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Article #139468Re: Halifax Pride Festival gets "Hallmark" status
From: James Warren
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:49
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:49
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demibee wrote: > On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:41:27 +0000, Wayne Hines wrote: > >> Does evolution "weed out" genetic defects? > > It would weed out anyone who doesn't "fit" the environment. If > homosexuality were a danger to a group, I would think that groups > *without* homosexuals would thrive in comparison and slowly become the > norm. But that didn't happen. > > > db DB is right. Homosexuality stays in the gene pool because it is at worst benign. It probably has a small positive effect to balance the small negative effect on reproduction. Otherwise, as DB suggests, it would fade out. -- jw "Science is a candle in the dark" - Carl Sagan.
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