Re: [omcf] Re: ncr: really random question
From: "Keith P. Mears" <kthulu@COMTECK.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Mon
15 Oct 2001 15:33:39 -0500
Why do you think it's NOT genetic, though?  There is TONS of research out there that suggest that there's a very good chance it IT genetic (just check Tara's post, she included a few links).  And while I've already stated that I personally had to make the FIRST choice to drink, after that it was pretty much out of my hands.
 
Also, genetics does mean it is in your blood, but you must also realize that the "gay gene", if it in fact exists, would be just like any other, meaning it could be a gene that is merely CARRIED, like color-blindness (which I am ALSO well versed in, since I AM color blind).  Women are almost always merely carriers of the color-blindness (I think the chances that women actually ARE color blind are something like 1 in a trillion), while men, if they receive the gene, will almost always be color blind.
 
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From: Alexis M
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Subject: [omcf] Re: ncr: really random question

Ok choice was probably the wrong word for what I am trying to get at.  But in a way, both are choices.  You have to first make the choice to drink or "experiment" with homosexuality.  Then, most are hooked afterward.  But what I am trying to say, strictly IMO, is that I think it's NOT genetic.  You can't help it to drink, and you can't help it to be homosexual, but is it necessarily in your genetic make-up?  To be genetic it would have to be passed down, am I correct on that?  That means it would have to be in your blood line? (I could be confusing it with something else, that's why I'm asking)  You can come from a family of alcoholics and not be one yourself, and visa versa.  Same with homsexuality.
Someone could be straight/sober throughout their life, but then in one likeable experience, their outlook can be changed.  And I know it can't be helped.  As I've said, you can't help who/what you are in love with.  That's feelings, but genetics? To me, no.

I am in no way trying to bash people with this believe because, honestly, I CAN see how it can be genetic.  But the whole choice in the beginning factor comes into play here.