Homosexuality is a Choice.

As the Pro did not post a third round rebuttal, this argument will be a closing statement. Homosexuality, being the attraction to a member of the same sex, is not a choice. There may not be definite concrete evidence to directly prove it to be genetic, but, there is definitely more than enough to indirectly prove it to not be a choice. That is the argument here. To start, there is all of the scientific studies done which were listed previously. The twin study, which concluded with results (a 52% chance of the second of an identical twin set to be gay if one is gay, and a 22% chance for the second to be gay in fraternal twins) that would just not have been the case if genetics played no role in sexuality. (1) Homosexuals also have different brain structures than heterosexuals. Gay men's brains more resembling that of a straight woman and lesbian women having brains resembling those of straight men. (1) How is it even humanly possible for someone to make a choice on their own sometime during their teenage years and then manage to reshape their brain structure?! It is simply not a possibility. The difference in brain structure from homosexuals to heterosexuals is believed to be caused by both environmental and genetic factors. A combination of the two. This is because in twin studies, the identical twins were only both gay 52% of the time and that is a higher result than the 15% of two children who are not related whatsoever. The 22% in fraternal twins also points to a genetic cause as it would "run in the family", so to speak. (2) Lastly, conversion therapy (the next best thing to "making the choice" yourself) scarcely has success in turning a gay person straight. If it were a choice to be homosexual, then wouldn't it just take a bit of convincing, persuading and maybe some homophobia statistics to convince that person otherwise about their "choice"? If it were that simple, then there definitely wouldn't even be any gay people on the planet! Why would anyone choose to have a certain quality about them that would subject that person to judgement, hate, and even in some cases, violence? In samples of patients of conversion therapy, the best success rate found in converting homosexuals to heterosexuals was 0.5%. This occurred in eight out of 202 people who looked to Schroeder & Shidlo to change their sexuality. Unfortunately, those who claimed to manage to change had already been "ex-gays". Most other "ex-gay ministries" and other groups have success rates of a shockingly productive rate of 0%. (3) Again, if homosexuality was a choice, wouldn't it be fairly easy, or at least somewhat successful, to convince the person otherwise? Shouldn't there be something more than a generously reported 0.5% success rate?! The American Medical Association, The American Psychiatric Association, The American Psychological Association, The American Academy of Paediatrics, and The National Association of Social Workers all state that homosexuality is not something that can be treated with conversion therapy, is not a mental disease at all and therefore does not require any treatment, that sexuality is unchangeable and is not a choice. Along with all of those scientists, so many people will tell you that being gay was never a choice for them. Heterosexuals can of course say the same that it was never their choice to be straight. Tons of people know this for a fact in their hearts, and if you ask yourself the question, "When did I ever choose what gender I am attracted to?" you can find the same answer. There was never a choice. There never will be a choice. People discover their sexuality and a choice is simply not something that occurs, and people can know this even without the mounds of scientific evidence that proves the "Choice" theory blatantly incorrect. 1. http://lakeweedatarrowhead.net... 2. http://www.thetech.org... 3. http://www.religioustolerance.org...