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Line 24: − == Homosexuality - Genetics, Religious Upbringing, Culture, Sexual Abuse, and Choice ==+ − − For more information please see: [[Causes of Homosexuality]] − − [[Image:325979 dna150.jpg|thumbnail|150px|left|[[Columbia University]] [[psychiatry]] professors Drs. William Byrne and Bruce Parsons stated: "There is no evidence that at present to substantiate a [[biology|biological]] theory. [T]he appeal of current biological explanations for sexual orientation may derive more from dissatisfaction with the present status of [[psychosocial]] explanations than from a substantiating body of experimental data".]] − ===Terminology=== − Homosexuality is sometimes also defined in terms of an attraction, preference, orientation, or [[sexual identity|identity]]. The term "orientation" is particularly favored by those who are promoting public acceptance of homosexuality.<ref>"Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing sentiment among many [[Western World|Westerners]] that homosexuality is immoral or [[Pathology|pathological]]." Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001-2005 [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/homosexu.html]</ref> − − ===Polling=== Line 170:
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==Polling==
An October 2012 Gallup poll provided unprecedented demographic information about those who identify as LGBT, arriving at the conclusion that 3.4% of all U.S. adults identify as LGBT.<ref name=gallup>{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/158066/special-report-adults-identify-lgbt.aspx |title=Special Report: 3.4% of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT |last1=Gates |first1=Gary J. |last2=Newport |first2=Frank |date=2012-10-18 |website=[[Gallup]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> The study is the nation's largest in counting LGBT.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gallup-survey-claims-34-percent-in-us-are-lgbt |title=Gallup survey claims 3.4 percent in U.S. are LGBT |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-18 |website=[[CBS News]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=2015-01-13}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/18/adults-lesbian-gay-bisexual/1642203 |title=New survey: 3.4% of U.S. adults are LGBT |last1=Jayson |first1=Sharon |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-19 |website=[[USA Today]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> Such polling is a strong evidence that homosexuality is not genetic, because if it were genetic then it should not vary by age and region.
An October 2012 Gallup poll provided unprecedented demographic information about those who identify as LGBT, arriving at the conclusion that 3.4% of all U.S. adults identify as LGBT.<ref name=gallup>{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/158066/special-report-adults-identify-lgbt.aspx |title=Special Report: 3.4% of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT |last1=Gates |first1=Gary J. |last2=Newport |first2=Frank |date=2012-10-18 |website=[[Gallup]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> The study is the nation's largest in counting LGBT.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gallup-survey-claims-34-percent-in-us-are-lgbt |title=Gallup survey claims 3.4 percent in U.S. are LGBT |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-18 |website=[[CBS News]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=2015-01-13}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/18/adults-lesbian-gay-bisexual/1642203 |title=New survey: 3.4% of U.S. adults are LGBT |last1=Jayson |first1=Sharon |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-19 |website=[[USA Today]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> Such polling is a strong evidence that homosexuality is not genetic, because if it were genetic then it should not vary by age and region.
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== Homosexuality - Genetics, Religious Upbringing, Culture, Sexual Abuse, and Choice ==
For more information please see: [[Causes of Homosexuality]]
[[Image:325979 dna150.jpg|thumbnail|150px|left|[[Columbia University]] [[psychiatry]] professors Drs. William Byrne and Bruce Parsons stated: "There is no evidence that at present to substantiate a [[biology|biological]] theory. [T]he appeal of current biological explanations for sexual orientation may derive more from dissatisfaction with the present status of [[psychosocial]] explanations than from a substantiating body of experimental data".]]
===Terminology===
Homosexuality is sometimes also defined in terms of an attraction, preference, orientation, or [[sexual identity|identity]]. The term "orientation" is particularly favored by those who are promoting public acceptance of homosexuality.<ref>"Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing sentiment among many [[Western World|Westerners]] that homosexuality is immoral or [[Pathology|pathological]]." Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001-2005 [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/homosexu.html]</ref>
===Genetics and Claims of the immutability of homosexuality===
===Genetics and Claims of the immutability of homosexuality===