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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:21 PM Original message |
Why are people gay? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because they love popcorn. And I hope they'll share. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Good thing I have a large supply |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. well, *somebody* has to fabulous. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Ding! Ding! |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Best answer. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
138. Right on! |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
147. Especially if his name *is* Gay. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. come on now, being "light hearted and carefree" is a lifestyle choice don't ya know |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. there are two distinct evolutionary possibilities |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. That is interesting |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I don't think there has been |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Just a little hint... |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. There's another theory that posits that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Don't forget the clues in paleo linguistics |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. That's interesting, but I'm not sure it's related to gay brothers. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
171. Man the producer? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #58 |
145. That is very interesting. I had not heard that. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #145 |
172. No evidence, but it makes evolutionary sense. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #145 |
201. I think there are/were plenty of cultures where homosexuality and transves- |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. I don't understand the first one, so I wrote a bloody long post about it. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
90. There are studies of birds and species in which sisters or siblings assist the mother |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Great. More stuff I don't understand. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #98 |
105. Since many social groups in animal consist of siblings |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #105 |
199. No, that's still not complete. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #199 |
208. many biological species are mult-sexual from what I have read |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #199 |
219. Heterosexuals, largely, pass the gene on, as it helps them to have some gay people in the family... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #199 |
265. If it is genetic it's very likely that it is not a single gene but a complex |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #199 |
287. Think a bit broader on "passing the genes" |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #105 |
207. not all gay men are effeminate, either |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #207 |
263. I realized after I wrote that effeminate was not really the proper term |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #98 |
205. I don't know that one can asume that gay folks have no desire to reproduce |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #205 |
286. Yeah, I realize that, but the inclination over a million years |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #98 |
284. I don't know what the statistic are but aren't most gay people born to |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
109. Wrong from the get go. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #109 |
154. Another way of saying that is: evolution cares about *genes* |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #154 |
203. "traits not caused directly by genes, but by genes being activated by conditions in the womb." |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #203 |
224. How does any gene which prevents an individual from reproducing continue in the species? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #224 |
238. Recessive genes.... |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #238 |
239. Of course, but he doesn't seem to want to acknowledge them. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #239 |
266. Eh? Not quite so simple. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #224 |
262. Epigenetic traits work exactly this way |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #109 |
221. +1 |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #62 |
146. Very interesting read |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
258. Natural selection doesn't care about the individual. It cares about the gene set. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
74. There are more distinct possibilities. See my post #68. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
116. I do believe that there's a genetic link. I have several gay and lesbian family members |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #116 |
269. I love this answer... |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
120. Thank you for answering the OP. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
163. No access to the source right now, but I also recall reading that |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why,no one knows yet. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why are people straight? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. In fairness no it isn't |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Maybe there's more to life than passing on genetic material |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. there certainly is from a fullfillment standpoint |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
210. the irony here is that I have many gay friends, male and female, with kids! |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #210 |
230. depends on how those kids came into being |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. The question wasn't stupid except to simple minds. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. It's a stupid question. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. actually I would be amazed if there isn't some evolutionary theory |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
64. "People are born the way they are?" Wow, not a thinker are you? Read Darwin! |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
126. "Scientific enlightenment BAD! Intellectual curiosity hurt Hulk's head!" |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
139. Actually, eye color is directly related to the genes of the parents - and |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
144. Who would ever want to know why someone has brown eyes? |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
165. the cliche is usually |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
274. And we shouldn't ask why? |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
289. derp derp |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
121. Well, people are straight to encourage hetero recombination of DNA in offspring. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #121 |
288. A more-basic question would be why did evolution decide that |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 06:40 AM Response to Reply #288 |
296. Probably for the benefits provided by two caregivers, rather than one. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
137. Not really. Heterosexuality has a direct link to species survival. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. You mean what is the evolutionary advantage? |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Thanks for responding directly to the OP. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why are people? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Who says it's not evolutions way of population control? |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
