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In k12.ed.science you write:

> 
>I read your article on homosexuality.   I am getting back to you
>because I agree with your views on homosexuality.  I also feel that
>it is a choice that people make to become gay or straight.  I do
>not feel in any way that the desire to be gay is something you are
>born with.  I feel that there are rare cases in which a person's
>chromosomal make-up is messed up, but as I said, these cases, I
>feel, are extremely rare.

I guess that I couldn't say whether homosexuality is
a choice or is dictated by chromosones or whatever.  But
I would never say it is the result of "messed up" chromosones.
Homosexuality has long been a part of humanity.  The Greeks
found it beautiful and some Native American peoples accepted
it as a part of life for some men and women.  Not everyone
is homosexual, that's okay with me too.


>I also have another strong opinion about
>what causes a person to choose a homosexual lifestyle.  I feel in
>most cases, if not all, that homosexual tendencies stem from a
>sexually abusive background.  In every case that I have heard of,
>this has been the case.  I am not saying that every sexually abused
>person turns to a gay lifestyle, but isn't it possible that a
>sexually abused person could be more susceptible to be confused
>with their own sexual identity?

Hmmm, interesting point.  Actually though, it is not
totally true.  Four of my friends are open about their
homosexuality.  One man did have an abusive father.  Two
of my friends did not have abusive parents, and the fourth
I've never talked to about her family.  What are the
statistics on this?  I don't really know.  Still, I would
say that if a person who was abused is able to find love,
then that is good, regardles of the gender of the
person who gives love.

> I feel that
>homosexuality is in every case immoral.  Instead of being accepted
>it should be treated!  Homosexuality is a mental disorder (as far
>as I believe).

Why immoral?  I do not believe my friends, who contribute
to their communities and who care for others are immoral.
Immorality is found only in people who close their minds
or who refuse to accept others on their own terms.

-M. Vincent Busenbark
(by the way, I don't think this particular network is
the best place to discuss the issue of homosexuality,
but I could not sit quietly by after seeing so many
letters expressing the opinion that a loving lifestyle is
immoral.  I do think that this is a subject teachers
should discuss though, since it is one we will face in
our classrooms as youths start coming to terms with
who they are)