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The McGreevey Scandal Wasn’t (Just) About Sex

March 20, 2008 - 1:00 am - by James Kirchick
James
2008-03-20 12:43:59

BooHoo:

I fear you don’t understand natural selection. Sickle-cell anemia persists because the more frequent heterozygotes are better off on the whole where malaria is common; that is, there’s a reproductive advantage for the _species_ as a whole, even though recessive homozygotes get a very raw deal indeed. I’m not asserting that homosexuality is necessarily analogous, but sickle-cell anemia shows that your (commonly seen) attempt at a quick disproof that homosexuality is inherited is invalid.