Submitted by: Donald Hank
Quote from a Christian:
"Because deep down gays KNOW in their soul that they are in sin, which is
why the singular most prevalent problem with gays, a universal one is depression
and, what IS depression but AGER turned inwards.
An anger and hatred of self driven by their addictions and desire to do
anything to avoid the pain of that addiction, hence their vituperation against
any & all who call them on their sin and folly. This is why the gays HATE
straights, DESPISE us followers of Christ & have infiltrated and 'turned'
all of the 'liberal' churches into 'NO-SIN' zones, where anything goes.
Thank God for Bible believing churches for hey are the ONLY ones left who
have the backbone, provided by their FAITH o stand and say...NO, WHAT YOU ARE
DOING IS WRONG & SINFUL!"
The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality
By Timothy J. Dailey, Ph. D. Senior Fellow, Center for Marriage and Family Studies
Homosexual activists attempt to portray their
lifestyle as normal and healthy, and insist that homosexual relationships are
the equivalent in every way to their heterosexual counterparts. Hollywood and
the media relentlessly propagate the image of the fit, healthy, and
well-adjusted homosexual. The reality is quite opposite to this caricature which
was recently conceded by the homosexual newspaper New York Blade
News:
Reports at a national conference about sexually transmitted diseases indicate that gay men are in the highest risk group for several of the most serious diseases. . . . Scientists believe that the increased number of sexually tranmitted diseases (STD) cases is the result of an increase in risky sexual practices by a growing number of gay men who believe HIV is no longer a life-threatening illness.[1]
Instability and promiscuity typically characterize
homosexual relationships. These two factors increase the incidence of serious
and incurable stds. In addition, some homosexual behaviors put practitioners at
higher risk for a variety of ailments, as catalogued by the following research
data:
Risky Sexual Behavior on the Rise Among
Homosexuals. Despite two decades of intensive efforts to educate
homosexuals against the dangers of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and
other stds, the incidence of unsafe sexual practices that often result in
various diseases is on the rise.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), from 1994 to 1997 the proportion of homosexuals reporting
having had anal sex increased from 57.6 percent to 61.2 percent, while the
percentage of those reporting "always" using condoms declined from 69.6 percent
to 60 percent.[2]
The CDC reported that during the same period the
proportion of men reporting having multiple sex partners and unprotected anal
sex increased from 23.6 percent to 33.3 percent. The largest increase in this
category (from 22 percent to 33.3 percent) was reported by homosexuals
twenty-five years old or younger.[3]
Homosexuals
Failing to Disclose Their HIV Status to Sex Partners
A study presented July 13, 2000 at the XIII
International aids Conference in Durban, South Africa disclosed that a
significant number of homosexual and bisexual men with hiv "continue to engage
in unprotected sex with people who have no idea they could be contracting
HIV."[4]Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco found that
thirty-six percent of homosexuals engaging in unprotected oral, anal, or vaginal
sex failed to disclose that they were HIV positive to casual sex
partners.[5]
A CDC report revealed that, in 1997, 45 percent of
homosexuals reporting having had unprotected anal intercourse during the
previous six months did not know the HIV serostatus of all their sex partners.
Even more alarming, among those who reported having had unprotected anal
intercourse and multiple partners, 68 percent did not know the HIV
serostatus of their partners.[6]
Young Homosexuals are at Increased
Risk. Following in the footsteps of the generation of homosexuals
decimated by AIDS, younger homosexuals are engaging in dangerous sexual
practices at an alarming rate.
A Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
study of three-hundred-sixty-one young men who have sex with men (MSM) aged
fifteen to twenty-two found that around 40 percent of participants reported
having had anal-insertive sex, and around 30 percent said they had had
anal-receptive sex. Thirty-seven percent said they had not used a condom for
anal sex during their last same-sex encounter. Twenty-one percent of the
respondents reported using drugs or alcohol during their last same-sex
encounter.[7]
A five-year CDC study of 3,492 homosexual males aged
fifteen to twenty-two found that one-quarter had unprotected sex with both men
and women. Another cdc study of 1,942 homosexual and bisexual men with HIV found
that 19 percent had at least one episode of unprotected anal sex--the riskiest
sexual behavior--in 1998 and 1997, a 50 percent increase from the previous two
years.[8]
Homosexual Promiscuity. Studies indicate
that the average male homosexual has hundreds of sex partners in his
lifetime:
A.P. Bell and M.S. Weinberg, in their classic study
of male and female homosexuality, found that 43 percent of white male
homosexuals had sex with 500 or more partners, with 28 percent having 1,000 or
more sex partners.[9]
In their study of the sexual profiles of 2,583 older
homosexuals published in Journal of Sex Research, Paul Van de Ven et
al., found that only 2.7 percent claimed to have had sex with one partner only.
