Via the Raw Story, this story about political correctness and science:
SCIENTISTS are conducting experiments to change the sexuality of “gay” sheep in a programme that critics fear could pave the way for breeding out homosexuality in humans.
The technique being developed by American researchers adjusts the hormonal balance in the brains of homosexual rams so that they are more inclined to mate with ewes.
I've heard rumblings against finding the so-called "gay gene" before. It's understandable, given the fear that people would exercise their right to abortion by killing off their gay offspring in utero. Still waiting to hear from those pro-choicers who will say, "Stop trying to enforce your moral standards on us!"
Evidently, former tennis star Martina Navratilova has waded into the frenzy to defend gay sheep.
Navratilova defended the "right" of sheep to be gay. She said: "How can it be that in the year 2006 a major university would host such homophobic and cruel experiments?" She said gay men and lesbians would be “deeply offended” by the social implications of the tests.
But others herald the study, saying it will allow parents greater freedom to raise the children they want.
Michael Bailey, a neurology professor at Northwestern University near Chicago, said: "Allowing parents to select their children’s sexual orientation would further a parent’s freedom to raise the sort of children they want to raise."
For the record, I'm against aborting gay babies--er, fetuses--er, embryos, as well as straight ones.
UPDATE: Now there is a study out of Denmark which evaluates social factors in sexual orientation.
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