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...disproportion was on the mother's side of the family. That prompted the researchers to look at the chromosomes that determine gender, known as X and Y. Men get an X from their mother and a Y from their father; women get two X's, one from each parent. Inasmuch as the family trees suggested that male homosexuality may be inherited from mothers, the scientists zeroed in on the X chromosome...
...addition, genetic evidence would probably affect many private relationships. Parents might be more relaxed about allowing children to have gay teachers, Boy Scout leaders and other role models, on the assumption that the child's future is written in his or her genetic makeup. Those parents whose offspring do turn out gay might be less apt to condemn themselves. Says Cherie Garland of Ashland, Oregon, mother of a 41-year-old gay son: "The first thing any parent of a gay child goes through is guilt. If homosexuality is shown to be genetic, maybe parents and children...
...networks, ABC will allow Continental Cablevision, the nation's third largest cable operator, to carry ABC-owned broadcast stations without paying it a fee; in return, the cable company has agreed to carry and pay for a new cable channel, ESPN2, a spin-off of ESPN, which ABC's parent company owns...
...starts with the good presumption that it is in the best interests of children to be with their families, unless for some reason the family is inadequate," says Carole Anderson, vice president of Concerned United Birthparents, which is trying to restrict adoptions and strengthen the rights of birth parents to regain custody of children they have released. To reward the DeBoers' intransigence by letting them keep the child, Anderson says, would put all families in jeopardy. "If a noncustodial parent can come along and take a child in defiance of a court order," she says, "and get to another state...
...four-parent tug-of-war, she suffers