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To: Qone0 who wrote (63519)	3/30/2018 3:00:44 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 354610

They are surely going to argue epigenetics. But I don't even think they have that yet.

To: Qone0 who wrote (63519)	3/30/2018 3:42:46 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 354610

>>If being gay is genetic, how was this gene passed down, as the same sex can't reproduce?<< Perhaps the gene(s) has other benefits? Hair color doesn't reproduce either, neither do thousands of other things genetically determined. Many gay people are very talented. Today, gay people can and do reproduce at will, without having to pretend to be hetero. I'm sure some of them raise their children to be gay, but I'd imagine most of them raise their kids not to be bigots.

To: Qone0 who wrote (63519)	3/30/2018 4:10:24 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 354610

You should google a bit. That has been a long standing question of interest, and one very interesting result that has been teased out is that Gay men tend to come from Mom's who have had higher # of offspring. So Gay men are a side effect of better than normal reproductive success. There is also some hints that the odds of being gay go up if you are the younger son with older brothers. Google "Gay birth order" and you will find articles on it. So its a combination of higher reproduction and coming at the end of the line. The world is a strange place, but it is best studied through science, not through the ancient mumblings that are the basis for religions.