Sex is Choice

It's true, all sex acts are a choice. Many people reserve the act for marriage in the first place (mostly a heterosexual situation actually). Many take vows of celibacy for life (Catholic Priests, even Gay Cardinals).

It may also reign true that humans come out of the womb as non-sexual beings. Yes, it's possible that we are ALL born with a mind for molding on the matter and, thus, choices to make accordingly.

Perhaps parenting can cause certain reactions among children to the opposite gender later in life. Being abused might cause gender identity issues. Treatments on the playground may cause one to believe he/she must be gay because 'I just can't identify with the opposite gender'. Maybe it's simple shyness that causes it sometimes. Sometimes imprisonment or isolation with extended time exposed only to the same gender might cause homosexuality. Drug habits might lead to a tendency to 'get off one's rocks' anyway one can. I'm not laying claim to any specific scientific proof, yet I believe theoretically some of this probably happens.

Likewise I'd bet sometimes we ARE talking about born tendency. Geneticists claim to have isolated some evidence for this among homosexuals ... even alcoholics.

So, two things:

First, being 'born gay' is at least similar to being 'born an alcoholic'. In the future, some parents, given such information at or before the birth of their children, might choose to affect the fruition of certain tendencies through environmental nudging or nurturing. Perhaps someday genetic solutions will be made available and some parents will choose to medically eliminate such tendencies altogether. And, on the other hand some of these parents might choose to put beer in their children's lunch box.

Second, often Prop 8 opposers represent a hypocritical stance that gay is ALWAYS a born trait and NEVER choice. Of course that is the norm among the Prop 8 opposition because it's the only way to lay claim to a MLK style Civil Rights piggyback ride. So, sometimes the argument is made (because I for one often argue a link to governmental interest in marriage intended to affect responsible child rearing) that only people who intend to or even CAN make babies should be afforded a marriage license. Fine then. Since the 'Gay Marriage' movement is pushed solely as a Civil Rights issue, ONLY gays who are proven BORN 'that way' should get marriage certs. Bi's and Trannies are out lest they choose opposite gender commitments.