Standing against oppression "..these things some of you were"
Standing against oppression "..these things some of you were"
By Mike Davidson
www.anglican-mainstream.net
Church of England Newspaper
November 25 2011
Stuart Walton (CEN November 18) believes science has shown that "sexuality is mostly, perhaps even wholly genetic". By contrast, the best Anglican survey prepared for Lambeth (2008), The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality, Philip Groves (ed) says (p281) that the impetus behind the search for genes associated with homosexuality "has lessened with the weakness of genetic links to HS implied by recent twin studies."
The more recent (and most reliable) twin studies suggest a much lower genetic influence in homosexuality than earlier studies - the better the study the weaker the linkage. In Bailey et al [2000] the doyen of twin study practitioners, Michael Bailey, says, "Although prior twin studies have been generally consistent in indicating a genetic contribution to male and female sexual orientation, they have also been rather consistent in their methodological limitations.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Mike Davidson
www.anglican-mainstream.net
Church of England Newspaper
November 25 2011
Stuart Walton (CEN November 18) believes science has shown that "sexuality is mostly, perhaps even wholly genetic". By contrast, the best Anglican survey prepared for Lambeth (2008), The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality, Philip Groves (ed) says (p281) that the impetus behind the search for genes associated with homosexuality "has lessened with the weakness of genetic links to HS implied by recent twin studies."
The more recent (and most reliable) twin studies suggest a much lower genetic influence in homosexuality than earlier studies - the better the study the weaker the linkage. In Bailey et al [2000] the doyen of twin study practitioners, Michael Bailey, says, "Although prior twin studies have been generally consistent in indicating a genetic contribution to male and female sexual orientation, they have also been rather consistent in their methodological limitations.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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