{"id":119,"date":"2006-03-14T10:52:40","date_gmt":"2006-03-14T15:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/119"},"modified":"2008-06-13T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T16:32:15","slug":"unfit-to-breed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/119","title":{"rendered":"Unfit To Breed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reacting to a change in fertility clinic rules allowing gay men to become sperm donors, a local crackpot is demanding that people be warned that using their sperm is likely to result in a horrible consequence<\/a> …namely the birth of little gay babies…<\/p>\n

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After a complaint to the Human Rights Commission, New Zealand’s biggest fertility service, Fertility Associates, has decided to accept sperm from gay men – previously barred because of a supposed higher HIV risk. Responding to the move, Canterbury University associate professor of genetics Frank Sin called for potential recipients of sperm from gay donors to be told that "the gay gene(s)" could be passed on to the child.<\/p>\n

Dr Sin told The Dominion Post that it was "not daydreaming" to suggest that sexual orientation could be inherited. Animal models had clearly shown the existence of a gene that controlled sexual behaviour, he said. Though there was nothing so conclusive in human studies, there was strong evidence – particularly from twin studies – of a significant genetic component.<\/p>\n

Environment also played a role, Dr Sin said. Though he had nothing against homosexuality, Dr Sin said people had the right to know the trait could be passed on. <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notice however, that he’s not saying that anyone with gay relatives in their bloodline should also have their sperm so labeled.  My parents were both straight, as are the parents of most gay children…and yet they produced a gay son.  So who does this guy think he’s fooling?  Perhaps he’s got nothing against homosexuality, but he’s clearly got a problem with homosexuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reacting to a change in fertility clinic rules allowing gay men to become sperm donors, a local crackpot is demanding that people be warned that using their sperm is likely to result in a horrible consequence …namely the birth of little gay babies… After a complaint to the Human Rights Commission, New Zealand’s biggest fertility […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3,6],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-gay-rights","tag-the-right-wing-mindset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}