Over at Fr Z’s blog there is an interesting debate about whether homosexuals are born that way or become gay as a result of background and upbringing. Is it nature or nurture? Many of those who contribute to the debate, among them homosexuals, believe that it is nurture. Take a look.
My own view is that most homosexuals are born that way. I believe it instinctively. I also believe it because many gay people say it is the case, and I see no reason for disbelieving them. I do not, however, believe that being born that way makes gay sex right. Nor do homosexuals necessarily believe that. Last March I received a letter from a homosexual traditionalist who did not believe it. But he did not like the attitude of some Catholics to gays, and rebuked me for having written in my Charterhouse column that homosexuals formed a “rich and privileged minority”. I reproduced a couple of lines from the letter at the time, but here, with a couple of small deletions, is the whole thing:
