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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course, KarenCares only quotes the statistics that suits her.  I am SO SICK of ultra right-wing nutcases who take away rights of others...  She quotes from LifeSiteNews at that, an activist site actively promoting lies and hatred about homosexuality.  Have anyone checked their website?  They should: it displays an UTTER and absolute lack of regard for facts and logic.  It&#039;s ridiculous.  She quotes statistics about the rates of sexual diseases but she forgets to mention that in today&#039;s world EVERYONE can become infected by such diseases and so everyone should be responsible and take measures to protect themselves while having sex.  Gay or straight.  As for suicide: your hate, Karen, is what is killing us.  Same thing with drugs, alcohol consumption and depression: these are all caused by hatred and rejection due to the homophobia and the lies which anti-gay activists, fuelled by anti-gay groups (have a look at the list from the SPLC) shamelessly propagate about us.  It HIGH TIME we put an end to this nonsense and that LGBT individuals stand up, ONCE AND FOR ALL, for their civil rights.  There can be NO compromise about this.  None, and I have no patience for those seeking to deprive others of their rights based on their religion.

And Karen: please, stop shoving your Bible down our throats.  Last time I checked, it wasn&#039;t the US constitution.  Nor was it that of Canada either.  Some of us chose not to believe in your Christian intolerance and homophobia we will make sure that your bigoted views do not get enshrined in the law.  End of story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course, KarenCares only quotes the statistics that suits her.  I am SO SICK of ultra right-wing nutcases who take away rights of others&#8230;  She quotes from LifeSiteNews at that, an activist site actively promoting lies and hatred about homosexuality.  Have anyone checked their website?  They should: it displays an UTTER and absolute lack of regard for facts and logic.  It&#8217;s ridiculous.  She quotes statistics about the rates of sexual diseases but she forgets to mention that in today&#8217;s world EVERYONE can become infected by such diseases and so everyone should be responsible and take measures to protect themselves while having sex.  Gay or straight.  As for suicide: your hate, Karen, is what is killing us.  Same thing with drugs, alcohol consumption and depression: these are all caused by hatred and rejection due to the homophobia and the lies which anti-gay activists, fuelled by anti-gay groups (have a look at the list from the SPLC) shamelessly propagate about us.  It HIGH TIME we put an end to this nonsense and that LGBT individuals stand up, ONCE AND FOR ALL, for their civil rights.  There can be NO compromise about this.  None, and I have no patience for those seeking to deprive others of their rights based on their religion.</p>
<p>And Karen: please, stop shoving your Bible down our throats.  Last time I checked, it wasn&#8217;t the US constitution.  Nor was it that of Canada either.  Some of us chose not to believe in your Christian intolerance and homophobia we will make sure that your bigoted views do not get enshrined in the law.  End of story.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>karen

it is common knowledge that there is fecal matter in the vaginal area as 
well, because of the close approximation of the vagina to the anus. I have 
searched the internet for any medical information about the dangers of 
having anal sex in a monogamous relationship. there is absolutely none. all 
comments about hepatitis have to do with promiscuous sex. in the same way 
women are more susceptible cervical cancer if they indulge in promiscuous 
sex.

your concern about anal sex is misplaced. given the number of heterosexual 
couples  compared to homosexual couples, and given the number of 
heterosexual couples that practice some form of anal stimulation including 
penetration, there are probably more heterosexuals practicing anal sex than 
homosexuals. I have heard of no major outbreak  of hepatitis  among 
heterosexuals. I know of no religious group that is leading  campaign to 
wipe out anal sex among heterosexuals because it is a sin. yet heterosexuals 
practice it without recrimination. it would seem there is definitely a 
hypocrisy here that heterosexual believers need to repent of.

anyway I am sure that if there issue any issue about anal sex it can be 
dealt with thru safe sex practices. my understanding is that majic johnson 
is still having sex with his wife.

the other point is.................why are those who have vaginas and 
penises indulging anal sex. because the anus is an erogenous zone an anal 
orgasms are possible, and in some cases, with some people more intense than 
vaginal ones.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>karen</p>
<p>it is common knowledge that there is fecal matter in the vaginal area as<br />
well, because of the close approximation of the vagina to the anus. I have<br />
searched the internet for any medical information about the dangers of<br />
having anal sex in a monogamous relationship. there is absolutely none. all<br />
comments about hepatitis have to do with promiscuous sex. in the same way<br />
women are more susceptible cervical cancer if they indulge in promiscuous<br />
sex.</p>
<p>your concern about anal sex is misplaced. given the number of heterosexual<br />
couples  compared to homosexual couples, and given the number of<br />
heterosexual couples that practice some form of anal stimulation including<br />
penetration, there are probably more heterosexuals practicing anal sex than<br />
homosexuals. I have heard of no major outbreak  of hepatitis  among<br />
heterosexuals. I know of no religious group that is leading  campaign to<br />
wipe out anal sex among heterosexuals because it is a sin. yet heterosexuals<br />
practice it without recrimination. it would seem there is definitely a<br />
hypocrisy here that heterosexual believers need to repent of.</p>
<p>anyway I am sure that if there issue any issue about anal sex it can be<br />
dealt with thru safe sex practices. my understanding is that majic johnson<br />
is still having sex with his wife.</p>
<p>the other point is&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..why are those who have vaginas and<br />
penises indulging anal sex. because the anus is an erogenous zone an anal<br />
orgasms are possible, and in some cases, with some people more intense than<br />
vaginal ones.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>karen

it is common knowledge that there is fecal matter in the vaginal area as 
well, because of the close approximation of the vagina to the anus. I have 
searched the internet for any medical information about the dangers of 
having anal sex in a monogamous relationship. there is absolutely none. all 
comments about hepatitis have to do with promiscuous sex. in the same way 
women are more susceptible cervical cancer if they indulge in promiscuous 
sex.

your concern about anal sex is misplaced. given the number of heterosexual 
couples  compared to homosexual couples, and given the number of 
heterosexual couples that practice some form of anal stimulation including 
penetration, there are probably more heterosexuals practicing anal sex than 
homosexuals. I have heard of no major outbreak  of hepatitis  among 
heterosexuals. I know of no religious group that is leading  campaign to 
wipe out anal sex among heterosexuals because it is a sin. yet heterosexuals 
practice it without recrimination. it would seem there is definitely a 
hypocrisy here that heterosexual believers need to repent of.

anyway I am sure that if there issue any issue about anal sex it can be 
dealt with thru safe sex practices. my understanding is that majic johnson 
is still having sex with his wife.

the other point is.................why are those who have vaginas and 
penises indulging anal sex. because the anus is an erogenous zone an anal 
orgasms are possible, and in some cases, with some people more intense than 
vaginal ones.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>karen</p>
<p>it is common knowledge that there is fecal matter in the vaginal area as<br />
well, because of the close approximation of the vagina to the anus. I have<br />
searched the internet for any medical information about the dangers of<br />
having anal sex in a monogamous relationship. there is absolutely none. all<br />
comments about hepatitis have to do with promiscuous sex. in the same way<br />
women are more susceptible cervical cancer if they indulge in promiscuous<br />
sex.</p>
<p>your concern about anal sex is misplaced. given the number of heterosexual<br />
couples  compared to homosexual couples, and given the number of<br />
heterosexual couples that practice some form of anal stimulation including<br />
penetration, there are probably more heterosexuals practicing anal sex than<br />
homosexuals. I have heard of no major outbreak  of hepatitis  among<br />
heterosexuals. I know of no religious group that is leading  campaign to<br />
wipe out anal sex among heterosexuals because it is a sin. yet heterosexuals<br />
practice it without recrimination. it would seem there is definitely a<br />
hypocrisy here that heterosexual believers need to repent of.</p>
<p>anyway I am sure that if there issue any issue about anal sex it can be<br />
dealt with thru safe sex practices. my understanding is that majic johnson<br />
is still having sex with his wife.</p>
<p>the other point is&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..why are those who have vaginas and<br />
penises indulging anal sex. because the anus is an erogenous zone an anal<br />
orgasms are possible, and in some cases, with some people more intense than<br />
vaginal ones.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The gay community needs protection.  A gay person is innocent.  There is a scripture in the Bible in the Old and the New Testament that say that a man lie down with a man is an abomination.   Abomination means hate, loathe intensely or disgusting.  Gay sex in an anal position puts threats of fecal matter where people fixing food afterwards gives hepatitus A (a regret of a liver disease that that person can not give blood anymore to his gay community)  I want to say to straights and the gay community to not have fecal sex or the innocent will have a regret.  For days the fecal matter smell on your hands from cleaning after anal sex act does not go away for days, no matter how much you use detergent on your hands.  
You can protect the gay community by telling them the truth. : If you give advice that will make an innocent gay person get a &quot;Regret&quot;, that is tragic. That is why I took the time to tell you the truth....to &quot;Spare&quot; the innocent...the gay community. 
Karen in Littleton
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The gay community needs protection.  A gay person is innocent.  There is a scripture in the Bible in the Old and the New Testament that say that a man lie down with a man is an abomination.   Abomination means hate, loathe intensely or disgusting.  Gay sex in an anal position puts threats of fecal matter where people fixing food afterwards gives hepatitus A (a regret of a liver disease that that person can not give blood anymore to his gay community)  I want to say to straights and the gay community to not have fecal sex or the innocent will have a regret.  For days the fecal matter smell on your hands from cleaning after anal sex act does not go away for days, no matter how much you use detergent on your hands.<br />
You can protect the gay community by telling them the truth. : If you give advice that will make an innocent gay person get a &#8220;Regret&#8221;, that is tragic. That is why I took the time to tell you the truth&#8230;.to &#8220;Spare&#8221; the innocent&#8230;the gay community.<br />
Karen in Littleton</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The gay community needs protection.  A gay person is innocent.  There is a scripture in the Bible in the Old and the New Testament that say that a man lie down with a man is an abomination.   Abomination means hate, loathe intensely or disgusting.  Gay sex in an anal position puts threats of fecal matter where people fixing food afterwards gives hepatitus A (a regret of a liver disease that that person can not give blood anymore to his gay community)  I want to say to straights and the gay community to not have fecal sex or the innocent will have a regret.  For days the fecal matter smell on your hands from cleaning after anal sex act does not go away for days, no matter how much you use detergent on your hands.  
You can protect the gay community by telling them the truth. : If you give advice that will make an innocent gay person get a &quot;Regret&quot;, that is tragic. That is why I took the time to tell you the truth....to &quot;Spare&quot; the innocent...the gay community. 
Karen in Littleton
</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The gay community needs protection.  A gay person is innocent.  There is a scripture in the Bible in the Old and the New Testament that say that a man lie down with a man is an abomination.   Abomination means hate, loathe intensely or disgusting.  Gay sex in an anal position puts threats of fecal matter where people fixing food afterwards gives hepatitus A (a regret of a liver disease that that person can not give blood anymore to his gay community)  I want to say to straights and the gay community to not have fecal sex or the innocent will have a regret.  For days the fecal matter smell on your hands from cleaning after anal sex act does not go away for days, no matter how much you use detergent on your hands.<br />
You can protect the gay community by telling them the truth. : If you give advice that will make an innocent gay person get a &#8220;Regret&#8221;, that is tragic. That is why I took the time to tell you the truth&#8230;.to &#8220;Spare&#8221; the innocent&#8230;the gay community.<br />
Karen in Littleton</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#039;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &quot;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#039;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&quot;  
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &quot;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country ... Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&quot;
&quot;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&quot; Hellquist continued. &quot;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer ... the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. ... Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#039;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#039;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#039;m tired of watching my community die.&quot;
 
This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:
 
•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#039;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &quot;coming out&quot; late (i.e., in their 30&#039;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &quot;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&quot; 
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &quot;adolescent sex craze&quot; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#039;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. 

The culture of pushing sex down people&#039;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#039;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#039;t die from not having sex. It&#039;s not like air or water.
 
Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#039;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#039;rights&#039; movement in the early 70&#039;s, and it&#039;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.
 
