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Originally Posted by Russic
In many nature/nurture scenarios it is often not a 100% one way or the other. I hate to rip on Texas here, but for this example they're an easy target. If you have somebody born in California and somebody born in texas that are both gay, the way those kids are raised could have a large impact on how they express their sexuality. Many gay people lead completely heterosexual lifestyles based on what they've been taught or how they feel they'll be perceived. My argument is that many (but not all) people might not be necessarily choosing to be gay or straight, but rather they are choosing how they identify themselves publicly.
Because 100% of identical twins aren't gay like their sibling means that there is something else in play, however the crazy high rate of gay people who have gay twins is impossible to ignore. There is surely a genetic factor and it's been recognized in the scientific community (the REAL scientific community) for a surprisingly long time.
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That high rate of occurance could just as easily be enviromental. Siblings tend to live together for the first few years of their lives and would presumably have simular experiences. We don't know. What we do know (or at least should) is that we have a choice in how we live and what we do. We are not preprogramed.