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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 21:17:03 CDT
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- 3 Jan 1993 21:10:00 EST from WKIMLER@DREW.DREW.EDU
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- From: Robert Moss <SPRG0002@TULSAJC.BITNET>
- Subject: Uncl: homosexuality and genetics
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- *** Resending note of 01/03/93 20:13
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- From Billy...
- In the year just past there was some scientific discussion as to
- whether or not homosexuality was a genetic or physical trait. I'm not
- sure s to the exact details but one of the studies indicated that the
- size andor shape of the brains of homosexual men were different than that
- of he erosexual men. But as far as I can recall, the studies were still
- inconclusive.
-
- Supposing that homosexuality is a genetic trait (such as having
- blue eyes or blonde hair) would you out there, who feel homosexual feelings
- and actions are immoral, reconsider your thoughts on the discrimination
- laws in Colorado and other places?
-
- From Robert...
- There have also been similar studies concerning predisposition to violent
- crime. Should we also reconsider our thoughts on rape, assault and
- murder? Can we have different standards of conduct for different genetic
- tendencies? One of the main purposes of law is to maintain an orderly
- society. I believe that when we begin to bend the rules we simultaneously
- degrade the results. That is one reason I am opposed to laws that would
- differentiate between murder for money and murder for race, etc. The act
- is wrong and should be punished in like manner, to do otherwise is to
- devalue one of the victims.
-
- An action carries certain results, should it matter *why* the action was
- taken? Granted, some have more trouble than others when trying to not
- beat their wife, shoplift, commit incest with their children or kill
- innocent bystanders. The answer is not to be found in diminishing the
- punishment for unacceptable actions, but instead in helping these people
- to understand the nature of their wrongful desires and thereby overcoming
- them. After the fact, justice demands absolutely equal treatment.
-
- This entire EXCUSE approach defies the existence of absolute right and
- wrong. It also flushes the concept of responsibility right down the
- krapper.
-
- From Billy...
- Would religious beliefs and doctrines need to be updated? Obviously
- you cannot call something which is genetic sinful.
-
- From Robert...
- Religious beliefs and doctrines that are based upon unaltering truth should
- never be updated. That is not to say that there have never been errors in
- man's handling of the Word.
-
- Your genetic makeup is absolutely beyond your personal control, your actions
- are not. Therefore your genetics cannot be sinful but your actions may.
-
- ---Robert
-