Born that way, my ass

Stories like this confirm my suspicion that there's no such thing as being born "gay".  Homosexuality is a moral issue.  The excuse that they are born that way is just that--- an excuse.

Not that they may deserve some understanding and compassion.

The thing that may turn an individual towards this lifestyle is the way they were raised as they grew up.  Nature v. Nuture--- not biology, folks.

A young man that gets this type of treatment undoubtedly internalizes the experience which becomes a part of his identity.  Sure, there may be some temptation to do wrong, but moral training that is imparted from birth to adulthood will minimize this type of behavior.  The training needs to be reinforced by social sanctions.  I don't suppose that all homosexual behavior will be eliminated, but this type of sexual abuse against young men described in the article doesn't help with the moral issues at stake.  The parents seeking aid from the local government got no help at all.  That should tell you all you need to know about the attitude of the government.  How can a young man hope to free of this moral disease when the government works against him?

I may have told this story before, but it is supportive of this story, so here I go again.  There was a man who was the general manager of a chain of retail outlets for which I worked when I was in my early twenties.  This man came to visit the store where I worked at that time.  The man had very striking effeminate characteristics, but the man was married and had children.  All the guys were talking about him and how he appeared "gay", but was married and had children.  It turned out that he was raised by his aunts, so he lack male role models and so his behavior was influenced in a feminine way.  But this had nothing to do with his sexual development.  His aunts raised him right, it appears, and so he never became "gay".

Some may argue that he was in the closet.  Maybe, but I doubt it.  Sexual development and so forth doesn't always fit the stereotypes.

Consider the leader of the Brown Shirts in Nazi Germany.  A really tough guy.  But a homosexual nonetheless.

I don't buy the propaganda that homosexuals are born that way.  They are trained that way and it starts at a young age.