Is being gay a choice?

No.It is not a choice. First of all, science and religion do not go well together.

Second of all, there is no single 'gay gene', because sexuality is complex and is due to a mixture of factors, such as epigenetics, hormones in the womb, genetics and environmental components.

It is not a choice to who you are attracted to. Even if you are brought up in a homophobic environment with no exposure to homosexuality, 10% of people realize during puberty that they are attracted to the same sex.

You may choose to pursue the relationships with people who you are attracted to, but that attraction is innate.

Some people are just ignorant and do not even have a rudimentary knowledge of science.

Whether people want to believe it or not, homosexual behavior is a conscious choice and decision made by both participants. Most, if not all, sexual deviancy are due to environmental factors or mental illness. Which explains why "sexual orientation" has no universally agreed definition other than a persistent sexual desire, and thus it is usually referred to as sexual PREFERENCE.

I am fascinated by human behavior and psychology and have thus researched this in-depth and found no real reason to it's acceptance today except for cultural and political reasons.

Identical twins have identical DNA, so studies on homosexuals and transgenders on identical twins have debunked the whole "born this way" argument, as there were no difference between the two twins.

70% of teens who identified as gay return back to being heterosexual.

Out of the gay population who eventually became straight, the one recognized as "truly gay" was the most.

In the medical and scientific perspective on this issue, our understanding and knowledge on this subject have not changed over the last 50 years. It is only accepted by the scientific community because of the growing cultural acceptance, and it makes them money. Sex-change operations, gender therapists, hormone treatments, are all personal choices and mainly for cosmetic reasons, not for anything medical or health related.

Treatment of AIDS and STD, and pills for clinical depression, are outcomes that still makes them money. Though realistically, long-term, homosexuals are costing both America and Canada more money than we realize.

I've been gay since I was four. I was practically gay before I even knew what the word gay meant. I know that it was when I was four that I started looking at men being attractive. I also knew that I've never liked women since I was four. Its not a choice really, being gay at four kinda tells me that I was born gay.

well being gay is usually just who you are and how you feel for other people.. like a girl might be super perky and love guys or a jock might be a womanizing egotisticle maniacle jerk who likes girls.. its just another sexual orientation.. shes super perky and loves women.. he's a jock and likes guys just changing the scenario around

so its like tied into your brain that you like this kind of person/gender... its a mind thing.. like when you love chocolate cake and hate vanilla or vice versa

you can certainly choose to have a gay experience/relationship but that doesn't make you gay or mean you'll like it

in some ways i'd say it can be a choice.. take me for example.. i'm bi (I like both guys and girls) and I prefer guys so I have mostly gay relations because I just find a lot of women to be like mega irrational, irrititating, bitchy or super slutty which i'm not into because I like positive relationships with people not fighting about stupid stuff

Of course it's not a choice. People are born with their sexuality. You can't decide to be gay or straight. You just are. Or you're bisexual. Or asexual.

Being gay is no more of a choice than the colour of your skin.

An individual is born with their sexuality. No one, including gays, can choose who they fall in love with.

I';m exgay

my very existence proves that it is indeed a CHOICE

No, sexuality is not a choice. It is an innate part of ourselves. The only choices we make about it is whether to accept or to reject it.

I will most likely be told I am wrong, but I have science, psychology, and religion in my side. It has been prooven that any sexual preference is a choice. You are told from a child what is right and what is wrong. As a child you can like either gender until you are told what you should do. You may or may not ignore them. Science: Being gay has nothing to do with genetics. Over half of the scientist who worked on the gay gene admitted to its false results. If being gay was a gene, it would be recessive. Since gay wouldn't reproduce there'd be no way to pass the gay gene down: resulting in the gay gene dying. So, if being gay isn't genetics, then are you born with it? No, people change all the time, but it can be extremely difficult on the brain. So lastly, the famous question: Is being gay a choice? Yes, as is all sexual preferences. You choose who you like. Stuck with the same sex only on an island could make you become gay. Some people shun the truth, but the facts are all there.

No it isn't a choice, and luckily I've never had to come out being straight.