Fixing Gay Fetuses?

I'm not sure what to think about this:

The president of the leading Southern Baptist seminary has incurred sharp attacks from both the left and right by suggesting that a biological basis for homosexuality may be proven, and that prenatal treatment to reverse gay orientation would be biblically justified.

The Rev. R. Albert Mohler Jr., one of the country's pre-eminent evangelical leaders, acknowledged that he irked many fellow conservatives with an article earlier this month saying scientific research "points to some level of biological causation" for homosexuality.

Proof of a biological basis would challenge the belief of many conservative Christians that homosexuality - which they view as sinful - is a matter of choice that can be overcome through prayer and counseling.

However, Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., was assailed even more harshly by gay-rights supporters. They were upset by his assertion that homosexuality would remain a sin even if it were biologically based, and by his support for possible medical treatment that could switch an unborn gay baby's sexual orientation to heterosexual.

"He's willing to play God," said Harry Knox, a spokesman on religious issues for the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay-rights group. "He's more than willing to let homophobia take over and be the determinant of how he responds to this issue, in spite of everything else he believes about not tinkering with the unborn."

That last statement by Ms. Knox is pretty stupid. Christians are not opposed to "tinkering with the unborn" - they're opposed to killing them. No Christian would have a problem with in-utero surgery if it was necessary to save the life of the child or correct a problem before it becomes worse. I have no idea how you'd fix homosexuality in the womb (maybe put little splints on their wrists so they don't go limp??).

My personal view is that homosexuality is more likely a result of environmental factors in a child's home than biology, but I'm smart enough to know I don't know for sure. If environment is not a big factor, why does the gay rights crowd make such an effort to expose kids to homosexual issues and lifestyles through their various school programs (as previously detailed here)? It does seem like a recruiting effort, which wouldn't be needed if biology was solely responsible.

Rev. Mohler is highly respected among evangelicals and is undoubtedly a smart guy, but I'm not sure it was wise to take this issue on before a biological link was established, let alone a way to fix it.