On the one hand, Walker, a conservative with libertarian sympathies (he has spoken out about the futility of the drug war, for instance), is no more likely to let his sexual orientation determine his judicial orientation on a matter like this one than any heterosexual judge ruling on say, a divorce or sexual-harassment case would be.
Have I missed a breakthrough in research establishing that sexual orientation is a matter of preference?
Opposing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a matter of justice".
"I grew up in a very conservative Christian home where I was taught that my sexual orientation was a matter of choice, and had put all my faith into that," he wrote.
The empirical reality is that sexual orientation is a matter of birth, not choice, and all our various attractions will remain as they were regardless of whether the pool of state sanctioned marriage licenses expands to accept same-sex couples.
However, she said in a statement that the Defense Department had made sexual orientation a private matter, but that "participating with family in traditional ceremonies such as the promotion is both common and expected of a leader".
In their statement of purpose called "What we stand for," the Girl Scouts explicitly reject discrimination of any kind and consider sexual orientation, "a private matter for girls and their families to address".
I finally recognized that his sexual orientation was not a matter of choice but a natural disposition.
Gays and lesbians have been subjected to a long history of invidious discrimination, sexual orientation is not a matter of choice, gays and lesbians have consistently had their interests dismissed and overridden in the political process, and sexual orientation has nothing to do with an individual's ability to perform in society.
Skylar considered his sexual orientation a more distant matter than his gender identity.
