There were a few diaries last night on the
NY Times story about a genetic discovery about sexual orientation in Fruit flies. It's an interesting development in that it would be just one more proof that Homosexuals are "born" into society, not made by it like Christian Conservatives believe...
...The observing scientist looked with disbelief at the show, for the suitor in this case was not a male, but a female that researchers had artificially endowed with a single male-type gene.
That one gene, the researchers are announcing today in the journal Cell, is apparently by itself enough to create patterns of sexual behavior - a kind of master sexual gene that normally exists in two distinct male and female variants.
In a series of experiments, the researchers found that females given the male variant of the gene acted exactly like males in courtship, madly pursuing other females. Males that were artificially given the female version of the gene became more passive and turned their sexual attention to other males...
...One theory that I've had for a while, & have never seen discussed is that
maybe homosexuality is a genetic population control in species? A way of keeping the population from growing out of control?
If you stand back & look at species in a macro-view, the purpose of sex is the continuation of species, reproduction & continued existence. I've heard & read that Humans & Dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. I have no idea how scientists know this since, to my knowledge, they've never been able to talk to a bear or rat to ask them about their sexual feelings.
Also, how do they explain something like this:
Homosexuality is seen in other species. I remember reading about it in bird populations. It always made sense to me that homosexuality may be a genetic way of helping to keep a population under control. If 10-20% of the population isn't reproducing, that helps prevent a species from breeding to the point of extinction like deer. It's not fullproof, but it could act as a speedbump to slow down an exponential population explosion.
I'm sure that the kool-aid drinkers on the right will never accept the genetic origin of homosexuality, but it seems to be part of "God's Design".