Many people believe that persons with same-sex attraction were ‘born that way’ and can’t change. Lady Gaga’s song ‘Born this way’ expresses just this view:
“No matter gay, straight or bi
Lesbian, transgendered life…
Ooh, there ain’t no other way, baby, I was born this way
Baby, I was born this way”
Many people today hold the view that homosexuality, for instance, is “natural” for some people and that means we have no right to judge them. Well, we have no right to judge them anyway! Our job as believers is to love and accept people, but that doesn’t mean to say that we must approve of their lifestyles. Love and approval are not exactly the same thing.
The real question that people are asking is, “Are people born gay or do they choose to become gay?” It is the “nature versus nurture” argument. People will argue that it is impossible for a person to change their basic sexual orientation and that we have no right to expect them to do so. One book that examines this subject very deeply and studies the medical, scientific facts – not trying to make a case, but simply presenting the results of the studies that have been done – says this: “It is clear that although individuals differ in the strength of their impulses because of many variables – some genetic, most not – do not fully account for activity, homosexual activity included.”
Read more: http://www.colindye.com/2012/05/30/are-people-born-gay-or-do-they-choose-to-be-gay/#ixzz40Wpv5pDp