t's a day in the not-too-distant future. A woman, three months pregnant, sits anxiously in her obstetrician's office pondering the possibility of giving birth to a gay kid.

Perhaps, she thinks, she shouldn't have agreed to the test in the first place. Maybe it would've been better not to know, to have left everything to fate. And what difference did it make, really? Like most of her friends, the woman, though moderately religious, considers herself an open-minded cosmopolitan with a Seinfeld-ian attitude toward homosexuality: "not that there's anything wrong with that!"

Already, some scientists claim they can potentially identify fetuses hardwired for homosexuality, and the gap between recognition and intervention is quickly narrowingAt least that's how she feels about other people's gay children. But this is her baby, her first and perhaps only one. And however much she and her husband try to reconcile themselves to the idea, they know the world at large will always remain a uniquely difficult place for a boy who likes other boys.

Without resolving this conflict, she consents to an analysis of her amniotic fluid sample, mentally grouping it with the tests already performed to look for markers of Huntington's disease and Down syndromeâ??things to be ruled out. Only this time, the results have come back positive.

And now she has a choice to make. A hormone patch, applied to her belly, could redirect her child's genetic destiny, reversing the sexual orientation inscribed in his chromosomes. There would be one fewer homosexual in the worldâ??if that's what she wants.

Your Favorite Genes
It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. Already, some scientists claim they can potentially identify fetuses hardwired for homosexuality, and the gap between recognition and intervention is quickly narrowing. Some of the more notable research on the subject has focused on animalsâ??namely, sheep. Last December, researchers at two Oregon universities concluded a three-year study on sheep sexuality in which they studied the effects of hormones on rams who prefer rams. Though attempts to alter the sexual preference of sheep failed, the mere idea was enough to raise the ire of gay rights advocates, notably tennis player Martina Navratilova, who called the study "homophobic and cruel" and said it deprived the sheep of their "right" to be gay. In an article on the study in London's Sunday Times, experts predicted that within a decade, similar patches would allow parents to change fetuses' sexual orientation.

[Ed. note: The article article in the London Times was retracted after print publication of this story in Radar. The above paragraph has been updated to reflect the corrections.]

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So apparently from what is stated above because we can determine if someone is gay before birth its is becomming evident that it is a genetic disorder rather than a choice in life. Now don't get me wrong or anything I'm not against gay people and all that gay stuff but if it is pre determined in our genes then I believe it is a genetic disorder. Now this doesn't mean a bad thing it just means it is in fact a disorder by definition. Disorder simply means lack of regular arrangement. Now I don't think it is a mistake that there are 6.5 billion people in this World and rising, most of whom are straight and I don't think it is an accident that we reproduce by inserting a penis into the vagina so all of that evidence just goes to show that it really is a disruption in regular arrangement. This can be compared to why Jeffery Dahmer went on a killing spree. He didn't kill like Ted Bundy because he was just an ass he actually killed people because it was a sexual drive just as it is a sexual drive for a guy to have sex with another guy. The difference between Jeff and gay people, though is that Jeff is a serious disorder that obviously cannot be kept in society whereas gayness is a disorder that can and should be accepted in society just as somone born without a leg should be accepted in society. It really is appalling to hear Christians like my Mom to say that gay people are going to hell. Not only is this very presumpious but it is just as bad as saying a down syndrome kid is going to hell. Anyway thats my two cents on gay people. Any thoughts?
Dream of the iris Reviewed by Dream of the iris on . Gay at birth? t's a day in the not-too-distant future. A woman, three months pregnant, sits anxiously in her obstetrician's office pondering the possibility of giving birth to a gay kid. Perhaps, she thinks, she shouldn't have agreed to the test in the first place. Maybe it would've been better not to know, to have left everything to fate. And what difference did it make, really? Like most of her friends, the woman, though moderately religious, considers herself an open-minded cosmopolitan with a Rating: 5