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No Gay gene

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Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum. Illustration from photograph © 1999 Greg Reeder. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Many laymen now believe that homosexuality is part of   who a person really is  ­ from the moment of conception. The "genetic and unchangeable" theory has been actively promoted by gay activists and the popular media. Is homosexuality really an inborn and normal variant of human nature? No. There is no evidence that shows that homosexuality is simply "genetic."  And none of the research claims there is.   Only the press and certain researchers do, when speaking in sound bites to the public. How The Public Was Misled In July of 1993, the prestigious research journal  Science  published a study by Dean Hamer which claims that there might be a gene for homosexuality. Research seemed to be on the verge of proving that homosexuality is innate, genetic and therefore unchangeablea normal variant of human nature. Soon afterward, National Publ