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To: goldworldnet who wrote (341828)	1/12/2003 6:06:22 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I think your view would be the natural view of the vast majority of people, since homosexuality is not fundamentally part of human identity and since it indeed represents a philosophical threat against continued humanity. Almost no father who wishes to transmit himself into the future longs to have his son "marry" another man. He will almost always wish to have his son marry a woman because that relationship is the relationship that is the identity of all humanity. Fathers who run contrary to this human rule are natural oddities, much as are those who would kill themselves. Yet I don't think everyone would be overtly hostile to homosexuals. Many people have the ability to suspend adherence to nature so long as unnatural behavior is not forced upon them and/or set up as a possible way of life for their children. Your view re openly homosexual people in public schools is likely shared by the vast majority of humans, not mere Americans, but humans period because they reflect a fear that tacit support of an unnatural variation of behavior relevant to fundamental identity may prove faddish to their children. There exists no natural partition between homosexual behavior and heterosexual behavior. Impressionable children can (and probably do) experiment with this illness and many parents do not wish for this possibility. Even were homosexuality found to be caused genetically (which is not the case), it would give us no reason to treat it as if it were part of the fundamental identity of our species. The objective facts prove it is not. The behavior is obviously terminal to any human line attached to it, much like cancer and a host of other genetically influenced sicknesses.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (341828)	1/14/2003 12:41:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

The famous twin studies, which established a 50% genetic correlation for homosexuality, have not been replicated, and have been criticized for bias. Even if we accept them, they mean that 50% is not genetics, and we cannot be sure of the genesis of homosexual behavior in all cases. I know for my part, I have a strong preference to have my child be heterosexual, and therefore would not be happy to place him in situations where I had fear of undue influence towards homosexuality. As long as it is not an established fact that the matter is settled prior to the age of six, and therefore it is conceivable that seduction or even role- modeling could play a role, I would prefer to avoid gay scout leaders, openly gay teachers, and so forth. Furthermore, even if homosexuality were fixed at an early age, I would not care for an extrapolation that said that one couldn't help it if one were promiscuous, or a pedophile, or whatever. It seems to me better to leave these topics to more age appropriate settings, like high school, rather than promoting undue speculation about sexuality when children are very young........