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[CraigD]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

Homosexuals do not pass on their genes.

This is a logical conclusion only if one assumes that all homosexuals never have heterosexual sex. This assumption is not supported by my experience – Of the roughly 20 males I personally know who have acknowledged to me that they are homosexual, 4 of them have fathered at least 1 child. I only know 10 women who have acknowledged to me that they are homosexual, 4 of whom have born at least one child.

I’ve discussed the details of parenthood with only a few homosexuals, most of them male. Several had children while in heterosexual relationships, before “coming out” and adopting a nearly or fully homosexual life style. One had a child as the result of a single sexual encounter with a female friend. A male homosexual couple and a female homosexual couple I know had child by way of a complicated agreement. None had children via artificial inseminated “surrogacy”, though I understand that this is sometimes done.

None of the children of homosexuals who I know are, to my knowledge, homosexuals.

It appears to me that, while homosexuality may reduce the probability of passing on one’s genes, it doesn’t reduce it to nearly zero. Conversely, being heterosexual doesn’t increase the probability to nearly 100%.