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In article <1el5kcINNg14@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
|> >At what age does the typical gay male know that he is gay?  I would think that
|> >at ages 11-12-13 or so, boys are just beginning to find out who/what they are.
|> >I doubt they can make a lifetime decision at that age.
|> 
|> You are speaking as if boys actually *decide* to become gay or not.  You
|> seem to be saying that homosexuality is some sort of lifestyle choice.
|> This has not been substantiated by research.  Instead, it seems that humans
|> (the population on the whole) caontain a wide spectrum of all sexualtieis.
|> Some people are purely gay wihle others are purely straight.  Most people,
|> though, are somewhere in between.
|> 
|> And, I also don't see how you think of this "decision" as a "lifetime
|> decision."  Are you saying that once a person has sex with someone of
|> the same gender, that they cannot still have a family and a "normal" (by
|> your definition) life?
|> 
|> keith

Obviously I did not say what I meant to say.  I have gotten several replies to
my posting above in the same vein at this one.  I would like to clarify ...

NO, I do not believe that gays *decide* to become gay.  I decidedly believe the
opposite.

My posting was in response to a suggestion made that the controversy over 
gays and scouting be remedied by establishing a gay troop.  I think that is 
a terrible idea because most boys of 11-13 are emotionally/sexually immature 
and are still discovering who/what they are and should not be separated on
sexual orientation lines.

The *decision* I meant was simply the one to join or not join the gay troop.


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