Would it be possible for homosexuals to be bred out of existence?

You answered your own question,

" if homosexuals can't procreate and pass that gene on, then shouldn't number of children receiving homosexual genetic traits reduce over time?"

Yes it should, and since it doesn't then that is adequate proof that there is no genetic link to homosexuality. It is caused in the womb as we develop just like heterosexuality is, it's not a defect or a disability. There is no genetic link as if there were then heterosexual couples would not be able to have a gay child, and obviously ALL heyerosexual couples can create gay children, how do you think we came to be in the first place?

Genes play no part in it so no, it would not be possible to "breed out" homosexuality Xx

Honestly, I think it's a mutation affecting sexuality alone. It's probably something that has to do with stress on the mother while the baby's in the womb and/or fraternal birth order. Of course, this doesn't mean homosexuals should be treated differently because it's not affecting intellectual processes, just sexual function.

I really can't answer this question. But I know from all the research I've seen that there is NO clear cut answer for why people end up homosexual. Saying someone is born that way is factually INCORRECT unless proven otherwise. It's a theory. The prenatal environment is also a THEORY, not fact.

No, it would not be possible. Straight couples produce gay children so unless you wipe out human beings all together, well, we will still be here. I don't really believe it's a "gene" that causes it. We have mapped the entire human genome and well, there is really no evidence of a "gay gene". Unlike your example, we can identify the chromosome (21) in which 3 variations can cause down syndrome. There is no "defect" present in the chromosomes of gay people. I believe that it has something to do with neural development and hormone exposure during pregnancy. It isn't a defect anymore than someone being gifted in math or gifted with linguistic skills or just being less than normal intelligence. Our understanding of the human brain is still in its' infancy, even though it is progressing rapidly.

"But I know from all the research I've seen that there is NO clear cut answer for why people end up homosexual. Saying someone is born that way is factually INCORRECT unless proven otherwise. It's a theory."

-We can rule out what doesn't cause it. "Born gay" is fact, but that doesn't say a cause. Personally, I know I was born gay. Do I know what caused me to be born gay? No. Do I know what did not cause it? YEP. It is not due to outside influence, choice or environmental factors. Those aren't theories anymore than someone saying the earth is flat. It is spouting falsehoods that have been shown to be incorrect.

Although there is no "gay gene", there is evidence that male homosexuality is passed on- but down the female line. Sisters of gay men have a likelihood of producing gay offspring- and that chance increases with subsequent births.

So, male homosexuality can't be "bred" out per se, but as the number of children that women give birth to decreases, so should the number of homosexual men.

However, female homosexuality, and around a third of male homosexuality, is caused by hormonal conditions in the womb during brain development. This came out of some pretty grim experiments the Soviets did. Whether some women are more likely than others to produce excess testosterone/oestrogen during pregnancy hasn't yet been identified.

No, being gay is not a genetic trait. This is easily demonstrated by the fact that straight parents have been having gay kids since the beginning of time. If being gay were a genetic trait, it would have been bred out of the human race half a million years ago.

Sexuality has absolutely nothing to do with inheritable genetic traits. Sexuality is determined by brain structures, which in turn are influenced by growth and sex hormones during gestation. Therefore it is impossible to breed gay people out of existence, because all you'd be doing is breeding more gay people.

You're forgetting about spontaneous mutation.

Many traits show up in people whose families have no histories of them. And, precisely because many homosexuals have never reproduced, you'd expect there to be relatively few homosexuals in the population if homosexuality were entirely a matter of inheritance from a parent. You'd expect them to have died out, or nearly so, well before now.

But it's obviously not a really simple matter of inheritance from Mom and Dad or Grandma and Grandpa. Most homosexuals grow up with straight parents, straight other relatives. So, if it's inborn, then something else is going on. If homosexuality is genetic, then spontaneous mutation of the gene or genes for it is likely the explanation. We don't know why such mutations occur, but we know that they do. For example, although hemophilia is normally a familial, inherited disease, with a woman becoming a carrier because her mother was a carrier, it is also possible for a woman to become a carrier because of spontaneous mutation in her body of the gene.

It's also possible that people are born gay but not because of a gene. Prenatal exposure to certain hormones is one explanation that some researchers have been investigating.

If homosexuality is genetic, even via spontaneous mutation, then in theory, you could weed out all fertilized embryos that carry the gene. However, all parents would have to undergo IVF in order to get pregnant rather than do it the natural way if there were to be any chance of eliminating homosexuality altogether.

Possible..... not likely........ the defect in the DNA would probably crop up again sooner-or-later

Staggering. If you don't care why ask.

don't even answer to it just move along gay people --->