There is a type of fallacy in reasoning called “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” (I think that’s right) that means “after this, therefore BECAUSE of this”. But, the trouble is, that two things can occur TOGETHER and not necessarily CAUSE each other. Understand?
Couldn’t it be that some families are troubled BECAUSE they have a gay child– and NOT that the troubled family CAUSED a gay child?

For example, my own father had trouble adjusting to my gay feelings and behavior as a child. He liked guns. I liked to play the piano. My Dad, a world War II man, pulled away somehwhat — because he did not know how to RELATE to me.

This didn’t MAKE me gay. It was just my (very traditional) Dad’s REACTION to me BEING gay. I have both gay and straight friends who had both good and bad families. SO WHAT?

This very OLD theory — that bad families make kids gay — is just that — a theory. Why doesn’t anyone ask what MAKES people straight? The answer is simple — because they already ASSUME that there is something WRONG with being gay, that something must “cause” it and that it should be “treated”. That’s not science. That’s bigotry.

There is a type of fallacy in reasoning called “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” (I think that’s right) that means “after this, therefore BECAUSE of this”. But, the trouble is, that two things can occur TOGETHER and not necessarily CAUSE each other. Understand?
Couldn’t it be that some families are troubled BECAUSE they have a gay child– and NOT that the troubled family CAUSED a gay child?

For example, my own father had trouble adjusting to my gay feelings and behavior as a child. He liked guns. I liked to play the piano. My Dad, a world War II man, pulled away somehwhat — because he did not know how to RELATE to me.

This didn’t MAKE me gay. It was just my (very traditional) Dad’s REACTION to me BEING gay. I have both gay and straight friends who had both good and bad families. SO WHAT?

This very OLD theory — that bad families make kids gay — is just that — a theory. Why doesn’t anyone ask what MAKES people straight? The answer is simple — because they already ASSUME that there is something WRONG with being gay, that something must “cause” it and that it should be “treated”. That’s not science. That’s bigotry.

There is a type of fallacy in reasoning called “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” (I think that’s right) that means “after this, therefore BECAUSE of this”. But, the trouble is, that two things can occur TOGETHER and not necessarily CAUSE each other. Understand?
Couldn’t it be that some families are troubled BECAUSE they have a gay child– and NOT that the troubled family CAUSED a gay child?

For example, my own father had trouble adjusting to my gay feelings and behavior as a child. He liked guns. I liked to play the piano. My Dad, a world War II man, pulled away somehwhat — because he did not know how to RELATE to me.

This didn’t MAKE me gay. It was just my (very traditional) Dad’s REACTION to me BEING gay. I have both gay and straight friends who had both good and bad families. SO WHAT?

This very OLD theory — that bad families make kids gay — is just that — a theory. Why doesn’t anyone ask what MAKES people straight? The answer is simple — because they already ASSUME that there is something WRONG with being gay, that something must “cause” it and that it should be “treated”. That’s not science. That’s bigotry.

There is a type of fallacy in reasoning called “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” (I think that’s right) that means “after this, therefore BECAUSE of this”. But, the trouble is, that two things can occur TOGETHER and not necessarily CAUSE each other. Understand?
Couldn’t it be that some families are troubled BECAUSE they have a gay child– and NOT that the troubled family CAUSED a gay child?

For example, my own father had trouble adjusting to my gay feelings and behavior as a child. He liked guns. I liked to play the piano. My Dad, a world War II man, pulled away somehwhat — because he did not know how to RELATE to me.

This didn’t MAKE me gay. It was just my (very traditional) Dad’s REACTION to me BEING gay. I have both gay and straight friends who had both good and bad families. SO WHAT?

This very OLD theory — that bad families make kids gay — is just that — a theory. Why doesn’t anyone ask what MAKES people straight? The answer is simple — because they already ASSUME that there is something WRONG with being gay, that something must “cause” it and that it should be “treated”. That’s not science. That’s bigotry.

There is a type of fallacy in reasoning called “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” (I think that’s right) that means “after this, therefore BECAUSE of this”. But, the trouble is, that two things can occur TOGETHER and not necessarily CAUSE each other. Understand?
Couldn’t it be that some families are troubled BECAUSE they have a gay child– and NOT that the troubled family CAUSED a gay child?

For example, my own father had trouble adjusting to my gay feelings and behavior as a child. He liked guns. I liked to play the piano. My Dad, a world War II man, pulled away somehwhat — because he did not know how to RELATE to me.

This didn’t MAKE me gay. It was just my (very traditional) Dad’s REACTION to me BEING gay. I have both gay and straight friends who had both good and bad families. SO WHAT?

This very OLD theory — that bad families make kids gay — is just that — a theory. Why doesn’t anyone ask what MAKES people straight? The answer is simple — because they already ASSUME that there is something WRONG with being gay, that something must “cause” it and that it should be “treated”. That’s not science. That’s bigotry.