The Future of Love. was Re: [extropy-chat] Gay marriage in Spain, a world of change, biology, last post, post, etc.

[Damien Sullivan]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 10:18:59PM -0400, Bret Kulakovich wrote:

> How can you be a member of this list and contemplate a 'gay gene'?  

How not?  It's not a learned orientation, so genetics or developmental oddity
seem to be the options.

> >Off the top of my head, various other possibilities suggest  
> >themselves.
> 
> I am curious, Damien:  Do you spend as much time coming up with  
> 'reasons' for heterosexuality?

People do spend lots of time coming up with reasons for sex to have evolved.
Given evolved sex, heterosexuality is a no-brainer, while homosexuality is a
puzzle.

-xx- Damien X-)