Are We Born This Way? Exploring Science and Belief (Special Podcast Highlight)

The Bold Premise

 

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, president of the Ruth Institute and Catholic truth-teller extraordinaire, came on the show to call out a major myth:

 

🚫 “People are born gay.”

 

She’s not just throwing opinions around. She’s got the science receipts, the philosophical chops, and the Catholic anthropology to back it all up.

 

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Science Says... Nope.

 

Let’s talk DNA and identical twins for a sec:

 

-The 2019 Human Genome Study found no “gay gene.” Not even a combo of genes that would reliably predict same-sex attraction. 

 

-Identical twins: If being gay were genetic, you'd expect both twins to be gay nearly every time. It's only about 30%, which basically screams: Not born that way.

 

So... science has entered the chat. 

 

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Thoughts, Feelings, Behavior... It’s Complicated

 

Dr. Morse explains that “being gay” isn’t even one clearly defined thing. Researchers ask:

 

-How do you feel?

 

-What do you do?

 

-How do you identify?

 

Surprise! Those answers don’t always match up. So, when someone says, “I’m gay,” that could mean a LOT of different things. It’s not like having blue eyes or being left-handed (despite what the memes say).

 

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Therapy Bans: What’s Really Going On?

 

There's a big push to ban conversion therapy. Dr. Morse points out:

 

That’s basically the government telling your therapist what they can and can’t say to you in a private room.

 

Yeah. Let that sink in.