Re: [asa] science and homosexuality

I think that many of the Christian groups opposing the gay agenda are
taking the wrong approach by having as their focus the reason that some
people have homosexual temptations. That is what the other side wants as
the central issue, and they might win if that is the issue. The reason
that one is subject to a particular temptation does not mean that
succumbing to it is not sin. Being subject to heterosexual temptations
does not excuse heterosexual sin. A genetic predisposition to alcoholism
does not mean that drunkenness is not a sin for such a person. We don't
believe that many of the tyrants of history should not be held accountable
for their actions just because they had bad childhoods. Science may some
day be able to determine the causes of homosexual orientation, but science
cannot decide whether or not a freely chosen act is sinful.

Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Debbie Mann wrote:

> In response to David Campbell's offline letter, below, about inconclusive
> scientific information as to the cause of homosexuality.
>
> I disagree that the evidence is inconclusive. There are lengthy
> bibliographies from psychology and psychiatry websites. There is some link
> to environment, but by far most cases of homosexuality appear to be
> physiological. Articles include evidence that homosexuality runs in extended
> families; that it is 50% likely that a twin will be homosexual, given that
> the first one is - even if they have been raised separately; homosexuality
> exists in many species of the animal kingdom; there are differences in the
> brains of homosexuals that do not cause different test results in any sort
> of aptitude tests.
>
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Received on Wed Jun 14 17:22:34 2006