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[I am Nintendo]

Other than being able to live off two male incomes..........

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100204144551.htm

turns out, the gay gene is selfishly altruistic

[Henning]

turns out, the gay gene is selfishly altruistic

Well, we knew it had to be somehow, huh?
That's cool. "Super-uncles"

I wonder why, if homosexuality really works evolutionarily, why couldn't a gene for sterility work just as well?

[I am Nintendo]

Because, homosexuality doesn't require extra energy. Not only that, but sterility doesn't grant this behavioral gain.

[Zeno Izen]

I wonder why, if homosexuality really works evolutionarily, why couldn't a gene for sterility work just as well?

There's genes for that too.  It's just that sterility, in its various forms, isn't as conspicuous.

[SnarlPatrick]

Great. Now not only is Evolution evil, its gay as well.

[Citizen Skeptic]

LOL! Can't wait to use that line.

[stiggywigget]

The super-uncle theory has been out there for a while. It strikes me a little as a 'just-so story'. Maybe being gay isn't adaptive but is a side effect of other more obviously useful adaptations. Just a thought.

[Henning]

Great. Now not only is Evolution evil, its gay as well.

And Faaa-abulous...!

[seaotter]

Thought it was fashion sense?

[pandamonium]

LOL! Can't wait to use that line.

too late

[Chas B]

Well if me and my partner represented a homosexual men in general, which we of course don't this theory is a 50/50 hit.

I love kids and can't wait to be an uncle again, whereas my partner can't stand them.

Personally I think that the gay role in the world is to help get skeptical balls rolling, so to speak.

When you've been told your entire life that you're very existence offends God, you tend to question religion at an early age.

[MikeHz]

Another possibility is that homosexual men help relieve male competition for females within the group, thus leaving more females for the dominant males. This helps relieve in-group tensions.

[Chas B]

This is all assuming of course that there is such a thing as homosexuality and that it isn't just a social construction, a false dichotomy, when really sexuality is a spectrum?

[Wakefield]

This is all assuming of course that there is such a thing as homosexuality and that it isn't just a social construction, a false dichotomy, when really sexuality is a spectrum?

Careful now, you're dancing close to claiming bisexuality is real and not just a case of a homosexual being confused.

(Yes, that is a joke. At least half my female friends are bisexual.)

[stands2reason]

This is all assuming of course that there is such a thing as homosexuality and that it isn't just a social construction, a false dichotomy, when really sexuality is a spectrum?

True enough. But one particular gene phenotype can have the effect of moving the organism in a certain direction along a spectrum.