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From: jtc78@ihuxm.UUCP (Mike Cherepov)
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Subject: Re: Re: Biological basis for homosexuality? (some ?? to S. Dyer)
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Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 11:52:49 EST
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> - Sophie

>> Summary: you want gay tradition to be around forever, to be powerful.
>> But you are not just as concerned with costs of keeping it around,

>costs of keeping it around? huh? what are you talking about?

But Steve was speculating about biological basis alone. It does not
look like anybody thinks it is the only one, but if it were, you could
say that being homosexual is similar to being a leftie. 
There are costs the world if paying for having leftie population - those
conversion attempts, left-handed instruments, ... Would not it be nice
to make everybody a rightie with one injection. 
For homosexuality there are: discrimination (best case), gay children -
straight parent conflict... All specifically gay problems that gays 
experience. 

>****** FLAME ON ******
>How can you DARE say that the problems that heterosexual people might
>have in finding mates might be more "serious" than problems homosexuals might
the problems of the starving people less "serious" too by your definition.

While appreciating your need to flame I would not subscribe to that bull. 
Given proportions of S. Dyer's topics ("eradicatoin of gay people") I meant
big shift of male/female ratio. Major sociological, psychological, economical
changes. For everyone. More wars? Matriarchy? More gays?  Who knows.

Asking about merits of gay tradition vs its problems is patronizing 
for a heterosexual? Give me a break.

                           Mike Cherepov
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