article_snippet: (CNN)Researchers say Dr. Ben Carson may be a brain surgeon, but science shows Dr. Ben Carson's dead wrong about how sexual orientation works.
article_snippet: Wednesday on CNN, Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and potential Republican presidential candidate, said Dr. Ben Carson "absolutely" believes being gay is a choice.
article_snippet: In a statement Wednesday on CNN, Dr. Ben Carson apologized for what Dr. Ben Carson said on CNN, and softened Dr. Ben Carson words, saying the verdict is still out on whether people are born with people sexual preference.
article_snippet: I do not pretend to know how every individual came to every individual sexual orientation," Dr. Ben Carson added.
article_snippet: So what was Carson's scientific support for Carson argument that being gay is a choice?
article_snippet: Ask yourself that question,Carson Carson told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
highlights_snippet: Dr. Ben Carson told CNN that being gay is a choice and pointed to prisoners who go in straight and leave gay .
  