| Stories in the news--such as Ted
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| | study after study." 60 Minutes concluded
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| Haggart's, his fall from grace and
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| | that the scientists they spoke to are
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| subsequent redemption through Christian
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| | "increasingly convinced that genes,
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| therapy that made him "100%
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| | hormones, or ermine sexual orientation
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| heterosexual"make us ask, "What causes
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| | before birth."
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| homosexuality anyway, and can it be
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| | Similar evidence was presented in a talk
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| changed?"
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| | in 2004 by Dr. William Bradshaw of
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| There are still mysteries in how our
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| | Brigham Young University's biology
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| sexual orientation is formed, but today
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| | department. He discussed scientific data
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| some significant facts are in. In 2006,
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| | that he claimed "proved homosexuality is
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| 60 Minutes aired a fine segment called
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| | a result of biological orientation." In
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| "The Science of Sexual Orientation."
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| | addition to some of the findings also
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| Lesley Stahl reported that, while the
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| | cited by 60 Minutes, Dr. Bradshaw
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| final answer of what makes a person gay
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| | presented the results of studies that
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| or straight may be a long way off,
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| | show homosexuals have a 39 percent
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| already yielding tantalizing clues."
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| | greater probability of being left-handed
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| Michael Bailey, a psychology professor at
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| | than right-handed, and that homosexual
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| Northwestern University and a leading
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| | men go through puberty significantly
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| researcher in the field of sexual
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| | earlier than heterosexual men.
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| orientation said, responding to the
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| | Another BYU professor, Dr. Duane E.
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| extremely different gender behaviors of a
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| | Jeffery of the Zoology department,
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| set of boy twins, "To me, cases like that
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| | observes:
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| really scream out, 'Hey it's not out
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| | "The best synthesis of available data
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| there, it's in here.'" He said he
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| | suggests that specific combinations of e
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| doesn't think nurture is a plausible
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| | the fetus susceptible to influence by the
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| explanation, as in the disproved theory
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| | interacting fetal/maternal osexuality is
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| that homosexuality is caused by
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| | far more profitably understood as a
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| overbearing mothers and distant fathers.
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| | phenomenon of biology than of the
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| "Today," reported Ms. Stahl, "scientists
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| | schoolyard.... 'hard-wired'-i.e.,
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| are looking at genes, environment, brain
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| | inherent and 'natural'; it is not the
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| structure and hormones." The report went
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| | result of learning or training."
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| on to demonstrate that gay and straight
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| | Dr. R. Jan Stout, a psychiatrist who
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| people move differently and talk
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| | began his study of homosexuality with the
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| differently, suggesting characteristics
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| | firm conviction that it was "a learned
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| of the opposite sex are embedded in the
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| | behavior, an illness to be treated and
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| brain structure. Further, it has been
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| | corrected," learned over the years that
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| demonstrated that homosexuality runs in
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| | his earlier position had been "wrong and
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| families. In studying identical twins,
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| | simplistic." He came to believe that
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| one gay and one straight, Dr. Bailey
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| | "the crucial factor is the timing and
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| suggested that the environment he's most
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| | amount of testosterone released in utero
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| interested in is "the environment that
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| | by the developing embryo," that
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| happens to us while we're in the womb,"
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| | apparently "environment fine tunes the
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| which is an environment that is "much
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| | instrument of sexuality but neither
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| more important than we ever thought it
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| | creates nor organizes its direction."
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| was." Adding to the mystery is that "the
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| | Each of us discovers, rather than
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| more older brothers a man has, the
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| | decides our sexual orientation. Within
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| greater that man's chance of being gay,"
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| | that reality, various choices are made.
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| a finding that has been "demonstrated in
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