The most common response, given by 21.6 percent of the respondents, was of
having a hundred-one to five hundred lifetime sex
partners.[10]
A survey conducted by the homosexual
magazine Genre found that 24 percent of the respondents said
they had had more than a hundred sexual partners in their lifetime. The magazine
noted that several respondents suggested including a category of those who had
more than a thousand sexual partners.[11]
In his study of male homosexuality
in Western Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present
Times, M. Pollak found that "few homosexual relationships last longer than
two years, with many men reporting hundreds of lifetime
partners."[12]
Promiscuity among Homosexual
Couples. Even in those homosexual relationships in which the partners
consider themselves to be in a committed relationship, the meaning of
"committed" typically means something radically different from
marriage.
In The Male Couple, authors David P.
McWhirter and Andrew M. Mattison reported that in a study of a hundred-fifty-six
males in homosexual relationships lasting from one to thirty-seven
years,
Only seven couples have a totally exclusive sexual relationship, and these men all have been together for less than five years. Stated another way, all couples with a relationship lasting more than five years have incorporated some provision for outside sexual activity in their relationships.[13]
In Male and Female
Homosexuality, M. Saghir and E. Robins found that the average male
homosexual live-in relationship lasts between two and three
years.[14]
Unhealthy Aspects of "Monogamous" Homosexual
Relationships. Even those homosexual relationships that are loosely
termed "monogamous" do not necessarily result in healthier
behavior.
The journal AIDS reported that men
involved in relationships engaged in anal intercourse and oral-anal intercourse
with greater frequency than those without a steady partner.[15] Anal
intercourse has been linked to a host of bacterial and parasitical sexually
transmitted diseases, including AIDS.
The exclusivity of the relationship did not diminish
the incidence of unhealthy sexual acts, which are commonplace among homosexuals.
An English study published in the same issue of the
journal AIDS concurred, finding that most "unsafe" sex acts
among homosexuals occur in steady relationships.[16]
Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is a
collection of more than seventy types of viruses that can cause warts, or
papillomas, on various parts of the body. More than twenty types of HPV are
incurable STDs that can infect the genital tract of both men and women. Most HPV
infections are subclinical or asymptomatic, with only one in a hundred people
experiencing genital warts.
HPV is "almost universal" among homosexuals.
According to the homosexual newspaper TheWashington Blade: "A San
Francisco study of Gay and bisexual men revealed that HPV infection was almost
universal among HIV-positive men, and that 60 percent of HIV-negative men
carried HPV."[17]
HPV can lead to anal cancer. At the recent Fourth
International AIDS Malignancy Conference at the National Institutes of Health,
Dr. Andrew Grulich announced that "most instances of anal cancer are caused by a
cancer-causing strain of HPV through receptive anal intercourse. HPV infects
over 90 percent of HIV-positive gay men and 65 percent of HIV-negative gay men,
according to a number of recent studies."[18]
The link between HPV and cervical cancer. Citing a
presentation by Dr. Stephen Goldstone to the International Congress on
Papillomavirus in Human Pathology in Paris, the Washington
Bladereports that "HPV is believed to cause cervical cancer in
women."[19]
Hepatitis: A potentially fatal liver
disease that increases the risk of liver cancer.
Hepatitis A: The Mortality and Morbidity
Weekly Report published by the CDC reports: "Outbreaks of hepatitis A
among men who have sex with men are a recurring problem in many large cities in
the industrialized world."[20]
Hepatitis B: This is a serious disease caused by a
virus that attacks the liver. The virus, which is called hepatitis B virus
(HBV), can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver
cancer, liver failure, and death. Each year in the United States, more than
200,000 people of all ages contract hepatitis B and close to 5,000 die of
sickness caused by AIDS. The CDC reports that MSM are at increased risk for
hepatitis B.[21]
Hepatitis C is an inflammation of the liver that can
cause cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. The virus can lie dormant in
the body for up to thirty years before flaring up. Although less so than with
hepatitis A and B, MSM who engage in unsafe sexual practices remain at increased
risk for contracting hepatitis C.[22]
Gonorrhea: An inflammatory disease of
the genital tract. Gonorrhea traditionally occurs on the genitals, but has
recently appeared in the rectal region and in the throat. Although easily
treated by antibiotics, according to the cdc only "about 50 percent of men have
some signs or symptoms, and "many women who are infected have no symptoms of
infection."[23] Untreated gonorrhea can have serious and permanent health
consequences, including infertility damage to the prostate and
urethra.
