On this we can agree

Go back and read what I wrote. And stop assuming that I’m asserting something that I’m not.

My point is this: gay people have contributed significantly to humanity. Were their contributions because they were gay? I don’t know. But I do know that if you compiled a list of those who are heroes of science, literature, and the arts you would find that a disproportionate percentage were not traditionally heterosexual – certainly more than the percentage of gay people in the population at large.

Why is this? Well it could be that whatever it is that contributes to homosexuality genetically (and there most certainly is, for some, a genetic contributing factor) may also contribute to atypical brain functioning. Or it may be that being “different” or “other” led such persons to think outside the box. Or it may be that social disapproval removed opportunities to be mundanely employed and out of neccessity they had to be creative. Or it may simply be that without a wife and kids they had more time.

But, whatever it is, gay people have contributed more than their share. And it would be, in my opinion, foolish to take steps to eliminate homosexuality. We cannot be certain that by doing so we would not also be eliminating a significant portion of future contributions.

Unless that frustrated heterosexual man wants to try being gay.