"There's no doubt that the biological argument "works," at least in the present political climate. Support for civil rights for GLBs is highly correlated with belief that sexual orientation is biological/genetic"
Correlation doesn't prove causation, though, and I think there's a very definite tendency for heterosexuals who want to demonstrate their non-homophobia to feel obligated to assure everyone of their belief in a gay gene in order to do so.
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Date: 2006-06-09 02:01 am (UTC)Correlation doesn't prove causation, though, and I think there's a very definite tendency for heterosexuals who want to demonstrate their non-homophobia to feel obligated to assure everyone of their belief in a gay gene in order to do so.