Guest guest Posted April 21, 2002 Report Share Posted April 21, 2002 " I love this stuff. Its my personal belief that nature designs some of us to be gay. Just does. Found in all kinds of species other than humans. " I have to object to this. There are no instances where other members of other species are exclusively " gay " unless something is wrong (i.e. endocrine disrupters) which aren't a product of nature. The favorite example of homosexual behavior is bonobo chimps. They are very sexual primates. However, if there is a receptive member of the opposite sex available, they will not choose to have sex with a member of the same sex. They'll opt for the opposite sex. If you want to say that there might be something going on with humans because of their big brains, there wouldn't be any argument about that. But homosexuality makes no biological sense. And biology is " nature " . Take care, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2002 Report Share Posted April 21, 2002 " I love this stuff. Its my personal belief that nature designs some of us to be gay. Just does. Found in all kinds of species other than humans. " I have to object to this. There are no instances where other members of other species are exclusively " gay " unless something is wrong (i.e. endocrine disrupters) which aren't a product of nature. The favorite example of homosexual behavior is bonobo chimps. They are very sexual primates. However, if there is a receptive member of the opposite sex available, they will not choose to have sex with a member of the same sex. They'll opt for the opposite sex. If you want to say that there might be something going on with humans because of their big brains, there wouldn't be any argument about that. But homosexuality makes no biological sense. And biology is " nature " . Take care, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 My first cousin on my dad's side is left-handed and dyslexic. She's quite the artsy person-has a degree in performing arts and now teaches dance and runs the local ballet where she lives. But, that's it for my family. No gays, no other lefties, no other dyslexics. Plus, my Graves' most likely comes from my mother's side, since she had it and suspects that her grandmother also had it. Now, my dad's side does have rheumatoid arthritis, though. So, I guess I get autoimmune disease from both sides. My aunt has terrible rheumatoid arthritis. She's the mother of the dyslexic lefty! Holly Re: dyslexic boys and autoimmune girls? Hi All, This is interesting. I know of no gays in my family, if there are or were they didn't tell anyone. Now, my husbands family is a different story, they have quite a few that are. Several that are my husbands age and older. They have autoimmune disease. And I honestly believe the dyslexia in my girls comes from my husbands side. He is very intelligent, he is excellent in math, history, government etc. He has terrible handwriting and he doesn't have good spelling skills, but vocabulary is excellent. I've seen dyslexia in me, but never noticed until after the graves disease. There are days I struggle with how to spell a word, even to the point of spelling the first syllable and I was always excellent in spelling. I was always in spelling bees in school, but would misspell the word on purpose. I've never liked crowds so to get out of the spot light I would get the word wrong, until I made it to almost the end. Debbie R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 My first cousin on my dad's side is left-handed and dyslexic. She's quite the artsy person-has a degree in performing arts and now teaches dance and runs the local ballet where she lives. But, that's it for my family. No gays, no other lefties, no other dyslexics. Plus, my Graves' most likely comes from my mother's side, since she had it and suspects that her grandmother also had it. Now, my dad's side does have rheumatoid arthritis, though. So, I guess I get autoimmune disease from both sides. My aunt has terrible rheumatoid arthritis. She's the mother of the dyslexic lefty! Holly Re: dyslexic boys and autoimmune girls? Hi All, This is interesting. I know of no gays in my family, if there are or were they didn't tell anyone. Now, my husbands family is a different story, they have quite a few that are. Several that are my husbands age and older. They have autoimmune disease. And I honestly believe the dyslexia in my girls comes from my husbands side. He is very intelligent, he is excellent in math, history, government etc. He has terrible handwriting and he doesn't have good spelling skills, but vocabulary is excellent. I've seen dyslexia in me, but never noticed until after the graves disease. There are days I struggle with how to spell a word, even to the point of spelling the first syllable and I was always excellent in spelling. I was always in spelling bees in school, but would misspell the word on purpose. I've never liked crowds so to get out of the spot light I would get the word wrong, until I made it to almost the end. Debbie R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 My first cousin on my dad's side is left-handed and dyslexic. She's quite the artsy person-has a degree in performing arts and now teaches dance and runs the local ballet where she lives. But, that's it for my family. No gays, no other lefties, no other dyslexics. Plus, my Graves' most likely comes from my mother's side, since she had it and suspects that her grandmother also had it. Now, my dad's side does have rheumatoid arthritis, though. So, I guess I get autoimmune disease from both sides. My aunt has terrible rheumatoid arthritis. She's the mother of the dyslexic lefty! Holly Re: dyslexic boys and autoimmune girls? Hi All, This is interesting. I know of no gays in my family, if there are or were they didn't tell anyone. Now, my husbands family is a different story, they have quite a few that are. Several that are my husbands age and older. They have autoimmune disease. And I honestly believe the dyslexia in my girls comes from my husbands side. He is very intelligent, he is excellent in math, history, government etc. He has terrible handwriting and he doesn't have good spelling skills, but vocabulary is excellent. I've seen dyslexia in me, but never noticed until after the graves disease. There are days I struggle with how to spell a word, even to the point of spelling the first syllable and I was always excellent in spelling. I was always in spelling bees in school, but would misspell the word on purpose. I've never liked crowds so to get out of the spot light I would get the word wrong, until I made it to almost the end. Debbie R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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