The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#039;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#039;s what I&#039;m doing. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#8217;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &#8220;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#8217;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&#8221;<br />
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &#8220;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country &#8230; Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&#8221; Hellquist continued. &#8220;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer &#8230; the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. &#8230; Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#8217;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#8217;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#8217;m tired of watching my community die.&#8221;</p>
<p>This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:</p>
<p>•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.<br />
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.<br />
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.<br />
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.<br />
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.<br />
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#8217;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &#8220;coming out&#8221; late (i.e., in their 30&#8242;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &#8220;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&#8221;<br />
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &#8220;adolescent sex craze&#8221; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#8217;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. </p>
<p>The culture of pushing sex down people&#8217;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#8217;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#8217;t die from not having sex. It&#8217;s not like air or water.</p>
<p>Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#8217;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#8216;rights&#8217; movement in the early 70&#8242;s, and it&#8217;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.</p>
<p>The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#8217;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m doing.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#039;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &quot;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#039;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&quot;  
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &quot;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country ... Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&quot;
&quot;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&quot; Hellquist continued. &quot;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer ... the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. ... Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#039;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#039;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#039;m tired of watching my community die.&quot;
 
This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:
 
•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#039;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &quot;coming out&quot; late (i.e., in their 30&#039;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &quot;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&quot; 
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &quot;adolescent sex craze&quot; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#039;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. 

The culture of pushing sex down people&#039;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#039;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#039;t die from not having sex. It&#039;s not like air or water.
 
Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#039;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#039;rights&#039; movement in the early 70&#039;s, and it&#039;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.
 
The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#039;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#039;s what I&#039;m doing. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#8217;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &#8220;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#8217;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&#8221;<br />
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &#8220;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country &#8230; Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&#8221; Hellquist continued. &#8220;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer &#8230; the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. &#8230; Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#8217;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#8217;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#8217;m tired of watching my community die.&#8221;</p>
<p>This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:</p>
<p>•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.<br />
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.<br />
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.<br />
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.<br />
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.<br />
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#8217;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &#8220;coming out&#8221; late (i.e., in their 30&#8242;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &#8220;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&#8221;<br />
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &#8220;adolescent sex craze&#8221; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#8217;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. </p>
<p>The culture of pushing sex down people&#8217;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#8217;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#8217;t die from not having sex. It&#8217;s not like air or water.</p>
<p>Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#8217;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#8216;rights&#8217; movement in the early 70&#8242;s, and it&#8217;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.</p>
<p>The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#8217;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m doing.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/29958/christian-group-says-gay-marriage-more-dangerous-than-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-34827</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#039;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &quot;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#039;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&quot;  
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &quot;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country ... Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&quot;
&quot;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&quot; Hellquist continued. &quot;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer ... the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. ... Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#039;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#039;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#039;m tired of watching my community die.&quot;
 
This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:
 
•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#039;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &quot;coming out&quot; late (i.e., in their 30&#039;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &quot;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&quot; 
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &quot;adolescent sex craze&quot; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#039;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. 

The culture of pushing sex down people&#039;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#039;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#039;t die from not having sex. It&#039;s not like air or water.
 
Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#039;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#039;rights&#039; movement in the early 70&#039;s, and it&#039;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.
 
The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#039;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#039;s what I&#039;m doing. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#8217;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &#8220;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#8217;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&#8221;<br />
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &#8220;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country &#8230; Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&#8221; Hellquist continued. &#8220;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer &#8230; the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. &#8230; Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#8217;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#8217;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#8217;m tired of watching my community die.&#8221;</p>
<p>This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:</p>
<p>•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.<br />
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.<br />
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.<br />
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.<br />
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.<br />
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#8217;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &#8220;coming out&#8221; late (i.e., in their 30&#8242;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &#8220;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&#8221;<br />
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &#8220;adolescent sex craze&#8221; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#8217;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. </p>
<p>The culture of pushing sex down people&#8217;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#8217;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#8217;t die from not having sex. It&#8217;s not like air or water.</p>
<p>Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#8217;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#8216;rights&#8217; movement in the early 70&#8242;s, and it&#8217;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.</p>
<p>The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#8217;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m doing.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/29958/christian-group-says-gay-marriage-more-dangerous-than-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-34828</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iowaindependent.com/?p=29958#comment-34828</guid>
		<description>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#039;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &quot;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#039;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&quot;  
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &quot;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country ... Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&quot;
&quot;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&quot; Hellquist continued. &quot;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer ... the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. ... Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#039;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#039;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#039;m tired of watching my community die.&quot;
 
This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:
 
•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#039;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &quot;coming out&quot; late (i.e., in their 30&#039;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &quot;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&quot; 
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &quot;adolescent sex craze&quot; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#039;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. 

