It ain't what you don't know that hurts you...

[avram]

OK, here’s something to be annoyed about. (We could all use more of that, right?) Thanks to kathrynt, I looked up this MSNBC story about a recent poll on American attitudes towards gays and the freedom to marry, and then looked up the poll report itself. (This is always a good idea, if you can manage it. Newspapers often leave out important details; television always does.) On page two I found the following information:

Why are people homosexual?	1985	2003
Something born with	20%	30%
Way people are brought up	22%	14%
Way some prefer to live	42%	42%
Don’t know	16%	14%

Only 14% knew the right answer, and that’s down from 16% in 1985!

Comments

[catelynn.livejournal.com]

What little scientific information currently exists is pointing that people born homosexual or at least with that tendency. That it is NOT a choice or how people are raised.

[avram]

I’ve seen some evidence that suggests that some people may be born with a tendency towards homosexuality. I’d be surprised as all heck if that turned out to be the end of the story.