A few weeks ago, Colorado Candidate, Ken Buck, appeared on a television program and compared homosexuality to alcoholism. Some have interpreted his comment to mean that he was saying Homosexuality is a disease, which has raised some concern. For the past I have been thinking about his comment and the reaction to it.
Recent studies have shown that sexuality is based on more on genetics than choice, thus there is a biological component. I'm wondering if Ken Buck was trying to say that homosexuality is biological, like Alcoholism, which is also considered to be genetic. However, even if that was the case, the comparision is still concerning since Alcoholism is a disease and is a problem, where any type of sexuality (i.e. heterosexual, gay, lesbian) is not a disease and its not a problem.
Colorado Psychologist, Dr. Sarah Burgamy responded to Ken Buck's comments last week at the One Colorado press conference. Click this link if you would like to hear what she had to say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0H3APrbNMk
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