Are People Born Gay?

The evidence for the biological basis for homosexuality is very, very strong. It’s coming from a lot of different areas. The religious right has been very, very successful at creating controversy where there is none. The scientists who study in this area, it’s not a question that there’s a biological component, it’s just how that biological component is working.

Prof. R. Elizabeth Cornwall, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs,
cited in The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, July 26, 2007

The scientific argument for a biological basis for sexual orientation remains weak. The political argument that it will bolster gay pride or prevent homophobic bigotry runs counter to experience. The lesbian, gay, and bisexual community does not need to have its “deviance” tolerated because its members were born “that way” and “cannot help it.” Rather, society must recognize the validity of lesbian and gay lifestyles. We need an end to discrimination, an acceptance of all human beings, and a celebration of diversity, whatever its origins.

Council for Genetic Research

The current consensus in the scientific community is that there is absolutely no proof that people are born gay. . . . Contrary to what many Americans believe, there are no replicated scientific studies demonstrating that homosexuality is determined by biological or genetic factors.

Glenn T. Stanton and Dr. Bill Maier, Marriage on Trial

No one is born gay. The idea is ridiculous.

Lesbian author Camille Paglia, Vamps and Tramps

...show me your proof that people aren’t born gay. (And don’t give me that unscientific c--- about how no “gay gene” has been found yet. A first year student of genetics, even from a Christian school, could explain how stupid that argument is.)

Gay activist Evan Hurst, on TruthWinsOut.org