The Gay Gene

WASHINGTON - The Pro-life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians recently applauded State Rep. Brian Duprey of Maine for his introduction of a bill that will prohibit abortion on unborn children who are gay.

“We recognize that at this time the gay gene has not been isolated, but [...] if the theory of a gay gene is proven and isolated, then the day will not be far off when a test for the predisposition of homosexuality will be developed. Once medical science achieves that ability, PLAGAL says it will be possible to do by a legal, surgical procedure what all homophobes and gay bashers throughout history have tried and failed to do -- to eliminate gays and lesbians once and for all,” said Jackie Malone, executive vice president of PLAGAL. (source)

Too bad they don’t realize that Rep. Brian Duprey (see links below) is one of the homophobes they are talking about, but that’s another story.

I’ve always thought that if the gay gene was ever discovered that our days would be numbered. There wouldn’t even be anyone around to argue for us because we would be eliminated before we were born. A sobering thought, isn’t it?

If we were eliminated, there would be a whole lot of issues that would just go away: equality for gay people, marriage issues for gay couples, the need for hate crimes, don’t ask don’t tell, just to name a few. And people wouldn’t hate us. They would hate something else because we wouldn’t be here.

If the gay gene were found, I have no doubt that they would do anything and everything in their power to destroy us. Just look at the current climate of hatred out there. I’m no geneticist, but I’ve been told by many who should know that there is no one “gay gene”. What we are and what makes a person gay vs. straight (and all flavors in between) is an extremely dynamic and complex thing that is influenced by many genes interacting with one another. I’m told there’s no way they will isolate that.

But, a hundred years ago, people would not even imagine many of the marvels we have today, such as the Internet, the TV, or Madonna.

By the way, Maine State Rep. Brian Duprey has been busy this legislative season. He has three different initiatives I’d like to mention:
a bill that would forbid a woman from ending a pregnancy based on the projected sexual orientation of a fetus (an idea he got from Rush Limbaugh)
pushing a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriage, which already is illegal under state law.
a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, which he strongly opposes. He said he offered that bill at the request of an unnamed constituent, and he has vowed to fight his own bill in the Legislature (and they wonder why we hate politicians).

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