I think Barton (who cannot seem to stop opening his mouth and letting weird, and not-so-wonderful, utterances spew forth) and now Uganda (where it’s Bahati Bill Take Four, or Five, or Six … I’ve lost count!) have taken our attention for the time being.

He seems to think lesbians are a rarity (“some women”). As for the ex-gay movement being “virtually all male”–women have certainly been marginalized in the ex-gay movement (Exodus never really took seriously having a Women’s Ministry Director). But, the women certainly show up at the conferences and support groups even if there is a larger percentage of men.

The new theories on EPIGENETIC etiology, featured also by National Geographic, seem to make sense to me. Although I first experienced my sexual orientation at the age of 5, it makes a lot of sense for a variety of reasons that orientation is determined before birth.

The fact that identical twins have a 10 time greater chance of being gay if one of the twins is gay.

Another case that really impressed me was the anecdote of the man that had brain injury, and after a life time of being straight he turned gay immediately.

This conforms perfectly to the theory that the hypothalmus area is masculinized in straight males in a way that they are attracted to the opposite sex. But obviously in this case that area was removed.

I think that children are very influenced by their parents in how they form their personalities. I think that introversion and extroversion are reactions to the parent’s personalities.

But I also think that parents have nothing to do with their children.s orientation after birth. The clliche of the domineering mother and distant father is ludicrous. Probably about half of all parents fit that bill, certainly way more than 5%.

Reparative therapy offers only a false basis for change. It denies any hard wired orientations. People who need to abstain from or behave sexually in opposition to their orientation should do so from a basis in truth.

The new theories on EPIGENETIC etiology, featured also by National Geographic, seem to make sense to me. Although I first experienced my sexual orientation at the age of 5, it makes a lot of sense for a variety of reasons that orientation is determined before birth.

The fact that identical twins have a 10 time greater chance of being gay if one of the twins is gay.

Another case that really impressed me was the anecdote of the man that had brain injury, and after a life time of being straight he turned gay immediately.

This conforms perfectly to the theory that the hypothalmus area is masculinized in straight males in a way that they are attracted to the opposite sex. But obviously in this case that area was removed.

I think that children are very influenced by their parents in how they form their personalities. I think that introversion and extroversion are reactions to the parent’s personalities.

But I also think that parents have nothing to do with their children.s orientation after birth. The clliche of the domineering mother and distant father is ludicrous. Probably about half of all parents fit that bill, certainly way more than 5%.

Reparative therapy offers only a false basis for change. It denies any hard wired orientations. People who need to abstain from or behave sexually in opposition to their orientation should do so from a basis in truth.