I don't care, tbh. Many people use this argument to justify denying/granting rights to gay people, and IMO whether they are born that way or it's a choice, it shouldn't matter, everyone should have the same rights.

Trying to answer the question... I don't know, I'm not an expert in biology/psychology/sociology or whatever. Maybe it's both, and some are born that way and some others change later in life.

Gay people should answer this question though.

Why no option for Both?  I think in some circumstances it could be an imballance in the body or other alteration that you have from birth, while in other circumstances I am sure it is still entirely a choice.

And I know gay men who are  nothing like that. Those are just stereotypes. People who fit them are also more likely to be out. Others just conform  to them in order to be accepted in the gay community (it's actually not as accepting of diversity sometimes, mainly due to all the sterotypes that have been associated to homosexual identity, like the ones yopu mentioned).

What's this point of the bi guy thing? The religious guy is less likely to wind up in a same sex relationship because his religiosu beleifs will torture him and make him repress his true self.

Personality is itself a complex thing, but that's a whole other topic. I think a person would go with who they find attractive, regardless if they fit in some silly stereotype or not. You should be in a romantic relationship with someone because you like them and find them attractive, not because you like drinking beer and playing sports, or fashion and Madonna.

Can you CHOOSE to be attracted to someone?

This is quite true. In this whole debate, gays and the people supporting them forget this thing.

To say it's an outright choice nothing else makes no sense when so many people who are would choice not to be.

To say it's only genetic doesn't seem to work either otherwise why don't all identical twins where one is gay both are?

I'd have had the option environmental myself and an option for multiple factors.

Personally I'm thinking it's a combo of environmental and genetic. Even with genetic though it's not so much a gay gene as it is fluctuations in hormones in the mother before birth.

This thread is a piece of shit, populated in part by morons. Please close it down. It's not off topic, it's offensive.

Yes... can't you?  Just as I can choose to be not attracted to someone for various reasons.

Especially in the situation where people are bi-sexual. Clearly they have a choice there in which they would rather be with at the time, or they can still choose both lol

Well, I can keep staring at Rosie O'Donnel, but man no matter how much I want to, I just can't find her attractive.I think you (like many people) confuse ATTRACTION with ACTION. Sure, I could CHOOSE to hit on Rosio O'Donnel, put a condom on, and rock her world while thinking I'm doing Angelina Jolie. However I cannot CHOOSE to be ATTRACTED to her.

Bisexuals do have a choice of which gender to pursue, but they themselves cannot CHOOSE to be ATTRACTED to someone.

It's a fact people are not born gay as babies come out crying.