The culture of pushing sex down people&#039;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#039;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#039;t die from not having sex. It&#039;s not like air or water.
 
Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#039;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#039;rights&#039; movement in the early 70&#039;s, and it&#039;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.
 
The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#039;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#039;s what I&#039;m doing. 
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#8217;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &#8220;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#8217;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&#8221;<br />
Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &#8220;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country &#8230; Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&#8221; Hellquist continued. &#8220;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer &#8230; the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. &#8230; Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#8217;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#8217;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#8217;m tired of watching my community die.&#8221;</p>
<p>This seemed amazing to me, given that Hellquist appears to be arguing against the foundation of the gay rights movement. Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous. But rather than speak about abstinence, they say they require the government to shift public health priorities away from the average population to the queer community, even though the statistics they provide demonstrate disproportionately higher spending on the gay community currently. Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:</p>
<p>•   Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.<br />
•   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.<br />
•   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.<br />
•   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.<br />
•   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.<br />
•    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.<br />
•    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.<br />
Some gay activists say that the high levels of promiscuity and related STI&#8217;s, partner abuse, addiction, and suicide in the gay community are because gay men have delayed adolescence as a result of &#8220;coming out&#8221; late (i.e., in their 30&#8242;s), and they are promiscuous because they were late blooming teenagers. They say, &#8220;Does your gay age match your chronological age?&#8221;<br />
If that theory was true then the statistics would show the promiscuity of adult gay men to be similar to straight teenagers. But adult gay men have promiscuity statistics far exceeding straight teenagers. The other problem with this theory is that there is no indication that the &#8220;adolescent sex craze&#8221; period slows down after 5 years of coming out, as it does after adolescents finish their teen years. In many cases the addiction to lust increases over time. Articles in gay papers frequently ridicule gay men who don&#8217;t want exposure to HIV, and they encourage them to not curb sex. </p>
<p>The culture of pushing sex down people&#8217;s throats is not working. There is nothing wrong with abstinence from sex. This goes for everyone who is not married to someone of the opposite sex. I&#8217;ve been single and chaste for many years after having left the gay community. You don&#8217;t die from not having sex. It&#8217;s not like air or water.</p>
<p>Recent laws, policies and public funding aimed at reducing the rate of suicide, addiction, partner abuse, and STI&#8217;s by granting more sexual freedom have not diminished those statistics. In fact, there has been an increase since the beginning of the &#8216;rights&#8217; movement in the early 70&#8242;s, and it&#8217;s getting worse, not better. In places like San Francisco and the Netherlands where gay sex has been normalized, many of these stats are worse, so I have difficulty with the theory that more freedom, money and legislation will reduce these stats. That is just not where the facts point.</p>
<p>The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn&#8217;t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m doing.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://iowaindependent.com/29958/christian-group-says-gay-marriage-more-dangerous-than-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-34811</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Married Gay Communities in Canada are still in peril...
March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#039;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &quot;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#039;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&quot; 
Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#039;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#039;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#039;m tired of watching my community die.&quot;
 
Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous.  
 Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:

 Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.
·   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.
·   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.
·   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.
·   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.
·   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.
·   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.
·   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.
·    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.
·    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.

Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &quot;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country ... Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&quot;
&quot;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&quot; Hellquist continued. &quot;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer ... the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. ... 

