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Originally Posted by CDSmith
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?
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I think it would take at least a couple generations for it to become clear that there was a gay gene and it is now neutralized. When there were suddenly a couple of generations without any gay people then, logically, people should realize it wasn't/isn't a choice, but instead something you are born into. However, I still think the hard-line Christians will think it is a choice and will think this is all a conspiracy. I have a friend who is as far right religious as you can be. I asked him if he believed in aliens and he said no, God assures him we are his only children. So I asked what would happen if suddenly aliens landed and proved that wrong. He said he would believe God created them and brought them to us for a reason. There was no swaying him. So logically we should see shift in their beliefs, but logic isn't in the equation for many of these people.
Still, like you said, there are many religious gay haters who would be glad to see them gone no matter how it happened.
As for your second question, I think the long term effect is mostly going to be an increase in population. I have read that around 5-8% of the population is gay. While some of those people have still had kids, most of them have not. That percentage of the population would now be procreating just like everyone else so logically we might see an overall increase in world population.
We would also see a decline in quality interior decorating and fabulous clothing designs (bad jokes)