A CDC report documents "significant increases during
1994 to 1997 in rectal gonorrhea . . . among MSM," indicating that "safe sex"
practices may not be taken as seriously as the aids epidemic begins to
slow.[24] In 1999 the CDC released data showing that male rectal gonorrhea
is increasing among homosexuals amidst an overall decline in national gonorrhea
rates. The report attributed the increase to a larger percentage of homosexuals
engaging in unsafe sexual behavior.[25]
The incidence of throat Gonorrhea is strongly
associated with homosexual behavior. TheCanadian Medical Association
Journal found that "gonorrhea was associated with urethral discharge .
. . and homosexuality (3.7 times higher than the rate among
heterosexuals)."[26]Similarly, a study in the Journal of Clinical
Pathology found that homosexual men had a much higher prevalence of
pharyngeal (throat) gonorrhea--15.2 percent compared with 4.1 percent for
heterosexual men.[27]
Syphilis: A venereal disease that, if
left untreated, can spread throughout the body over time, causing serious heart
abnormalities, mental disorders, blindness, and death. The initial symptoms of
syphilis are often mild and painless, leading some individuals to avoid seeking
treatment. According to the National Institutes of Health, the disease may be
mistaken for other common illnesses: "syphilis has sometimes been called 'the
great imitator' because its early symptoms are similar to those of many other
diseases." Early symptoms include rashes, moist warts in the groin area, slimy
white patches in the mouth, or pus-filled bumps resembling chicken
pox.[28]
According to the CDC, "transmission of the organism
occurs during vaginal, anal, or oral sex."[29]In addition, the Archives
of Internal Medicine found that homosexuals acquired syphilis at a rate
ten times that of heterosexuals.[30]
The CDC reports that those who contract syphilis
face potentially deadly health consequences: "It is now known that the genital
sores caused by syphilis in adults also make it easier to transmit and acquire
HIV infection sexually. There is a two to five fold increased risk of acquiring
hiv infection when syphilis is present."[31]
Gay Bowel Syndrome (GBS):[32] The
Journal of the American Medical Association refers to GBS problems such as
proctitis, proctocolitis, and enteritis as "sexually transmitted
gastrointestinal syndromes."[33] Many of the bacterial and protozoa
pathogens that cause gbs are found in feces and transmitted to the digestive
system: According to the pro-homosexual text Anal Pleasure and
Health, "[s]exual activities provide many opportunities for tiny
amounts of contaminated feces to find their way into the mouth of a sexual
partner . . . The most direct rou te is oral-anal
contact."[34]
Proctitis and Proctocolitis are inflammations of the
rectum and colon that cause pain, bloody rectal discharge and rectal spasms.
Proctitis is associated with STDs such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and
syphilis that are widespread among homosexuals.[35] The Sexually
Transmitted Disease Information Center of the Journal of the American
Medical Association reports that "[p]roctitis occurs predominantly
among persons who participate in anal intercourse."
Enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine.
According to the Sexually Transmitted Disease Information Center of
the Journal of the American Medical Association, "enteritis
occurs among those whose sexual practices include oral-fecal
contact."[36] Enteritis can cause abdominal pain, severe cramping, intense
diarrhea, fever, malabsorption of nutrients, weight loss.[37] According to
a report in The Health Implications of Homosexuality by the
Medical Institute for Sexual Health, some pathogens associated with enteritis
and proctocolitis [see below] "appear only to be sexually transmitted among men
who have sex with men."[38]
HIV/AIDS Among Homosexuals. The human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is responsible for causing AIDS, for which there
exists no cure.
