f homosexuality suggests that it is an abnormality, and implies that it is deviant from a "normal" heterosexuality. On the other hand, history has shown that society's perception of gay activities can be threatening, if not deadly. Over the centuries they have either been merely "not tolerated" or, more often, detested. After a 13th century sermon from Saint Thomas Aquinas, society began to view gays as "not only unnatural but dangerous." A genetic component in sexual orientation would tell homosexuals and the world that homosexuality is not a fault, and not the fault of anyone other than nature.
             Society's traditional stance on homosexuality has often subjected homosexuals to a horrifying list of "cures" at the hands of psychiatrists and psychologists--usually aimed at heterosexual reorientation. Treatments like these have almost invariably involved a "negative value judgment concerning the inherent character" of homosexuality. Among these "cures" have been such surgical measures as castration, hysterectomy, and vasectomy;
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