Jan Baker wants to know, "Why are people gay?"

I recently read an article with the following quote: "Tellingly two founders of a ministry established to 'heal' homosexuals later described their program as 'ineffective ... not one person was healed'."

Before you answer this question, please give it some deep thought. Check out this article, if you can:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/08/14/what_makes_people_gay/

Question: Why are some people gay? Do you believe that 80% of people (including heterosexuals) have had an attraction to their same gender at some point in their life? Do you believe being gay is a phase? Or do you believe people are born gay? What makes people gay? Is it genetics? Why do you think so? Or is it a choice? In a society that makes it very difficult to be gay, why do you think people would make that choice? Do you think people's upbringing and lifetime circumstances affect people and cause them to become gay?

Blake's question about stem cell research

Is all stem cell research wrong, or is some of it wrong? How far is too far? Will the benefit of the research outweigh the sacrifice in the end? Do you think stem cell research is like trying to "play God"? Do you know what cell stem research is exactly and why some people are for it and some against it? If you need more info about stem cell research before answering, have a look at these sites:

http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem.htm