Les,
I never seriously that someone being gay is because they were stung by a bee or an ant. That was only to point out that the reason someone may be gay is that there was something that altered their thinking. I also said if it was genetic that something triggered the alteration of the gene.
If it was genetic, then homosexuality would run in the family, and I'm sure we all know that is not the case.
I do believe that some people have a genetic condition that leaves them with a predisposition for alcholiszm, and perhaps other addictions. but the trigger is taking that first drink, or the first dose of drugs. So nobody is born an alcholic or a drug addict, they actually have to work at it and a predisposition just makes it easier for them to get hooked on something. But that is a chemical dempendancy, while being gay is not a chemical dependacy and it is not heretitary. If there is a gay gene, we all have it and remains dormant for heterosexuals, and may account for why some people perceive that they are born heterosexuals. If I say that if we are born with the insticts to be heterosexual, then why are some people gay, and some bi-sexual???
I do not currently know any gay people, but asking them why the prefer same-sex relationships is pointless since they don't know why either? If it was that simple, the scientist would just ask the gay why, and they would have the difinitive answer, strait from the horses mouth?
Some gays also state they were normal heterosexuals and later changed to gay. That would support the "Born heterosexual" argument, but destroys th "Born gay" argument. Some gays have been married for a long time before they become gay, but if they were born gay, they would have recognized they were gay as soon as they started to become sexually active.
In ancient Rome and Greece, it was common for men to use young boys as sex partners as well as women. Where thy gay, or bi-sexual or pediphiles? Where they breading generations of gays?? No, it was a social norm and it was an accepted practice during that time as well as were both homosexual and heterosexual orgies.
So we are still back where we started, no proof for either theory. But in the end, it does not matter what makes people gay, they are still citizens of this country and should be accorded all the rights and freedoms that we all have. After all, that;s what started this whole thing, and I don't really see anymore point in arguing about it.
...Rich