85. +1 |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
132. heh.. . . Or *GOD'S* way of birth control. . |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #132 |
209. any 'God' I'd believe in would care more for how we take care of Earth than about the sex we have. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
196. for real |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because human children require a lot of resources to rear them to adulthood |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. +1, great answer nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. Genetics. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why are you straight? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. In a right handed world why is a fairly consistent percentage of people left handed? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
244. Ooh, how sinister! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
270. My aunt is one of those that got her knuckles hit by rulers |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
278. Training? |
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whyverne (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Everything that can happen does happen. n/t |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
170. That explains the floating, glowing wombat speaking Ukrainian in my bedroom last night. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #170 |
187. Sounds like a relative of Oscar |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. Being gay doesn't stop a person from wanting children |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. There are 4 causes |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
81. No |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #81 |
159. I never got mine |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #159 |
193. Oh |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #193 |
228. Oh! so THAT's why that came. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. I know more than a few gay people with kids. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. My mom has 3 |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I remember you mentioned this. I have other friends with gay moms or dads. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. from an evolutionary standpoint |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Why wouldn't adoption count? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. evolution wants you to pass on your own genes |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Gotcha. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
110. Meh, close enough. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:43 AM Response to Reply #44 |
271. From a strictly evolutionary standpoint, |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
71. Well, the earlier straight marriages would presumebly because society... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Or they could be bisexual. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
148. If you read my question, I said less of a chance |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #148 |
204. You're funny! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #148 |
212. I think the answer to your question is incredibly more complex that some of |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. Life really doesn't matter. It's all random mutations that either survive or kill. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. "as long as gay's don't bother straights and come on to straights" |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. "Spoken from a place of unearned heterosexual privilege." |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I think you should "get it" without having it explained... |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
79. Explain it so I will get it - if you can? |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #79 |
95. This is a parody, no? |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #95 |
152. Sadly, no. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
186. I wondered at first. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #95 |
291. No, unfortunately not. His sacred straightness envisions the world coming to an end if another man |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #79 |
188. Thank you mods! Save me having to reply. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:49 AM Response to Reply #188 |
272. I was floored by the fact that they managed to make it to 1000+ posts |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #272 |
285. been watching that one for over a yr. Glad it is gone. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #79 |
211. Speaking of amusement... |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. It means straight people go through life with privileges that gays don't. |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. WHAT "privileges"? Are you talking about? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #67 |
77. There's quite a long list, but for starters: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:41 AM Response to Reply #77 |
108. Deleted message |
JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #108 |
153. There is no victimization going on here. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #153 |
213. not sure that anyone should have to "earn" the right to be treated fairly |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #213 |
227. I'm discussing how unearned privilege exists, and is often unacknowledged |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #77 |
117. Well said, JackBeck. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:21 AM Response to Reply #77 |
136. Thank you, JackBeck |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
200. Let me make it "plain" for you. |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Oh, and just what is "unearned heterosexual privilege"? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. No, 'the reverse of the coin' is not true. |
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SlicerDicer- (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #61 |
82. I think the point being made is that.... ignorance :) |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Science will never prove that being gay is a choice. |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. "Science will never prove that being gay is a choice." |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #65 |
102. It's my opinion as someone with the ability to reason. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
115. Are you gay? Do you think you could choose to be? Just like that? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
70. Being gay is not a choice. |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Christians were terribly oppressed and often murdered and fed to the lions |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. All Christians are Christian by choice. |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. being gay was against rabbinical law for 3000 years before jesus |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #94 |
131. The Old Testament is not a state legal document. |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #131 |
281. rabbinical law was the law of israel |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #281 |
290. You haven't quoted anything |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #83 |
99. Yes, ancient Christians chose to be Christian even in the face of oppression. |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #99 |
106. The pay off and reward for being gay is to enjoy being gay even |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Sorry, your reasoning is wrong. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #107 |
