[joeydb]

I think the question needs to be broken down into two pieces: homosexual desire versus homosexual behavior. As a starting point in a philosophical argument, I would assert that:

1. Most people are born straight, and some are born homosexual. There have been biological findings concerning the development of the hypothalamus in men, showing a correlation between homosexual desire and a hypothalamus more like that of a woman. Being biological in origin, the degree to which an individual is different from "straight" behavior, and the age of discovery, can vary.

2. Homosexual behavior can be a choice, especially when you consider prison as an example. The stereotypical womanizing criminal, who today has many girlfriends. This man will be locked up for 20 years starting today, and somehow later will be participating in homosexual behavior. He is not biologically predisposed to having homosexual desires, and may never have participated in the behavior had he not been sent to prison.

3. If we treat the desire as separate from the behavior, it would seem that those having homosexual desires would see it as natural to have homosexual behavior. There also may be those who have homosexual desires who resist the behavior, for whatever reason: guilt, social ramifications, religion, etc. Then there are those who are straight, who do things more associated with homosexuals while in prison, which, frankly, I do not understand.