Wow dude assume much? You dont know anything about me. You can talk to anyone on here ive had dealings with about my character. Ive been around a minute. Just because im from north idaho doesnt mean anything. I find it crazy that i talk about my beliefs about this and get attacked. I was raised and taught a certain way. God created humans to be a certain way. I was raised to believe that god created us the way we are for a reason and the stuff thats happening in the world today doesnt have anything to do with god i can tell you that.
I know the quote above wasn't directed towards me, but let me try to tackle this from Christian perspective, as I believe that is where you are coming from. I am not going to sugarcoat things or slowly work into my main point, so here goes. The Bible, if read in context, most certainly teaches that someone could be born gay...or at least with the predisposition for homesexuality at puberty, which is basically the same thing (as young, prepubscent children do not desire anyone sexually). Does the Bible say homosexuality is sinful? Yes. So, if one is a christian, how do they reconcile these two beliefs? Easy. The Bible teaches that the first man was made perfect, but became imperfect through sin, and as a result, everyone post-Adam was born with a sinful nature. The sinful nature, while being "unnatural" in a pre-fallen state, has now become the new "natural" in our fallen state. Therefore, we are all born with a predisposition for what the Bible refers to as "sin"--sin being anything which violates God's original, natural order and/or moral law. This includes things like drug addiction, anger issues, all types of mental illnesses, homosexuality, etc., etc., etc. We see these things run in familes. There is a known genetic component for all of them...and not just these, but anything and everything we are.
Yes, our environment can most definitely condition us to accept or deny certain behaviors, but it is not the root cause of our inability to conform to God's natural order and/or moral law. This includes one's sexual preference. Therefore, one can believe people are born gay/with a predisposition for being gay without it contradicting God's word, just as much as one can believe a person could be born with a predilection for alcoholism without it contradicting Gods's word. In fact, to believe that homsexuality is somehow unnatural to the fallen state and therefore unique in its origin, while believeing that all other sins are the result of our fallen nature, makes no sense. There is no blibical precedent for such a belief. The bottom line, according to the Bible, is that all sin is the result of our fallen nature, which has now become the new natural for all mankind.
Of course, we are not all prone to the same desires, nor do we all struglle with the same things, but regardless of what issues we have, the root cause is the same. The church at large has erred in interpreting this aspect of biblical truth...and it has caused many to lose faith in the church. If one recognizes the Bible as a source of authority, then such an individual can only conclude that those who desire homosexual relations do so for the same reason that the rest of us struggle to obey God's laws--mankind's fallen nature. This is why the Bible says we ALL fall in the same boat as imperfect beings (in one way or another) and are in need of God's salvation. That is the whole reason for the birth of Jesus Christ--that he would die for the sins of all, so that whosoever might believe in him should not die, but have eternal life. Homosexuality is not some unique sin that people engage in just because they want to break God's law. They do it because it is what comes naturally to them.
Now it's time for a little common sense. It is way easier to be straight in this world than to be attracted to the same sex. With all the problems a gay person encounters in this world, why would ANYONE choose to be gay? Just to break God's law? No. Many of these people have suffered tremendously because of it...and wanted to be anything but gay. Some commit suicide because they feel like there is no escape from the hardships they face. NO ONE would choose to suffer (and epecially die) if they could just as easily choose to be attracted to the opposite sex and avoid all those problems in the first place.