[letmein]

Originally Posted by BB_Eye

I think it's important that gay people don't fear the suggestion that upbringing is a part of their sexuality (there really is no black and white answer to this as nature and nurture are so closely intertwined). This reminds me of the time the lesbian writer Julie Bindel got a serious backlash from the gay community for daring to suggest "if we really wanted to be straight, we would be".

Personally, I think it needed to be said. There is a whole world out there of differing worldviews, personalities, aesthetic tastes and religious views (or lack thereof). Therefore, even if we had any measure of control over our sexual preference, then so what? Take ownership of it. Why so anxious to reassure the moral majority that 'okay my taste in partners might seem disgusting to you, but it's not my fault... honest'? To me, same sex partners are infinitely preferable to those of the opposite sex. That's how inclinations work. It might not be a 'choice', but I dislike that word anyway as it presupposes that old Catholic misnomer; 'free will'.

No. There is science, and then there is bigotry. It's not up for debate. People who think homosexuality is learned, and/or can be "cured", are bigots. End of discussion.