Nature vs. Nurture

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“Some findings, assuming they can be repeated, will not satisfy gay groups who want homosexuality to be seen as purely a genetic trait. Nor will they please commentators who see homosexuality as a choice made by "sinful" people. What they do show is human sexual behavior in all its splendid complexity.” (inspire.in.gov) Nature vs. Nurture is the debate on whether or not an individual is born homosexual or is homosexual based on who they are influenced by and the environment they are in or surrounded by. The ‘nature’ side of the nature vs. nurture debate is based on if an individual is born homosexual. The ‘nurture’ side of nature vs. nurture is if an individual is taught, influenced, or is affected someway by the environment and/or place they live in and who they live with. Either way, the individual is still homosexual.
How a child acts are the tendencies significantly swayed by genes. (inspire.in.gov) Therefore, the child or individual could be homosexual or not based on their family background or even their parents or siblings. But parents matter less than they think when it comes to the nurturing process. (inspire.in.gov) Since I grew up with two moms at my house ever since I can remember, I support gay marriage vigorously, but I myself could not picture myself being in a homosexual relationship. Never will I think homosexuality is “disgusting” or “disgraceful to mankind” either. Never will I think God hates gays or I, nor my family, will go to hell because of who we love. If sometime in the future, I come across someone the same sex as me that I truly love, I will accept that love. Although, I have never actually put thought into meeting someone the same sex as me that I find rather attractive in any way, physically or emoti...

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...oblem with humans loving other humans with the same sex? Whether we are born gay or we are influenced on whether or not we are gay by our environment, they are all humans and if you think about it, without any religion or opinions involved, we are all gay in some type of way. We are all the same.

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