Homosexuality: nature vs. nurture? speech assignment

Jamie grew up into the person his natural, biological self predestined– a homosexual man who acted differently than the people he grew up around. Even though his environment was hostile to his views, goals, and characteristics, Anybody still turned into a homosexual. Instead of focusing on the plethora of scientific evidence validating our point, as my co-debater will soon do, I wish to give you a dose of reality by looking at the behavior of children, which clearly shows homosexuality In later life is not caused by a child’s grow up to be a homosexual by examining their play.

Clearly, the boys were not taught this behavior. Furthermore, they were often under harsh persuasion from their parents to change; this hostile environment does not breed homosexuality. If anything, like in the case of Jamie, it breeds normalcy, a wish to fit in. The only reasonable conclusion is that they are driven to this behavior–and to being gay as an adult–by some innate trait. Our world is clearly changing for the better in that it is becoming more tolerant and less hateful towards gay people. However, being a gay individual is still hard; it is still a tough road to take.