[PLUG-TALK] Credibility...

[Jason Dagit]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Michael Robinson
<plug_1 at robinson-west.com>wrote:

>
> Karl Keating on what it means to respect homosexuals:
> http://www.catholic.com/newsletters/kke_040629.asp


Karl Keating says this:

> 1. No one is born homosexual, just as no one is born an alcoholic. There
> may be a genetic tendency toward homosexuality in some people, just as there
> seems to be a genetic susceptibility to alcoholism among certain ethnic
> groups (such as the Irish, Scandinavians, Russians, and American Indians).
>

How is Karl's explanation of alcoholism in ethnic groups different than
racism?  What I mean is, I would like to give Karl the benefit of the doubt
but I'm unclear as to what fine line he must be walking between statistics,
biology and racism.  Anyone?

Jason
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