They already have civil rights. They already have constitutional rights. DiPippa disagrees that the resolution would give homosexuals any kind of legal edge. It doesn't entitle anybody to a job. What it does is allow someone to apply for a job without discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Homosexuals can get help, and they can change.
They can convert. That is the standard conservative position, espoused by Republican Senators Trent Lott of Mississippi and Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and endorsed by the Southern Baptist Convention, which last month criticized President Clinton's decision to prohibit discrimination against homosexual federal civilian employees. It's not a position that's supported by psychological or biological evidence, according to Dean Hamer, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute. Hamer says the way in which an individual's sexual orientation is determined is analogous to the way in which his body weight is determined. Genes are more than 50 percent responsible for deciding an individual's weight, with the remainder determined by diet and exercise.