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Junk science once again claims sexual orientation determined by genes

March 11, 2014 By: Tom Coy Category: Clinical Science, Gay Politics

February 14, 2014

The following excerpts are from the article “Unreleased Xq28 Gene Study Repeats Unproven Theory” by John Ozanich on the Voice of the Voiceless website: “We want to jump on this new junk science article right away because we’ve been down the Xq28 road before and this unreleased study managed to suspiciously get a Valentine’s Day news release without peer review. We’ve excerpted and highlighted the laughable holes for you. The attempt to pass this off as anything new or valid in a Valentine’s Day news release is insipid politics.” …

“The flawed thinking behind a genetic test for sexual orientation is clear from studies of twins, which show that the identical twin of a gay man, who carries an exact replica of his brother’s DNA, is more likely to be heterosexual than homosexual. That means even a perfect genetic test that picked up every gene linked to sexual orientation would still be less effective than flipping a coin.” …