God is a loving Father that hates &quot;REGRETS&quot;.  ALL fathers that love their children hate &quot;REGRETS&quot;.  Being gay is not a regret.  Gay sex is what God does not want....(A man to lie down next to a man).  He knows that your brain is a opposite of your dna.  He knows that you are innocent.  He knows that all humans that are in a dying world.  Humans in 3rd.World countries, Mental Institutes, Orphans, people that have missing body parts, the blind, the deaf, the poor diseased that is decaying them slowly,  they are all innocent and did not choose to be that way.  
Jesus said in Luke, that the Lazarus with sores all over his body (innocent one) and he would eat the bread crums of the rich ruler...when he goes to heaven Lazarus will be first and the rich ruler (who was not innocent) will be last (the roles will be reversed)  Rich ruler will ask for Lazarus to dip his finger into cold water to quench the heat for him.  BUT Lazarus will not be able to help him because of a gulf wide canyon between him and Lazarus.  I feel for you, you are innocent.  Lazarus is innocent.  I love you David.  If you give advice that will make an innocent gay person get a &quot;Regret&quot;, that is tragic.  That is why I took the time to tell you the truth....to &quot;Spare&quot; the innocent...the gay community.
Karen in Littleton </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Married Gay Communities in Canada are still in peril&#8230;<br />
March 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; I hate to quote statistics, but Canada&#8217;s largest gay paper XTRA recently reported that, &#8220;A group of six Canadian queers is taking on homophobia in Canada&#8217;s healthcare system by filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.&#8221;<br />
Now that we can get married everyone assumes that we don&#8217;t have any issues any more. A lot of the deaths that occur in our community are hidden, we don&#8217;t see them. Those of us who are working on the front lines see them and I&#8217;m tired of watching my community die.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now queer community leaders are admitting that gay sex is downright dangerous.<br />
 Here are some of the stats that they cite in their human rights complaint:</p>
<p> Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years less than the average; that is 55 years.<br />
·   GLB people commit suicide at rates from 2 to 13.9 times more often than average.<br />
·   GLB people have smoking rates 1.3 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
·   GLB people have rates of alcoholism 1.4 to 7 times higher than average.<br />
·   GLB people have rates of illicit drug use 1.6 to 19 times higher than average.<br />
·   GLB people show rates of depression 1.8 to 3 times higher than average.<br />
·   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 76.1% of AIDS cases.<br />
·   Gay and bisexual men (MSM) comprise 54% of new HIV infections each year.<br />
·    If one uses Statistics Canada figure of 1.7% of GLB becoming infected, that is 26 times higher than average.<br />
·    GLB people are at a higher risk for anal cancers.</p>
<p>Gens Hellquist, one of the complainants, is the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He explained at length his concerns about the health status of homosexual men and women in Canada, observing: &#8220;We have one of the poorest health statuses in this country &#8230; Health issues affecting queer Canadians includes lower life expectancy than the average Canadian, suicide, higher rates of substance abuse, depression, inadequate access to care and HIV/AIDS.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;There are all kinds of health issues that are endemic to our community,&#8221; Hellquist continued. &#8220;We have higher rates of anal cancer in the gay male community, lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer &#8230; the reality is there is (sic) more GLBT people in this country who die of suicide each year than die from AIDS, there are more who die early deaths from substance abuse than die of HIV/AIDS. &#8230; </p>
<p>God is a loving Father that hates &#8220;REGRETS&#8221;.  ALL fathers that love their children hate &#8220;REGRETS&#8221;.  Being gay is not a regret.  Gay sex is what God does not want&#8230;.(A man to lie down next to a man).  He knows that your brain is a opposite of your dna.  He knows that you are innocent.  He knows that all humans that are in a dying world.  Humans in 3rd.World countries, Mental Institutes, Orphans, people that have missing body parts, the blind, the deaf, the poor diseased that is decaying them slowly,  they are all innocent and did not choose to be that way.<br />
Jesus said in Luke, that the Lazarus with sores all over his body (innocent one) and he would eat the bread crums of the rich ruler&#8230;when he goes to heaven Lazarus will be first and the rich ruler (who was not innocent) will be last (the roles will be reversed)  Rich ruler will ask for Lazarus to dip his finger into cold water to quench the heat for him.  BUT Lazarus will not be able to help him because of a gulf wide canyon between him and Lazarus.  I feel for you, you are innocent.  Lazarus is innocent.  I love you David.  If you give advice that will make an innocent gay person get a &#8220;Regret&#8221;, that is tragic.  That is why I took the time to tell you the truth&#8230;.to &#8220;Spare&#8221; the innocent&#8230;the gay community.<br />
Karen in Littleton</p>
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