130. +100,000 |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #130 |
175. Hey--check this out: |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #175 |
192. This link is even better. |
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wakemeupwhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #192 |
202. *************MOD NOTE ******************* |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #202 |
214. hmm that seemed to be coming... |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:54 AM Response to Reply #202 |
273. Thank you! n/t |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #192 |
233. ? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #233 |
255. oops, linked to the wrong poster. Red face and apologies to all. Here... |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #106 |
185. Recant honey. Decant means separating liquid from solid. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #83 |
190. comparing religious choice with sexual orientation? Am glad you posted so much |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #83 |
206. Is that why some Xtians turned around and oppressed everyone else? |
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xfundy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
87. LOL |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
93. HOMOPHOBIA FAIL |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
112. As long as gays don't bother straights and come on to straights? WTF? |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
122. Back when I was single, I tried an online dating service... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #122 |
253. +1 |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
142. WTF |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
157. Whoa, and black people are okay as long as they "know their place" |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #157 |
161. +1 |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #161 |
166. As long as they're not too effeminate and all that. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #161 |
184. Damn! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe it's the old recessive trait that has advantages if you get just one? |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. OK, as long as this is a light hearted, open thread..I have a |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. ... |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
123. A lot of my generation has a sort of Canadian non-accent... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
194. a :"gay" accent? W.T.F? Not condescending, but you are something. |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
254. What is the 'gay accent'? Can you please elaborate? n/t |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #254 |
261. Re: Urgk's question |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #254 |
292. It's the kind of feminine lisp that a lot of gay men have.. |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #292 |
295. Not playing dumb. |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #295 |
297. I was just asking an honest question |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
267. Simple, really. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
277. There's a class |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Many gay people have children. No all straight people have children. nt |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. Human sexuality is fascinating! I absolutely believe people are |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
167. you are a wise soul n/t |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. Just too broad a question, |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. Well, for one thing, I think the question is muddied by the fact that today's society assumes |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. A combination of genetic and environmental factors |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
215. but Freud's explanations would have been infinitely more offensive on some |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #215 |
222. I agree that |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #222 |
226. well, everything is multifactoral I think, but questions about the unconscious |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. Because we are God's chosen people. . . |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Well, let me explain it better. . . |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Sounds like you're say it is a heterosexuals right, privilage and ABILITY to resist temptation? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
189. And sounds like you're say - |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #189 |
198. it's dead |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #189 |
216. ha ha ! |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #47 |
97. so thats what happened to |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
135. :- ) |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why don't you alter the headline to your OP? you have to explain why it should |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. you should examine bisexuality |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
60. It might be something along these lines |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
63. two theories on passing on genes: |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
68. There is no more a "gay puzzle" with evolution then there would be a "masturbation puzzle". |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #68 |
104. excellent, excellent reply. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #104 |
113. Well, now I've outed myself as a bi-guy. Oh, well. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #113 |
246. It's okay. We won't take away your ruby red slippers .... |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
72. Last I looked, gay men can father children and lesbians can bear children. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
73. Why do some people have blue eyes, and others, brown eyes? |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
75. Why do women live past menopause? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Thank you! |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #75 |
140. Once upon a time, most of them didn't. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #140 |
158. I like the 'Grandmother' theory |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #158 |
280. No argument from me, that makes perfect sense. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
80. Got me. But I sure wish folks would get over it and get on with the basics -> |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #80 |
218. another good answer! |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
84. Why not? |
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the redcoat (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
86. I have a theory |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #86 |
100. i find it intriguing |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
89. Because. Everything isn't explained by evolution, by passing on of genes. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. exactly. todays cult like obsession with the new religious evolutionary behavorial theory |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
91. Why are people gay?.. all kinds of reasons for people to be beyond happy. nt |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
96. God's way of messing with the people in GD-P? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. BINGO!!!!! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #96 |
111. :) |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #96 |
114. ... |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
103. Does it matter? |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
