This ‘gay from birth’ angle also makes it easier to argue for special protections.”
So a gay person says 'I've always felt this way'. But when they were young, could anyone actaully tell? Who gets to decide who's gay and when it matters that this information be known, for this special protection and sensitivity training. At kindergarten? Pre-school? Elementary school? The idea of sexualized grade school kids and pre-schoolers is creepy. Most don't understand what sexuality is (other than giggling at 2 adults kissing) and lack the ability to fully understand. Will there be a committee to examine toddlers for signs of 'gayness' as perceived by these new liberators and then gayness is assigned?
As a former student of psychology, I personally think that for a very small percentage, there is a genetic component but for most others, learned behaviors, often through reinforcing opposite gender roles at critical ages are the causes. But I question the 'gay' sides' motives when someone can only 'discover' they've been gay all along, but apparently a gay person cannot discover they really prefer being straight without 'needing counseling' to combat the guilt they feel at being gay. (I will find the quote for this...)
"...there is a genetic component ..."
Are you implying there actually exists a "gay gene" ,and
it has been found ?