Omni Wrote:To the people who said that they believe the old sayings that "men should only marry women", let me ask you this:
Things are constantly changing. A while back, black-people were considered as the minorities, this was before MLK Jr took a stand. Now white + black people are treated as equals. If something like that is possible, what makes you guys think that homosexuals cannot live in peace and be treated as equals as heterosexuals? Note, I am heterosexual, and not like I'm defending either side of the argument, but I want to know why you think things cannot change. Because I know fair well that being open-minded about change is extremely important, it can happen.
I'm deeply in love with my black fur Siamese cat. I have sex with her on a daily basis and we connect on a level that transcends human conversation. Our love is pure, genuine, and true. I chose to love her and I want to marry her. Many people mock me and discriminate me believing that animals are not capable of loving humans. But that is only because they refuse to be be open and understanding with them. I often carry sophisticated and loving conversations with my cat. I am sick of being discriminated against as a minority. I want to know why I can't marry my pet who I am deeply in love with. It's not enough to love my pet. We need to legally marry to show how much we love one another and to receive are right dues for being a married couple.
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In the state of New Jersey Civil Unions are allowed.
[/SIZE]Wikipedia Wrote:On October 25, 2006, the Supreme Court of New Jersey gave New Jersey lawmakers 180 days to rewrite the state's marriage laws, either including same-sex couples or creating a new system of civil unions for them. On December 14 the Legislature passed a bill establishing civil unions in New Jersey, which was signed into law by Governor Jon Corzine on December 21, 2006. The first civil unions took place on February 19, 2007.[38]
There are differences between civil unions and domestic partnerships. In 2004, the state of New Jersey enacted a domestic partnership law, offering certain limited rights and benefits to same-sex and different-sex couples. In 2006, however, after a state Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples must be extended all the rights and benefits of marriage, the Legislature passed a civil unions law, effective in 2007, which fulfills the court's ruling.
Early fixation hypothesis can be simplified down to additive gene function. For example, when your body needs proteins it has ribosomes that hold DNA in place to form the protein complex. The DNA usually contains repeat sequences that encode for the protein. Therefore the more proteins necessary, the more the DNA sequence has a repeat sequence. Usually in order for survival, the body needs at least a minimum number of functional proteins.
The same theory can be applied possibly towards hormones and the gay hypothesis. The DNA could contain a repeat sequence of too many hormone related compounds that could result in being "gay." Again this probably has a specific quantitative limit as specified by the body so that if it's origin is genetic, then the sexuality can be determined based on analyzing the genome shortly after birth.
As for the second theory which is imprinting / critical period, that theory is absurd and ridiculous. It is psychological and not genetic. To be fair the ratio of heterosexuals to homosexuals if this theory were true should be at least 50% and should have a skew towards homosexuals as the mother is primarily responsible for taking care of the developing child. Therefore it is her traits that the baby should emulate.
I glanced over the last couple of theories because imprinting is such absolute crock that I stopped treating the explanations seriously. I still don't believe that there are gay genes.