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Originally Posted by kane
It is possible that some religious groups would welcome the technology, but I think the number would be very small. Most religious people I know believe that being gay is a choice. They don't think you are born that way, they think you give in to temptation and choose to become that way and that you can choose to not be that way if you want.
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Yes, they don't think you are born gay
NOW, but after the discovery of a gay gene and the ability to neutralize it, that in itself would prove that in at least a % of gay people it in fact would no longer be about choice. If science proved it unequivocally such religious folk would have no choice but to adjust their beliefs.
Personally I think the number would be higher than you think. I know one or two hardline Christians who absolutely despise gays and I'm sure would love nothing more than to see such a breakthrough occur.
Next question: if it became accepted practice (kind of like abortion is, yet it's still being protested constantly), after say 20 or 30 years of gay gene neutralization procedures going on, what do you see the long term impact on humanity being? Let's say there's a 50% drop in the world's gay population... problems in future? Do we as a species suffer for "messing with God's work" or would the world be better off?