Homosexual men are the largest risk category. The
CDC reports that homosexuals comprise the single largest exposure category of
the more than 600,000 males with AIDS in the United States. As of December 1999,
"men who have sex with men" and "men who have sex with men and inject drugs"
together accounted for 64 percent of the cumulative total of male AIDS
cases.[39]
Women risk contracting HIV/AIDS through sexual
relations with infected MSM. According to the CDC, "HIV infection among U.S.
women has increased significantly over the last decade, especially in
communities of color. cdc estimates that, in the United States, between 120,000
and 160,000 adult and adolescent females are living with HIV infection,
including those with AIDS." In 1999, for example, most of the women (40 percent)
reported with AIDS were infected through heterosexual exposure to
HIV.[40] That number is actually higher, as "historically, more than
two-thirds of AIDS cases among women initially reported without identified risk
were later reclassified as heterosexual transmission."[41]
Homosexuals with HIV are at increased risk for
developing other life-threatening diseases. A paper delivered at the Fourth
International AIDS Malignancy Conference at the National Institutes of Health
reported that homosexual men with HIV have "a 37-fold increase in anal cancer, a
4-fold increase in Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymph nodes), a 2.7-fold
increase in cancer of the testicles, and a 2.5 fold increase in lip
cancer."[42]
HIV/AIDS Among Young People
AIDS incidence is on the rise among teens and young
adults. The CDC reports that, "even though AIDS incidence (the number of new
cases diagnosed during a given time period, usually a year) is
declining, there has not been a comparable decline in the number of
newly diagnosed HIV cases among youth.[43]
Young homosexual men are at particular risk. The CDC
estimates that "at least half of all new HIV infections in the United States are
among people under twenty-five, and the majority of young people are infected
sexually."[44] By the end of 1999, 29,629 young people aged thirteen to
twenty-four were diagnosed with AIDS in the United States. MSM were the single
largest risk category: in 1999, for example, 50 percent of all new AIDS cases
were reported among young homosexuals.[45]
Sexually active young women are also at risk. The
CDC reports: "In 1999, among young women the same age, 47 percent of all AIDS
cases reported were acquired heterosexually and 11 percent were acquired through
injection drug use."
Homosexuals with STDs Are at an Increased Risk
for HIV Infection. Studies of MSM treated in STD clinics show rates of
infection as high as 36 percent in major cities.[46] A CDC study attributed
the high infection rate to having high numbers of anonymous sex partners:
"[S]yphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia apparently have been introduced into a
population of MSM who have large numbers of anonymous partners, which can result
in rapid and extensive transmission of STDs."[47] The CDC report concluded:
"Persons with STDs, including genital ulcer disease and nonulcerative STD, have
a twofold to fivefold increased risk for HIV infection."[48]
Anal Cancer: Homosexuals are at increased
risk for this rare type of cancer, which is potentially fatal if the anal-rectal
tumors metastasize to other bodily organs.
Dr. Joel Palefsky, a leading expert in the field of
anal cancer, reports that while the incidence of anal cancer in the United
States is only 0.9/100,000, that number soars to 35/100,000 for homosexuals.
That rate doubles again for those who are HIV positive, which, according to Dr.
Palefsky, is "roughly ten times higher than the current rate of cervical
cancer."[49]
At the Fourth International AIDS Malignancy
Conference at the National Institutes of Health in May, 2000, Dr. Andrew Grulich
announced that the incidence of anal cancer among homosexuals with HIV "was
raised 37-fold compared with the general population."[50]
Lesbians are at Risk through Sex with MSM
Many Lesbians also have had sex with men. The
homosexual newspaper The Washington Blade,citing a 1998 study in
the Journal of Infectious Diseases, reported that "the study's
data confirmed previous scientific observations that most women who have sex
with women also have had sex with men."[51] The study added that "sex with
men in the prior year was common, as were sexual practices between female
partners that possibly could transmit HPV."[52]
Lesbians have more male sex partners that their
heterosexual counterparts. A study of sexually transmitted disease among
lesbians reviewed in The Washington Blade notes: "Behavioral
research also demonstrates that a woman's sexual identity is not an accurate
predictor of behavior, with a large proportion of 'lesbian' women reporting sex
with (often high risk) men."[53]The study found that "the median number of
lifetime male sexual partners was significantly greater for WSW (women who have
sex with women) than controls (twelve partners versus six). WSW were
significantly more likely to report more than fifty lifetime male sexual
partners."[54]
A study in the American Journal of Public
Health concurs that bisexual women are at increased risk for
contracting sexually transmitted diseases: "Our findings corroborate the finding
that wsmw (women who have sex with men and women) are more likely than WSMO
