A man’s sexual orientation appears to be determined in the womb, a new study suggests.

Past research by Dr. Anthony F. Bogaert of Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario and colleagues has shown that the more older brothers a man has, the more likely he is to be gay. But it has not been clear if this is a prenatal effect or a psychosocial effect, related to growing up with older male siblings.

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There is a flurry of activity online, in the news and on blogs, surrounding the President’s new push to ban gay marriage. Some of the discussion is turning out to be quite interesting and there is a consensus growing that President Bush, as unpopular as he is, might actually be helping to push former opponents of gay marriage over to the other side. It’s sort of that guilty by association rule… when someone you are not a fan of, supports something you are neutral on, you automatically take the opposite point of view. So people are beginning to say, well hell, Bush has screwed up on so many things that I don’t support him on, he must be wrong on this one too.

Andrew Sullivan has some great posts from the last few days of debate. One particular post is about the hugely conservative Fox News and the discussion on gay marriage over there.

“What we have here is a too obvious political play that unfortunately scapegoats a minority as a means to gather votes. This is unkind, manipulative and divisive. My wife and I are Christians. We are not remotely confused abut our own marriage. Are we supposed to care about this because some other Christians are offended? Does this really threaten traditional marriage? Are there truly couples in traditional marriages who are personally confused and threatened by this? Fear not! We know two women who both earlier had children from a traditional marriage. They later lived with one another. They’ve also made sure their children have male influences. Why not let them and all their children have health insurance benefits and no extra problems? I say this to President Bush: We as a nation ought not impose particular religious beliefs on strangers doing no harm in the name of gathering votes.” - reposted from Andrew Sullivan

Others have equated it to a drowning swimmer pulling down the good swimmer who tries to rescue him. Bush has legitimized the issue to the world.

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This week in Iraq, 21 teenage students were dragged from their cars and executed. Today another 50 people were kidnapped by militants. Almost everyday another young soldier is killed fighting somewhere around the world.

All of this going on and President Bush is spending his time trying to ban gay marriage. I think it’s pretty disturbing.

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