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Group uses billboard to promote message ‘Nobody is born gay’

Posted at 10:19 PM, Dec 09, 2014
and last updated 2014-12-09 22:19:31-05

The organization Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) has rented a Lamar billboard along Interstate 95 Richmond to post a scientifically controversial message.

The billboard’s message says that research shows nobody is born gay.The group cites a study on twins and genes conducted in a 2000 Northwestern University Department of Psychology  study.

The author of that research study, J. Michael Bailey, has said he does not approve of PFOX’s interpretation.

In fact, the same study is used by many same-sex advocacy groups as proof that genes may influence sexual orientation.

Read more here, on GayRVA.com.