(women who have sex with men only) to engage in various high-risk behaviors" and
also "to engage in a greater number of risk-related behaviors."[55] The
study suggested that the willingness to engage in risky sexual practices "could
be tied to a pattern of sensation-seeking behavior."[56]
MSM spread HIV to women. A five-year study by the
CDC of 3,492 homosexuals aged fifteen to twenty-two found that one in six also
had sex with women. Of those having sex with women, one-quarter "said they
recently had unprotected sex with both men and women." Nearly 7 percent of the
men in the study were HIV positive."[57] "The study confirms that young
bisexual men are a 'bridge' for HIV transmission to women," said the
CDC.[58]
"Exclusive" Lesbian Relationships Also at
Risk. The assumption that lesbians involved in exclusive sexual
relationships are at reduced risk for sexual disease is false. The
journal Sexually Transmitted Infections concludes: "The risk
behavior profile of exclusive WSW was similar to all WSW."[59] One reason
for this is because lesbians "were significantly more likely to report past
sexual contact with a homosexual or bisexual man and sexual contact with an IDU
(intravenous drug user)."[60]
Cancer Risk Factors for Lesbians. Citing
a 1999 report released by the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National
Academy of Sciences, the homosexual newspaper The Washington
Bladenotes that "various studies on Lesbian health suggest that certain
cancer risk factors occur with greater frequency in this population. These
factors include higher rates of smoking, alcohol use, poor diet, and being
overweight."[61] Elsewhere the Blade also reports: "Some
experts believe Lesbians might be more likely than women in general to develop
breast or cervical cancer because a disproportionate number of them fall into
high-risk categories."[62]
Sexually Transmitted
Diseases Among Lesbians
In a study of the medical records of 1,408 lesbians,
the journal Sexually Transmitted Infectionsfound that women who have
sexual relations with womenare at significantly higher risk for certain sexually
transmitted diseases: "We demonstrated a higher prevalence of bv (bacterial
vaginosis), hepatitis C, and HIV risk behaviors in WSW as compared with
controls."[63]
Compulsive Behavior among Lesbians. A
study published in Nursing Research found that lesbians are
three times more likely to abuse alcohol and to suffer from other compulsive
behaviors: "Like most problem drinkers, 32 (91 percent) of the participants had
abused other drugs as well as alcohol, and many reported compulsive difficulties
with food (34 percent), codependency (29 percent), sex (11 percent), and money
(6 percent)." In addition, "Forty-six percent had been heavy drinkers with
frequent drunkenness."[64]
Alcohol Abuse Among
Homosexuals and Lesbians
The Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychologists reports that lesbian women consume alcohol more
frequently, and in larger amounts, than heterosexual women.[65] Lesbians
were at significantly greater risk than heterosexual women for both binge
drinking (19.4 percent compared to 11.7 percent), and for heavy drinking (7
percent compared to 2.7 percent).[66]
Although the Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychologists article found no significant connection between
male homosexuals and alcohol abuse, a study in Family Planning
Perspective concluded that male homosexuals were at greatly increased
risk for alcoholism: "Among men, by far the most important risk group consisted
of homosexual and bisexual men, who were more than nine times as likely as
heterosexual men to have a history of problem drinking."[67] The study
noted that problem drinking may contribute to the "significantly higher STD
rates among gay and bisexual men."[68]
Violence in Lesbian and Homosexual Relationships.
A study in the Journal of Interpersonal
Violence examined conflict and violence in lesbian relationships. The
researchers found that 90 percent of the lesbians surveyed had been recipients
of one or more acts of verbal aggression from their intimate partners during the
year prior to this study, with 31 percent reporting one or more incidents of
physical abuse.[69]
In a survey of 1,099 lesbians, the Journal
of Social Service Research found that "slightly more than half of the
[lesbians] reported that they had been abused by a female lover/partner. The
most frequently indicated forms of abuse were verbal/emotional/psychological
abuse and combined physical-psychological abuse."[70]
In their book Men Who Beat the Men Who Love
Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence,D. Island and P. Letellier
report that "the incidence of domestic violence among gay men is nearly double
that in the heterosexual population."[71]
Compare the Low Rate of Intimate Partner Violence
within Marriage. Homosexual and lesbian relationships are far more
violent than are traditional married households:
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of
Justice) reports that married women in traditional families experience the
lowest rate of violence compared with women in other types of
relationships.[72]
A report by the Medical Institute for Sexual Health
concurred,
It should be noted that most studies of family
violence do not differentiate between married and unmarried partner status.
