(same-sex orientation)
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2 – 5% of population are predominantly or exclusively attracted to the same sex and act on that attraction
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Over 10% of population are predominantly or exclusively left-handed (varies from 3% to 27%)
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Same-sex orientation is slightly more common in men than women
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Left-handedness is slightly more common in men than women
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Same-sex orientation is distributed over the whole population – male and female, young and old. It is never absent from any population
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Left-handedness is distributed over the whole population – male and female, young and old. It is never absent from any population
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Being attracted to a person of the same sex is not a conscious choice or preference. But acting on that attraction is a conscious natural choice
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Finding it easier to use the left hand is not a conscious choice or preference. But using the left hand is a conscious natural choice
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Homosexuality and heterosexuality can be considered as alternate patterns of development
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Left- and right-handedness can be considered as alternate patterns of development
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Same-sex orientation or intercourse is not a disease
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Left-handedness is not a disease
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Same-sex intercourse is sometimes treated as sinful or criminal behavior
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Left-handedness is sometimes treated as wrong behavior
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The Bible condemns sex between males and disapproves of sex between females
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The Bible treats the right hand as superior and powerful and treats the left hand as inferior
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Homosexuals are often socially and legally persecuted and discriminated against
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Left-handed people have been (and in some places still are) socially persecuted and discriminated against
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Over time some people have changed their attitudes, revised their views and discarded some prejudices about homosexuality
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Over time some people have changed their attitudes, revised their views and discarded some prejudices about left-handedness
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Male homosexuality is often considered dirty from its association with anal intercourse
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The left hand is sometimes considered dirty as it is used for cleaning of excretory functions in some countries
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