or set of factors. . . . Nature and nurture both play complex roles." Two researchers at Columbia University have said, “The assertion that homosexuality is genetic … must be dismissed out of hand as a general principle of psychology.”
Thus, there is no gay gene. Also, society should be very cautious in normalizing a behavior that many times stems from abuse. For more info and citations go here.
What Percentage of People Are Born Gay?
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Thanks for the post! As a Latter-day Saint who has been abused as a child and come out of homosexuality, I couldn't agree more.
I know my case isn't unique and am trying to do my part to share my message, much to the dismay of the gay rights agenda. Thanks,
Well, I am so glad to hear. God bless you!
Thomas,
May I respectfully disagree with several of your conclusions.
First, your claim that Homosexuality is highly correlated to childhood abuse. As evidence you claim that 80% of women who have SSA were abused. I would ask you to provide the reference to this study. The citation in Elder Hafen's talk references only an audio CD. I have never, ever, heard this before and would be interested to see the peer-reviewed research on this.
Second, the church's offical stance as stated in "God loveth his Children" is that, "Innocent mischief early in life does not predispose a youth toward same-gender attraction as an adult." The argument that experimentation causes homosexuality has been rejected by the church and I find it odd that Elder Hafen has reiterated that it does.
Third, your claim that there is no "gay gene" is supported by two quotes, the first by the APA does not rule out some form of genetic link to sexual orientation, and second by a quote taken out of context from a study performed at Columbia University Researchers. The entire quote reads, "Homosexual orientation results from interaction of many factors, including genetic influences in varying degrees across individuals… The assertion that homosexuality is genetic is so reductionist that it must be dismissed out of hand as a general principle of psychology. (Friedman and Downey)" The researchers do not say that there is no genetic link, only that to say that genes are the ONLY influence is to reduce the complexity of sexuality so far, that it must be dismissed.
I do not mean to cause contention, but as a law student you would agree that accurate citations are essential to ones argument. You do not cite the direct supporting evidence for your claims, only a talk given by Elder Hafen, who has his own citation problems, perpetuating the false claims.
Please be more careful in the future when making claims, and use actual evidence to support them when you do.
Thomas, if you are a law student then you should know to check your sources and citations thoroughly. It does not appear that you have done that. If you had, you could not honestly have written what you did. As a lawyer of some years' experience, let me give you some professional advice. You must do a better job of research and objective analysis of both sides of an issue on any test, brief, memo or case, or else your grades and your career will suffer.
Please review the following analyses and then consider whether you should revise your post:
http://www.feministmormonhousewives.org/?p=2657
http://openskyvisions.blogspot.com/2009/09/rhetoric-of-elder-hafens-evergreen.html
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