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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (134835)	4/2/2001 8:13:56 PM
From: haqihana	Respond to of 769667

Tom, What does "hard over" mean in the context that you have used it??

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (134835)	4/2/2001 8:40:19 PM
From: CVJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

T.A.W. There is a third possibility re homosexuality that I read some time ago, that doesn't require a genetic or choice creation. The crux of the article was that some chemical influence at the right moment in the gestation period can change some group of brain cells that control sexual preference or prevent the preference for an opposite sex from expressing it's influence somehow. which results in an individual being homosexual. The DNA of the reproductive genes is not altered and that allows for a homosexual man and/or woman to become the physical parent of a non-homosexual child. It may be, according to the article I read, just a post-conception accident of chemistry and bad timing. Homosexuals certainly appear to have as strong or stronger a sex "drive" as hetero's, but is only misdirected from a procreation standpoint. I don't know if I can completely believe that explanation any more than others that have been proffered, but it makes more sense to me than pure choice or pure genetics. If the article is correct, I hope the scientists can identify all the conditions that "cause" homosexuality and possibly learn to prevent most of it and spare the world of most of the bitterness and anguish associated with homosexuality. The article was recalled thanks to your "shades of grey" remark and hopefully will shed a candlepower or two on the subject. As best I recall, the article was in "Science Digest" several years ago and as it is a weekly magazine, combing thru a pile of several hundred issues is way beyond my enthusiasm; besides that may not even be the correct publication. Chas