Why are people gay? [View All]

[BrentWil]

I hope no one takes offense at this thread. That is not the purpose of it.

However, I do have a question. Why are people gay? Most of the biological evidence suggests that being gay is nature. There seems to be genetic information that supports this. Moreover, there are gay people in countries where they are killed for being gay. Clearly it isn't something that is a choice.

My question revolves in why. If you are gay, you do have less of a chance of passing your genes on to another generation. Looking at this from an evolutionary point of view, I don't get it. Why and how did homosexuality develop when it would seem to be a self defeating evolutionary trait in that it reduces the chances of reproduction.

Again, I hope this isn't something that offends anyone. For me, politically, why something happened isn't as important as it did happen. Gay Americans are denied rights every day and that is highly immoral. However, homosexuality is an evolutionary puzzle that I just don't get. I hope you will not take offense to me asking "why", even if it is not as important as the fact that it did happen.