Homosexuality, Nature or Nurture?

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Homosexuality, Nature or Nurture?

Homosexuality has become a large issue in our lives today. Gay Rights

activists have been making their voices heard; this has attracted the

attention of the population making them take notice of their cause.

The church has not been able to get away from the powerful political

and social pressure of homosexuality. Some churches have accepted

homosexuality but many still do not accept homosexuals, saying it is

unnatural and not what 'god' intended of man. The church claims that

what ever decision has been made, it has been done so on the basis of

Christian moral principles. The Old Testament clearly forbids

homosexual practices and in Leviticus 20:13 it reads:

"If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman,

both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put

to death."

(Pyne, 1992, http://www.probe.org/docs/homosex1.html)

To address the issue of whether homosexuality derives from biological

determinism (nature) or from the influences experienced from the

environment around them (nurture), in 1973 the APA (American

psychiatric Association) through much pressure from the Gay Rights

Activists, classified homosexuality under the heading of sexual

orientation disturbance. Sexual orientation refers to an individual's

sexual attraction towards persons of a particular gender.

Heterosexuals show this attraction to members of the opposite sex,

homosexuals show it to members who are the same sex. According to

Gross, McIlveen, Coolican, Clamp and Russell, 2000, three to four

percent of men are exclusively homosexual compared to around one

percent of women. Acc...

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