Dan Savage sums up the "porn makes you gay" comments by Senator Tom Coburn's chief of staff quite well. I'd just like to add a couple of things:
1. On the immutability argument: I know that most anti-gay people will argue that "it's a choice", but that's not the real issue here, is it? The real question is whether any action or behaviour or characteristic is harmful or not, and the unspoken assumption here is that being gay (sorry, "homosexual behaviour") is just that. If you accept that homosexuality isn't a problem, then it doesn't matter whether it's inborn or not. The nightmare scenario for me here is that somebody conclusively finds a "gay gene", because I don't believe for a second that conservatives will back down, shuffle away, and say, "Well darn, sure didn't think it was natural. Heck of a gene, that is." Instead, they'll turn to modern science (as they do when it suits them) and say, "Okay, let's screen it out." Sure, some might argue that the gene is proof of God's intent, but I don't think they'll be in the majority.
2. Someone else said this, but doesn't it seem like this is just hairy palms and blindness updated for a brave new homophobic world?
Monday, September 21, 2009
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