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Interestingly, if being gay is a biological phenomenon rather than a social one, then that may be possible.

I wonder if Wikipedia has a list of unethical medical research topics?

> being gay is a biological phenomenon rather than a social one

I would expect it to be a little of both. We are very complex animals and not all our social aspects are purely social rather than biological. Think bonobos and chimpanzees.

My gut feeling is that the majority of homosexuals are social, rather than biological.

So when did you choose to be (presumably) straight?

Silly rabbit, there you go thinking again. Did I say they chose? No, I said social, meaning their homosexuality was caused by social pressures instead of biological imperatives. I am sure there are some that 'chose' to be that way, just the majority of them are that way because of imprinting or other social pressures.

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