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- From: dwells@lonestar.utsa.edu (Darren . Wells)
- Subject: Re: Oprah 11/19
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.191214.10816@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:12:14 GMT
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- In article <1ei2lhINN4dh@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> ttk@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
- (the troglodyte killer) writes:
- >
- >>1) I believe that whether a person is gay or straight depends on genetics.
- >>Therefore, when a person is born, it has already been determined...being
- >>gay is not "learned behavior that one can change" as the religious fanatics
- >>would have us believe. Is this belief correct?
- >
- > I strongly believe that this is not so. My parents are both
- >heterosexual-to-the-hilt and homophobic to boot. I was pretty
- >much the same 'till I was 17 or so and started making some
- >decisions about my sexuality. If there's some sort of genetic
- >disposition towards queer sexuality, I'd think it would show up
- >before then or at least show up in my parents (or their parents).
- > I'm making some assumptions here, though, and I have no
- >references to draw upon but my own experiences, so I may be
- >(gasp!) wrong.
-
- Interesting that you describe both of your parents as homphobic.
- From what my Abnormal Psychology prof said about the topic, when
- a person entertains the thought of having sex with a MOTSS, and it
- appeals to hir, but then hir moral beliefs come stomping in and
- spit out a very powerful "NO!", that person is very likely to be
- homophobic later, because when sie sees MOTSS relationships, a part
- of hir brain is reminded that 1) I am attracted to MOTSS, and 2)
- according to my moral convictions/religious beliefs/etc that is WRONG
- and I will burn in hell for it, so I am uncomfortable looking at it.
- So uncomfortable that I will squash it wherever I see it.
-
- I'm not saying that your parents are LBG, but it would provide an
- interesting twist. And from what info I have (admittedly very little)
- about them, it does sound plausible.
-
- *evil chuckle*
-
- > Yeah, that and the CO-2 has really turned me off to the
- >place.. :-( A pity, 'cuz me and Anne were thinking of moving
- >there.
-
- I was too, because it is such a beautiful part of the country. *pout*
-
- Just some random ramblings, on my day off, when I can afford to sit
- in front of a computer and spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars
-
- Darren
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