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Originally Posted by JeffLV
Well let me add a bit more to the cake then. You've already agreed that this action would likely only decrease the number of gays at best, not eliminate them all together. In other words, right now estimates are around 2-10 percent are gay... Let's say we cut that in half, 1-5 percent... would everyone be 50% happier with regard homosexuals?
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No, I would expect them to harbor about the same sentiment. But there would be half as many gays; so, only half of the previous number of gays would be experiencing the oppression, prejudice, and psychological discomfort throughout their lives.
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Well, so are black people. So are white people for that matter. We have people that have issues with all sorts of people. I don't think going down this path you suggest would end any time soon after.
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You are entirely correct. It would also take an extremely long time because it would take multiple decades for only prohibiting sperm donations to have effect on demographics in any significant way.
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Originally Posted by Skinny.
A large percentage of gays don't even know they are gay, so they will think they are telling the truth.
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In other words, they're heterosexual but carry genes linked to gays; it's a recessive trait? Of course they would donate sperm like normal. But the procedure would still significantly prevent/reduce the number of the self-aware gay donors. I imagine that if people are aware that taking an action would be breaking a law, they wouldn't go out of the way to do it; they would be much more reluctant if they knew before they went to the donating place.