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   Faggots choose to be gay.  This is just another smoke screen to   
   try and make faggots seem normal.  Men who eat their own shit   
   are not normal.  They are sick animals who belong in mental   
   institutions.   
      
   Homosexuality is only partly genetic with sexuality mostly based   
   on environmental and social factors, scientists believe.   
      
   A study found that, while gay men shared similar genetic make-   
   up, it only accounted for 40 per cent of the chance of a man   
   being homosexual.   
      
   But scientists say it could still be possible to develop a test   
   to find out if a baby was more likely to be gay.   
      
   In the most comprehensive study of its kind, Dr Michael Bailey,   
   of Northwestern University, has been studying 400 sets of twins   
   to determine if some men are genetically predisposed to being   
   gay.   
      
   The study found that gay men shared genetic signatures on part   
   of the X chromosome - Xq28.   
      
   Dr Bailey said: “Sexual orientation has nothing to do with   
   choice. Our findings suggest there may be genes at play – we   
   found evidence for two sets that affect whether a man is gay or   
   straight.   
      
   “But it is not completely determinative; there are certainly   
   other environmental factors involved. “The study shows that   
   there are genes involved in male sexual orientation.   
      
   “Although this could one day lead to a pre-natal test for male   
   sexual orientation, it would not be very accurate, as there are   
   other factors that can influence the outcome.”   
      
   Dr Alan Sanders, associate Professor of Psychiatry at   
   Northwestern University, who led the study said that it was it   
   was an 'oversimplification’ to suggest there was a 'gay gene.’   
      
   “We don’t think genetics is the whole story. It’s not. We have a   
   gene that contributes to homosexuality but you could say it is   
   linked to heterosexuality. It is the variation.”   
      
   The study builds on work by Dr Dean Hamer from the US National   
   Cancer Institute in 1993 who also found an area of the x   
   chromosome that he believed was linked to male sexual   
   orientation.   
      
   Last year Canadian scientists found that the more older male   
   siblings a man has, the greater change he will be gay.   
      
   They believe that the immune response produced by a pregnant   
   mother increases with each son, increasing the odds of producing   
   more feminine traits in the developing brain of the foetus.   
      
   Each older brother raised the odds that a man was homosexual by   
   one third.   
      
   Researchers at the University of California believe that   
   homosexuality can be explained by the presence of epi-marks —   
   temporary switches that control how our genes are expressed   
   during gestation and after birth.   
      
   Daryl Bem, a social psychologist at Cornell University, has   
   suggested that the influence of biological factors on sexual   
   orientation may be mediated by experiences in childhood. A   
   child’s temperament predisposes the child to prefer certain   
   activities over others.   
      
   Interestingly no similar genes have been discovered which   
   influence female homosexuality.   
      
   “No-body has found something like this in women,” he added.   
      
   Dr Bailey said environmental factors were likely to have the   
   biggest impact on homosexuality.   
      
   He added: “Don’t confuse “environmental” with “socially   
   acquired.” Environment means anything that is not in our DNA at   
   birth, and that includes a lot of stuff that is not social.”   
      
   Richard Lane, of Stonewall, said that while studies into the   
   origins of homosexuality have yet to produce firm evidence, they   
   do to point to a biological root.   
      
   He said: 'The thing that’s consistent across all of them is that   
   they all point to sexual orientation being something fundamental   
   to a person rather than the lifestyle choice some opponents of   
   equality repeatedly suggest.’   
      
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10637532/Being-   
   homosexual-is-only-partly-due-to-gay-gene-research-finds.html   
      
       
      
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