Political messages are based on what works, what's appealing to our moral instinct. Personally, I hate the "born this way" argument for gay rights. It's irrelev

Political messages are based on what works, what's appealing to our moral instinct. Personally, I hate the "born this way" argument for gay rights. It's irrelevant and it's not necessarily true. It might not even be ever true, who knows. But, it's getting the job done. But if a neurologist proves that sexual orientation is acquired during childhood, are we going to throw out gay rights? In any case, I think these moral arguments are (a) more of a counterpoint argument to the pseudoscientific racism of the Nazis and their predecessors and (b) more about innate genetic potential than socio-cultural traits. I think the stronger moral argument is about equality of opportunity and (hat tip to a charmingly american ethos) individual merit. The idea is that it is more moral to judge people by their personal merit, rather than profiling and assuming even if that gives you a better chance of being correct.