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The Wall Street Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2010,

12:56 PM ET

Ken Buck: Homosexuality Is a Choice


Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck of Colorado said that homosexuality is a choice, but allowed that being gay – “like alcoholism” – has a genetic component to it.

“You can choose who your partner is,” said Mr. Buck, a tea-party favorite. He has a slight edge over Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, a close ally of President Barack Obama, according to analysis of various polls by RealClearPolitics.com.

Mr. Buck has stirred up the Colorado race by supporting the ban on openly gay men and women serving in the military. Being gay, he has said, is a “lifestyle choice.”

Asked by David Gregory, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, whether sexual orientation is determined at birth, Mr. Buck replied: “I think birth has an influence on it like alcoholism and other things, but I think that basically you have a choice.”

Mr. Bennet, who also appeared on the program, shot back: “I absolutely believe he’s outside of the mainstream of views on this.”

Mr. Obama said last week that he doesn’t consider sexuality a choice. “People are born with a certain makeup,” he said. “We are all children of God. We don’t make determinations about who we love.”

So it's a choice, kind of like alcoholism. Really? This is the same genius who declined to prosecute a date-rape case in Denver in 2005, saying it sounded to him like "buyer's remorse."
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So, Ken Buck, if it's like alcoholism, does that mean they are addicted to....ummm? - 18/10/2010 04:56:45 AM 1257 Views
not everyone votes on social issues *NM* - 18/10/2010 10:43:29 AM 490 Views
you don't have to care about the issue being discussed... - 18/10/2010 01:39:15 PM 743 Views
+1 *NM* - 18/10/2010 03:22:50 PM 356 Views
so agreeing with you on this issue is a litnus test for intellgience? - 18/10/2010 03:55:01 PM 832 Views
are you assuming everyone makes good choices while voting? - 18/10/2010 04:12:53 PM 904 Views
I don't want social issues being the reason anyone gets elected - 18/10/2010 05:29:49 PM 777 Views
No, spelling "litmus" is actually a better metric there. - 19/10/2010 10:16:50 AM 907 Views
gays do not face the same plight as blacks did before civil rights - 19/10/2010 03:17:06 PM 829 Views
It's a difference in degree, not kind. - 24/10/2010 11:31:16 AM 730 Views
really? watch some civil rights protest footage - 24/10/2010 04:44:52 PM 717 Views
absolutely - 20/10/2010 03:07:55 AM 818 Views
it does seem to be valid comparison. Are you upset that he was honest? - 20/10/2010 03:14:50 PM 739 Views
really? - 21/10/2010 03:24:48 AM 798 Views
believe what you want if it makes you feel better - 21/10/2010 03:38:27 PM 675 Views
I find it depressing that someone with views like his can be a viable candidate *NM* - 18/10/2010 11:50:05 AM 423 Views
Indeed *NM* - 18/10/2010 12:07:24 PM 364 Views
I find it depressing that someone with views like his get's a lot of support - 18/10/2010 03:56:05 PM 1397 Views
Well, it's still less amazing than what Jim DeMint said in 2004 and recently confirmed... - 18/10/2010 01:32:20 PM 791 Views
I actually have more respect for a DeMint... - 18/10/2010 01:46:19 PM 794 Views

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