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Gay Rights: Choice vs. Nature?

Michael Voytinsky says that the choice versus nature debate is irrelevant to the question of gay and lesbian rights.

The current debate on gay rights frequently centers on the question of whether or not sexual orientation is a matter of choice. If sexual orientation is not a matter of choice, if it is something that an individual is born with, then, goes the common argument, it is wrong to discriminate against this person. This argument is fundamentally mistaken and offers no support to the gay rights cause. The logical flaws in this argument have not gone unnoticed and are being exploited by the anti-gay ideologues.

The argument draws on the great deal of research suggesting that sexual orientation is congenital.

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