The New York Times reported that scientists experiementing with fruit flies have been able to change the sexual orientation of a fly, simply by turning a single gene on or off. According to Dr. Michael Weiss, chairman of the department of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve UIniversity, "The results are so clean and compelling, the whole field of the genetic roots of behavior is moved forward tremendously by this work. " The Times highlighted the results as adding to recent evidence over the past decade that sexual orientation may be innately programmed into the brains of men and women. Dr. Weiss added, "Hopefully this will take the discussion about sexual preferences out of the realm of morality and into the realm of science."
I'm sure many religious conservatives will choose to ignore this evidence, just like they ignore the evidence about evolution (ie. Kansas). Hopefully someday people will realize that we didn't just wake up one day and choose to be gay.
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