Studies that do make these distinctions have found that marriage relationships
tend to have the least intimate partner violence when compared to cohabiting or
dating relationships.[73]
High Incidence of Mental Health Problems among
Homosexuals and Lesbians. A national survey of lesbians published in
the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology found that 75
percent of the nearly 2,000 respondents had pursued psychological counseling of
some kind, many for treatment of long-term depression or
sadness:
Among the sample as a whole, there was a distressingly high prevalence of life events and behaviors related to mental health problems. Thirty-seven percent had been physically abused and 32 percent had been raped or sexually attacked. Nineteen percent had been involved in incestuous relationships while growing up. Al most one-third used tobacco on a daily basis and about 30 percent drank alcohol more than once a week; 6 percent drank daily. One in five smoked marijuana more than once a month. Twenty-one percent of the sample had thoughts about suicide sometimes or often and 18 percent had actually tried to kill themselves. . . . More than half had felt too nervous to accomplish ordinary activities at some time during the past year and over one-third had been depressed.[74]
Greater Risk for Suicide.
A study of twins that examined the relationship
between homosexuality and suicide, published in the Archives of General
Psychiatry,found that homosexuals with same-sex partners were at greater
risk for overall mental health problems, and were 6.5 times more likely than
their twins to have attempted suicide. The higher rate was not attributable to
mental health or substance abuse disorders.[75]
Another study published simultaneously
in Archives of General Psychiatry followed 1,007 individuals
from birth. Those classified as "gay," lesbian, or bisexual were significantly
more likely to have had mental health problems.[76] Significantly, in his
comments on the studies in the same issue of the journal, D. Bailey cautioned
against various speculative explanations of the results, such as the view that
"widespread prejudice against homosexual people causes them to be unhappy or
worse, mentally ill."[77]
Reduced Life Span. A study published in
the International Journal of Epidemiology on the mortality
rates of homosexualsconcluded that they have a significantly reduced life
expectancy:
In a major Canadian centre, life expectancy at age twentyfor gay and bisexual men is eight to twenty years less than for all men. If the same pattern of mortality were to continue, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged twenty years will not reach their sixty-fifth birthday. Under even the most liberal assumptions, gay and bisexual men in this urban centre are now experiencing a life expectancy similar to that experienced by all men in Canada in the year 1871.[78]
In 1995, long after the deadly effects of AIDS and
other stds became widely known, homosexual author Urvashi Vaid expressed one of
the goals of her fellow activists: "We have an agenda to create a society in
which homosexuality is regarded as healthy, natural, and normal. To me that is
the most important agenda item."[79] Debilitating illness, chronic disease,
psychological problems, and early death suffered by homosexuals is the legacy of
this tragically misguided activism, which puts the furthering of an "agenda"
above saving the lives of those whose interests they purport to
represent.
Those who advocate full acceptance of homosexual
behavior choose to downplay the growing and incontrovertible evidence regarding
the serious, life-threatening health effects associated with the homosexual
lifestyle. Homosexual advocacy groups have a moral duty to disseminate medical
information that might dissuade individuals from entering or continuing in an
inherently unhealthy and dangerous lifestyle. Education officials in particular
have a duty to provide information regarding the negative health effects of
homosexuality to students in their charge, whose very lives are put at risk by
engaging in such behavior. Above all, civil society itself has an obligation to
institute policies that promote the health and well-being of its
citizens. --
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Rise," New York Blade News, December 15, 2000, p. 1.
2. "Increases in Unsafe Sex and Rectal
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1994-1997," Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention), January 29, 1999, p. 45.
3. Ibid.
4. Ulysses Torassa, "Some With HIV Aren't
Disclosing Before Sex; UCSF Researcher's 1,397-person Study Presented During
aids Conference," The San Francisco
Examiner (July 15, 2000).
5. Jon Garbo, "Gay and Bi Men Less Likely
to Disclose They Have HIV," GayHealth News (July 18, 2000).
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6. Ibid.
7. Jon Garbo, "Risky Sex Common Among Gay
Club and Bar Goers," GayHealth News (January 3, 2001).
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8. "Bisexuals Serve as 'Bridge' Infecting
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10. Paul Van de Ven et al., "A Comparative
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11. "Survey Finds 40 percent of Gay Men
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