Would you replace a homosexual gene in your child if given the choice?

Financial surrogacy is also legal.

There seems to be higher HIV rates in gay men when compared to straight. Bearing this in mind, YES. I would want my children having a higher chance to live a longer healthier life.

I also wouldn't want my child to have to face the social stigma homosexuals deal with

If you claim for yourself the right (or assert you would exercise such a right), you have morally conceded that others are perfectly within their rights to remove the Islam gene from their children to protect them from the disadvantages and risks of the Islamic lifestyle

You can pick and chose what you believe in but you can't back it up with evidence from a book that you only half follow. And for your information, no I would not get rid of my child if they had a disability! Because of the difficulties that they would face (outside of prejudice-third time saying this now!) I would want to give them an easier life by getting rid of their disability but if I were only doing so because of the ignorant views of other I would be part of the problem! Every child will face some kind of judgement but that doesn't mean I'm going to design them to make them fit into a world that believes hate is natural yet love between two consenting, unrelated adults is not! Btw I am gay and you seem to think you know more about my happiness than me, I have two loving parents whom I know would never dream of trying to change me because they love me for who I am and that's a huge part of person's happiness for which I can vouch! If I knew they tried to change me to make me fit into a cookie cutter image of how someone 'should' be I don't know if I'd ever want to see them again.

"It’s illegal to pay a surrogate in the UK, except for their reasonable expenses."
https://www.gov.uk/legal-rights-when-using-surrogates-and-donors/overview

Sure it does mate, can remember the last time i saw two male gorillaz having it out behind the tree at chester zoo (y)

As humans every trait we have has a function or a reason.
Please tell me the function of homosexuality

It's not all species.But you have a good example with penguins: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-27405652


Homosexuality probably developed when men started to build social groups. Due to the low life expectancy, many children were orphans, so gay men could 'adopt' them - whilst heterosexual men probably only want to raise their own offspring.

Mate what are you talking about?

I guess you wouldn't want your child to be short, black, mixed race, red-headed, requiring glasses, etc. I hope you have enough money to pay for all this genetic engineering you'll be needing for your child to live a rosy life.

Can you read? I have said several times that there are different types of Christianity and there is not just one type of Christian. I have also said there is more than one religion. You cannot claim to be respectful of other religions if you continue to question their members and refer to their holy scripts as 'books'

Nobody said anything about getting rid of. You did say that if you could, you would prevent your child from being disabled by altering a gene.
Being heterosexual rather than homosexual would likely be giving them an easier life.

Oh don't try and play that card. Have I said anything about knowing about your happiness? You being gay would also explain why you are so accepting of homosexuality but leave little room for any other views.

Whether you like it or not, a huge part of both homosexuality and disability is prejudice.

That's funny that you're talking about your parents accepting you for who you are & you never wanting to see them again if they tried to change you when you have just said you'd change your own child if you could. Hmm

Never did I say I wouldn't accept my child being gay. Of course I would allow my child to hold their own views and sexuality and accept it. Its not something I would prefer but nonetheless accept out of the love for my child... What? Paying for genetic engineering? You serious? I merely responded to the OP that if I were given the choice in that particular circumstance. No need to get butt hurt and show no respect for an opinion.

So if the doctors told you that your son due to be born would be homosexual as he had a dominant gene for homosexuality. Would you replace that gene with another of yours (a straight version) if given the choice by doctors to stop your child becoming homosexual later in life? Hypothetical situation of course.

The basis you gave was the supposedly higher rates of HIV in gay men. I argued that that is a flawed basis for such a view and akin to saying you do not want your child to be a Muslim woman due to the higher rates of rickets. You also referred to the social stigma, which I argued attaches to redheads, black people, etc., yet I doubt most people would pay for genetic engineers to change their genes.

I appreciate what you're saying above, but I just responded to the arguments you originally made.

So if the doctors told you that your son due to be born would be homosexual as he had a dominant gene for homosexuality. Would you replace that gene with another of yours (a straight version) if given the choice by doctors to stop your child becoming homosexual later in life? Hypothetical situation of course.

So if the doctors told you that your son due to be born would be homosexual as he had a dominant gene for homosexuality. Would you replace that gene with another of yours (a straight version) if given the choice by doctors to stop your child becoming homosexual later in life? Hypothetical situation of course.