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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (Gordon E. Banks)
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Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
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Date: 5 Dec 90 15:57:24 GMT
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In article <660405383@lear.cs.duke.edu> gazit@duke.cs.duke.edu (Hillel Gazit) writes:
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>What difference does it make if gay are born this way, 
>or they are made this way, or they choose to be this way?
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>Why does it have any importance?

If they are born gay, then they are only acting in accordance with
their nature and it is harder to blame them for their actions.
(Of course, I suppose you could claim that it is their duty
to overcome their natural tendancy, but that is asking a lot more.)
If they choose to be that way, then those who feel that their
actions are inappropriate and immoral can blame them for voluntarily
choosing their behavior.  Of course the group that believes they
are acting immorally also tends to believe that they chose to
do so, so it probably won't change many minds in the end one
way or another.