I watched that, too, and I don't remember him saying that. Just to get it straight, you heard him say, "Women Are So Shallow They Would Abort a Gay Fetus"?

Otherwise, it would happen. I know a prominant member on another of Stardock's boards, my age, well-educated, who believes that pregnant woment who find that their child has the gene for Down Syndrome should abort the fetus. I assume it would apply for other mental handicaps of equal severity.

That said, do you think for an instant all the tight-ass "pillars of the community" wouldn't dodge the bullet without hesistation if they could find out if their kid was going to become an "embarassment" later? Not that it matters, since there is no "gay gene" and I don't believe they'll ever find one. This just comes from many people's assumption that everything in life can be traced back to genetic code.

I have to ask how this issue puts liberals in a quandry. Generally, liberals are pro-choice and are generally more accepting of homosexuals. IF a gay gene ever were found, I think it would be the liberals who would be less likley to have an abortion simply because the kid would turn out to be gay.
On the other hand, the conservatives would find themselves in quite a predicament if a gay gene were ever found: imagine being pro-life AND anti-gay rights and KNOWING you would have to make some kind of compromise on these values.

I have to ask how this issue puts liberals in a quandry.

The liberal quandary would be in being Pro Choice, but not wanting to appear homophobic. Would it be homophobic to abort a gay fetus? Should a woman be forced to bring the fetus to term, because it would be "anti gay" to abort it?

Your conservative quandary works pretty well too!!

Your conservative quandary works pretty well too!!

Exactly.  SO you would have the conservative christians aligning themselves with NARAL, and the Gay/Lesbians Aligning themselves with Pro Lifers.  A complete upheaval in the political spectrum! 

One of God's jokes I wonder? (Wholly Moses!)

Pro Choice is about letting the individual decide on their own, regardless of your own personal opinions and feelings. If someone is aborting because they fear the child will be gay, I personally disagree with that and it lowers my opinion of that person, but ultimately it is their decision and it's not my place to make any sort of choice for them.

That, my friends, is Pro Choice...

Pro Choice is about letting the individual decide on their own, regardless of your own personal opinions and feelings. If someone is aborting because they fear the child will be gay, I personally disagree with that and it lowers my opinion of that person, but ultimately it is their decision and it's not my place to make any sort of choice for them.

Kind of like how Europe allowed Hitler to grow and fester. "I disagree with his philosophy, and I think he is a bad man, but it is his country and decision, and not my place to make any sort of decision for them".

Yep! Like I said, a very interesting upheaval.

That, my friends, is Pro Choice...

and you Zoomba may feel that way, but the quandary would be among the activists. Act Up and Planned Parenthood would be at each other's throats!

Your comments are disappearing... or you hitting the delete key like mad...

Wow, there's an echo in all this emptiness!!! What's happening with JU lately??

I wrote something about this. It's amazing how full of shit some pro-choicers (and pro-lifers) are, all in the name of pandering just like Jean Kerri. Misogynistic too!

"Women Are So Shallow They Would Abort a Gay Fetus"

This sounds like some sort of 'rank session' that people on my stoop uesed to do...

You momma is so dumb, she said you came out of her closet

Your woman is so foolish, that she called Micheal jackson and said, "I think you should dress like Captain Crunch when you go to court"

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if the 'gay gene' is found, there will be a very interesing debate indeed as to whether being gay is a race or a malfunction.

interesting....

if the 'gay gene' is found, there will be a very interesing debate indeed as to whether being gay is a race or a malfunction.

Another interesting outcome would be a new "class system" of rating fetuses. If some fetal "impurities" are deemed justifications for abortions, but others aren't... where does that leave the pro and anti sides of the debate itself?

you heard him say, "Women Are So Shallow They Would Abort a Gay Fetus"?

yes although he prefaced it with the words "I beleive that..." but that wouldn't fit in the title. The baldness of the statement was what prompted me to post it.

Generally speaking, the majority of abortions are probably sought after by the more shallow women, particularly the repeat "customers". It takes someone with little emotional intelligence to seek ending their future child's life.

Generally speaking, the majority of abortions are probably sought after by the more shallow women, particularly the repeat "customers".

I suppose you can link to the research that supports this?