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February 6, 2012
Gay Choice? Yet More "Settled Science" That Is Becoming Unsettled
In 1993 geneticist Dean Hamer studied pairs of brotherswho were very loosely defined as “exclusively or mostly” homosexual. He claimed to find a pattern in a specific region of the X chromosome that such brothers seemed to disproportionately share. This was widely trumpeted in the media as the landmark discovery of a “gay gene.” But Hamer and others failed to subsequently replicate his results. In fact, a 1999 Canadian study contradicted them. Hamer is a gay man who has reportedly stated he hoped his research would help end intolerance toward homosexuals. He also later claimed he’d discovered the “God gene,” so take whatever he says with a grain of DNA. --Homosexuality: What’s Choice Got to Do With it? - Taki's Magazine
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 6, 2012 12:48 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Hard-wired homosexuals probably aren't caused by genetics, but early gestational accidents. A lot can happen in the first month, and a lot does. There is a pharmaceutical riot going on in there at all times.
An abnormal number of German Homosexuals were born in 1945.
Posted by: james wilson at February 6, 2012 10:07 PM