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  1. Newsgroups: hsv.general
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!tribe!kenney
  3. From: kenney@tribe.b17d.ingr.com (David Kenney)
  4. Subject: Re: Homosexual Rights
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov17.203209.21057@infonode.ingr.com>
  6. Sender: usenet@infonode.ingr.com (Usenet Administrator)
  7. Reply-To: kenney@tribe.b17d.ingr.com
  8. Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama
  9. References: <6422.2B0603BE@umagic.FIDONET.ORG> <9V1auB2w161w@cdthq.UUCP> <1992Nov17.140522.28537@b11.b11.ingr.com> <1992Nov17.173534.5906@b8.b8.ingr.com>
  10. Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:32:09 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Nov17.173534.5906@b8.b8.ingr.com>, tj@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins) writes:
  14. |>
  15. |> There is growing scientific evidence that homosexuality has a 
  16. |> biological basis; i.e. they really are born that way.
  17.  
  18. I don't wish to speak for or against this point right now, just that
  19. I don't understand it.  Maybe my understanding of genetics is flawed.
  20. Anyway, if we assume people that are genetically predisposed to
  21. homosexuality have even slightly less children than people genetically
  22. predisposed to heterosexuality, wouldn't the "homosexual genes" disappear
  23. after a few thousand years at most?  Yet, I have heard claims that the
  24. percentage of homosexuals have remained fairly constant throughout history.
  25.  
  26. Or are these supposed "biological" factors non-genetic, like maybe tempature
  27. of the mother's womb or something?
  28.  
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  31. David Kenney                                       kenney@tribe.b17d.ingr.com
  32.