118. Weren’t gay men often the shamans of the tribes? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
119. I don't know; I'm a curmudgeon, myself. |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
124. I have no answer to your broader question |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #124 |
143. +1 |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
125. Interesting question to which I have no real opinion |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
127. I Used To Ask |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
128. There may be dozens of biological reasons, all of them interacting. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
129. why are people asking why people are gay? |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. Scientific curiosity. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #134 |
169. why do rocks fall and why are eyes a certain color? |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
133. There was an evolution biology explanation on why it gets passed on (if it is genetic) |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
141. Why would anyone bother to ask that question? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #141 |
149. Science |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
150. Alfred Kinsey concluded about 50 years ago that homosexuality and heterosexuality come in degrees |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #150 |
156. Kinsey used male prisoners only for his studies. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #156 |
220. I don't think that's true... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #220 |
276. not at all -but one could fault some of his samplings which were conducted 1938-1963 |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
151. I found this order on Birth Order and Homosexuality |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
155. BORN. That. Way. God DID make Adam & Steve. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #155 |
160. That damn Steve though. He never calls. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #155 |
162. "God did it" is not an adequate explanation for anything. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #162 |
182. It is when you wanna shut up a fundie. Totally effective. |
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #155 |
234. Well, yes and no. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #234 |
241. Welcome to DU. We totally need you here. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
164. In defense of the original question, it reminds me of the similar question about |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
168. sexuality? |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
173. No offense at the question, but it does get tiresome to be asked. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. I am simply looking for the evolutionary reason the trait developed. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #174 |
183. I have to disgree with you there! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #174 |
197. There is not an evolutionary reason for every trait. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #173 |
229. I like you. A lot. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #229 |
257. Back atcha! |
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AzNick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
176. How are people bi? And straight? A-sexual? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
177. I very much look forward to the day when people are as curious about why people are blond/e, |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #177 |
223. many scientists are - there is a wealth of brain-based and genetic |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
178. Based on the many gay people I've known in my life.... |
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2QT2BSTR8 (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
179. In resonse to BrentWil |
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pinstikfartherin (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
180. I am pleasantly surprised.. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #180 |
225. yes, I am surprised too - some very interesting comments |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #225 |
235. I just wish some poster would read the thread before they post |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #235 |
282. well, to be fair, you had to have known you would raise some hackles and |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
181. Jesus Fuck. |
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:56 PM Original message |
Hey, that's NOT My middle name! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
242. Oops! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
191. The "gay" is nature's rational response to overpopulation...? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
195. Genetics. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
217. Good gravy. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
231. Homosexuality is seen everywhere in the animal kingdom, it is NOT just |
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TonyMontana (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
232. Why are people black? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #232 |
236. To give you an easily recognizable enemy. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
237. Mother Nature's way of dealing with population control...and helping get kids adopted. |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
240. that's a LOT of reading... LONG THREAD!! nt |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #240 |
249. I agree. I say it is time for thread #2 of this. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #249 |
283. nah, I would suggest you quit while you are "ahead" Another one would |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
243. WHY does anyone CARE why? |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #243 |
245. People are black because they are advantaged in locations closer to the equator |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #245 |
248. Oh, please |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #248 |
250. THat is actually why you have darker skinned people and lighter skinned people |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #248 |
260. well, that happens to be the truth and pertinent |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #245 |
264. Is that why people from Central America are black? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #264 |
293. People from Central America aren't genetically from that area. |
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BrentWil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-05-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #293 |
298. Thanks for the answer |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #243 |
252. Science, knowledge, understanding... you know, all that jazz. nt. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
247. Animals are gay. Nature isn't just about the selfish gene |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
251. A totally basic lesson in genetics and evolution: |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
256. Because even mother nature needs birth control..nt |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
259. ive heard that gay men have large amygdalas and that their brains are structered like women |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
268. Overpopulation maybe. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
275. Fucking Magnets, How Do They Work? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
279. Because some people don't like the penis |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
294. Probably Chromosomes 7, 8, and 10 |
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