2. Should have people freedom to discriminate
and reject homosexual and lesbian community?
is the homosexuality a problem and therefore,
they have to treat it as such?
Is homosexuality a voluntary condition?
Can exist a platonic attraction or friendship
between two men or two women, without
considering them homosexual or lesbian?
are children influenced to homosexuality when
they are adopted by homosexual couples?
3.
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5.
6.
7. SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS ORIGINS
Are our sexual
preferences
acquired through
social learning or
are some people
literally born gay?
8. Gay persuasion
What you do? Vs. Who you are?
Culture: New Ghinea “The Sambia”
Rams behavior.
Sex role behavior in childhood: Girls
(Tomboys) – Boys (Sissies).
Mothers
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH):
Congenital disorder in women.
London, San Francisco and Sydney
“Big brother”- NOT “Big Sister”
Hypothalamic nucleus INAH-3 : Sexual
behavior.
Left handed people - Homosexuality
11. There is no one "'gay gene"'. A
full genome scan of sexual
orientation in men implicated
stretches of DNA on three
chromosomes (7, 8, and 10). The
regions on 7 and 8 showed
approximately equal
contributions from the mother
and father, but that on
chromosome 10 was of maternal
origin only.
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15. 1.Discrimination frays the human spirit.
2.Making committed human connections is good for physical and mental
health.
3.Forming families, traditional or not, is good for the soul.
4. Marriage is a basic human right and an individual personal choice and
the State should not interfere with same-gender couples who choose to
marry.
5. Homosexuality is a normal variant of adult sexuality; gay men and
lesbians possess the same potential and desire for sustained loving and
lasting relationships as heterosexuals, including loving and
parenting children. This is supported by hard data, not just opinion.
Reasons to be in favor Homosexuality
16. 6. Discriminatory marriage laws deprive gay
and lesbian couples of over 1000 federal
rights and benefits
7. Deprivation of these benefits has
demonstrable negative psychological and
social impact on same sex couples, their
children and families.
8. Change and adaptation make for a
stronger and psychologically richer society
9. Same sex couples can teach heterosexual
couples how couples in relationships
lacking gender based power dynamics often
solve problems and make decisions with
more respect and mutuality.
10. Ending discrimination enhances the
human spirit and makes all our lives better.