(April 15, 2015 at 7:23 am)alpha male Wrote: If people were born gay, then we would expect that when one identical twin is gay, the other would be at or near 100% of the time. Studies have been done, and that's not the result. The highest rate found is 52%, and that was with a small sample and a non-representative population. Other studies come up in the 20s, and still others in the single digits. Whatever the actual rate is, it's nowhere near what we would expect if people were born gay. The evidence indicates that there is some amount of predisposition toward homosexuality in some people, but being gay is a choice in the (rear) end.
First let me preface by saying I don't know what causes homosexuality nor do I pretend too. The following are just my thoughts.
People may not be born gay, but they may be born with the pre-disposition to become gay. Identical twins are essentially clones so if homosexuality was strictly genetic....like eye color, you'd expect that if one twin is gay, then the other would also be gay. Alpha male correctly points out, this is not the case.
Is this observation of twins enough to conclude that homosexuality is a choice? I don't believe so. There are plenty of cases where one twin develops a specific disease and the other does not. Just because two people are twins does not mean they are subject to the exact same environmental stimuli and it certainly doesn't mean they will develop in exactly the same way.
