i have to say i am impressed with the thoughfullness and sensitivity that most convey in this thread. open mindedness to learn and discuss views with one another on this topic shows a maturity that is mostly lacking on this forum. a couple weeks ago there was a documentary on gay identical twins. i was only able to see the first 20-30 minutes of it but will look for it again to air. the identicals were studied at length to try to find any differences (obviously there were none on a genetic level). the first set were males out of high school. one gay, one not. the parents were involved in the interviewing and with the whole family involved, all agreed that nothing was different in the upbringing. the gay twin recalled having zero interest in sports while his brother was into playing them all at. he said he was interested in the arts, drama, dance etc. at a very young age. i didn't get to see the next set of twin adult females which were both gay. basically, the documentary still didn't answer any of the questions difinitively that are in this thread. there was no "logical" (nurture) or "biological" (nature) answer to come out of the study as to why people were gay or straight. the statistic that was listed after they showed the first set of twins, based on all of the identical twin studies, was that if one twin is gay, there is a 50% rate of the other twin being gay. i think that was about all they could conclude. anyone else see this documentary?? kinda of made me rethink a few of the nature vs nurture ideas out there. seemed like neither was the answer. for the record, i believe a person is either going to be gay or they are not. no tangible explanations, just one of lifes beautiful mysteries that doesn't need solving.
