What If it is Genetic?

The question, what will happen if we find out that homosexuality is genetic, is asked often of Christians. Will you still discriminate and hate us? Will you finally accept us when you see that it's not our choice? That's how the argument goes. But what would happen if we discover that homosexuality is indeed genetic? After all, if it is genetic, then we are only a couple of decades (at most) away from being able to change that. The age of genetic engineering is upon us and soon we will be able to wipe out genes that promote a whole slew of negative traits such as depression, obesity, anger, ect.

And if it is genetic then in our brave new world there will soon be a way to truly make it a matter of choice. If there is a "gay gene," would the homosexual lobby allow parents to have that gene "fixed" so that their child would be raised straight? Or would they insist that the gene must be left alone because it is how God wanted it made? And if that's the case, then what about diseases such as Sickle Cell Anemia? If genes are made the way they are by God, then should we affect change in any genes? And if they're not made that way by God, then why does it matter what we do to them? Parents should be free to choose. And for that matter, if the technology eventually allows it, adults should be able to as well. If a young person is gay and wishes to not be, would it be acceptable to the gay community for that person to undergo gene therapy of the future and turn their genes straight?

Somehow, I can't help but thinking that the homosexuals would disapprove of all this rather strongly. Despite the fact that the argument goes, "No one would choose this lifestyle," I have a hard time seeing the gay lobby allowing an effective end to homosexuality. And let's not kid ourselves. Can there be any doubt that the vast majority of people would choose to "fix" the gene and have a straight child? The number of parents that would choose to have a gay child is probably too small to be a mathematically significant figure.

So let's embrace this question, what would happen if homosexuality turned out to be genetic? In the near future, the weapon that homosexuals use to tear Christians with might well end up being a very sharp double edged sword.