# Genetic basis of homosexuality and Republicanism

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-homosexuality-and-republicanism/748964>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 14, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-homosexuality-and-republicanism/748964 "2016-03-14T12:07:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-homosexuality-and-republicanism/748964/41 "2016-03-17T14:37:19Z")

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Well I guess we’re speaking a different language because everything you underlined seems to agree with what I said. Genes are involved in how politically active you are but not which party. I suppose we’ll have to agree to disagree if you don’t see it that way.

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**Author:** ![Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-homosexuality-and-republicanism/748964/42 "2016-03-17T15:37:19Z")

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> [@CarnalK](#):
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> Well I guess we’re speaking a different language because everything you underlined seems to agree with what I said. Genes are involved in how politically active you are but not which party. I suppose we’ll have to agree to disagree if you don’t see it that way.

Why did you start your previous response with the word “No”?

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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-homosexuality-and-republicanism/748964/43 "2016-03-17T16:48:13Z")

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Yeah on reflection I guess our two statements in that case weren’t that different.

Why did you disagree when I said your cite refuted specific party affiliation as genetic? Since I referred to your title it was obvious I meant which party affiliation, not any affiliation at all.

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**Author:** ![Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genetic-basis-of-homosexuality-and-republicanism/748964/44 "2016-03-18T12:34:27Z")

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> [@CarnalK](#):
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> Why did you disagree when I said your cite refuted specific party affiliation as genetic? Since I referred to your title it was obvious I meant which party affiliation, not any affiliation at all.

Because I don’t believe voting tendencies to be necessarily the same thing as party affiliation, though that might depend on the political system.

That said, as the thread has gone on I have learned that it’s a mistake to lump party affiliation in with political attitudes and other political behaviors, and [Republicanism](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/republicanism)doesn’t mean what I think it means.

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