Although I am repelled by their behavior, I do not look down with disdain on them.
Nor do I question their right to live their lives as they see fit.
My point was since all the civil and legal rights of normal marriages are available to them, to what discrimination are they being subjected?
What are they protesting about?
It is a lie that gay marriage doesn't affect anyone.
Like I've stated before, how would you like to be a little boy
or girl adopted by two fags?
The fact is that studies have shown conclusively that children are much
better off in a family with one mom and one dad. To put a child in
a "home" with homos is akin to child abuse.
Studies report that homosexual couples have significantly higher incidences of violent behavior. For example, a recent study by the Canadian government states that "violence was twice as common among homosexual couples compared with heterosexual couples".<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference">[82]</sup> According the American College of Pediatricians who cite several studies, "Violence among homosexual partners is two to three times more common than among married heterosexual couples."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference">[83]</sup> In addition, the American College of Pediatricians states the following: "Homosexual partnerships are significantly more prone to dissolution than heterosexual marriages with the average homosexual relationship lasting only two to three years."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference">[84]</sup>
In June of 2004, the journal Nursing Clinics of North America reported the following regarding homosexuality and domestic violence:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> Domestic abuse is under-reported in the gay community... Male-on-male same-sex domestic violence also has been reported in couples where one or both persons are HIV-positive. Intimate partner abuse and violence include humilation, threatening to disclose HIV status, withholding HIV therapy, and harming family members or pets.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference">[85]</sup>
</td><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20"> ” </td></tr> </tbody></table> In 2000, the pro-homosexual agenda newspaper the New York Times in an article entitled Silence Ending About Abuse in Gay Relationships cites some information which may indicate that domestic abuse may be under-reported in relation to couples who engage in homosexuality.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference">[86]</sup> The New York Times article states the following:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> But the issue of gay domestic abuse has been shrouded by silence until recently... For years, gay people have tried to keep quiet about the problem, said Dave Shannon, coordinator of the violence recovery program at Fenway Community Health, a gay and lesbian clinic in Boston.
Mr. Shannon said: People feel, 'Why should we air our dirty laundry? People feel so negatively about us already, the last thing we should do is contribute to negative stereotypes of us.' <sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference">[87]</sup>
</td><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20"> ” </td></tr> </tbody></table> The Journal of the Family Research Institute using data from the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Center for Disease Control concluded that "married men who are not separated are at least 25 times less apt to be domestically attacked than a homosexual male in an 'on-going relationship.' Even if we include all married and separated husbands, the risk of domestic violence in a male-male homosexual relationship is still at least 18 times greater." <sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference">[88]</sup> A study published in The Journal of Family Violence reported in respect to homosexuality and domestic violence that among its participants "Emotional abuse was reported by 83%" of its participants.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference">[89]</sup> The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Domestic Abuse Fact Sheet states that "11% of women in homosexual relationships and 23% of men in homosexual relationships report being raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked by an intimate partner".<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference">[90]</sup>
A study that compared domestic violence between lesbian couples and married women is even more pronounced in respect to the above statistics that suggest that homosexual couples are more violent than heterosexual couples.
ZIT chips in: Like I've stated before, how would you like to be a little boy
or girl adopted by two fags?
Bar: If living in an orphanage or a series of unstable foster homes, it could be a tremendous change.
Z: The fact is that studies have shown conclusively that children are much
better off in a family with one mom and one dad.
Bar: Well if that's sufficient cause to reject an adoption application, we better start blocking all single people from adopting.
Z: To put a child in a "home" with homos is akin to child abuse.
Bar: Of course it is.
hno:
Unless the gay couple treats them well and responsibly gives them a good home, as happens every single day across America. And now, even in Florida (the last state in the USA to legally impede gays from adopting) thanks to the court ruling last fall.
But other than all those cases, it's probably much better to leave the tyke in an orphanage.
or girl adopted by two fags?
Bar: If living in an orphanage or a series of unstable foster homes, it could be a tremendous change.
Z: The fact is that studies have shown conclusively that children are much
better off in a family with one mom and one dad.
Bar: Well if that's sufficient cause to reject an adoption application, we better start blocking all single people from adopting.
Z: To put a child in a "home" with homos is akin to child abuse.
Bar: Of course it is.
hno:Unless the gay couple treats them well and responsibly gives them a good home, as happens every single day across America. And now, even in Florida (the last state in the USA to legally impede gays from adopting) thanks to the court ruling last fall.
But other than all those cases, it's probably much better to leave the tyke in an orphanage.
Homosexuality and Mental Health
Studies have long indicated that homosexuals have a substantially greater risk of suffering from psychiatric problems (suicide, depression, bulimia, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse).<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference">[181]</sup>
In respect to homosexuality and mental health, studies have long indicated that homosexuals have a substantially greater risk of suffering from psychiatric problems (suicide, depression, bulimia, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse).<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference">[182]</sup>
For example, a national survey of female homosexuals was published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology which found that 75 percent of the approximate 2,000 respondents had pursued psychological counseling of some type, many for treatment of long-term depression or sadness.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference">[183]</sup>
In contrast to claims by gay rights activists blaming this heightened incidence of mental issues on discrimination, John R. Diggs, M.D. states the following regarding homosexuality and mental health:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> An extensive study in the Netherlands undermines the assumption that homophobia is the cause of increased psychiatric illness among gays and lesbians. The Dutch have been considerably more accepting of same-sex relationships than other Western countries — in fact, same-sex couples now have the legal right to marry in the Netherlands. So a high rate of psychiatric disease associated with homosexual behavior in the Netherlands means that the psychiatric disease cannot so easily be attributed to social rejection and homophobia.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference">[184]</sup> </td><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20"> ” </td></tr> </tbody></table> In addition, the late Harold I. Lief, who was a leading a leading sex therapist who was an early defender of having medical schools put greater emphasis on sex education in training doctors, conducted a 1977 survey of members of the American Psychiatric Association and 73% of the psychiatrists responding said that they thought that homosexual men are less happy than others. <sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference">[185]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference">[186]</sup> Also, seventy percent of the psychiatrists surveyed stated they believed that the homosexuals' problems were due more to personal conflicts than to social stigmatization.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference">[187]</sup> In relation to personal conflict, as stated earlier studies report that homosexual couples have significantly higher incidences of violent behavior. As noted earlier, these studies are not surprising given what pathologists have stated regarding the commonness and brutality of homosexual murders.
The late Charles Socarides wrote regarding homosexuality:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> For most of this century, most of us in the helping professions considered this behavior aberrant. Not only was it "off the track"; the people caught up in it were suffering, which is why we called it a pathology. We had patients, early in their therapy, who would seek out one sex partner after another-total strangers-on a single night, then come limping into our offices the next day to tell us how they were hurting themselves. Since we were in the business of helping people learn how not to keep hurting themselves, many of us thought we were quietly doing God's work.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference">[188]</sup> </td><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20"> ” </td></tr> </tbody></table>
The recent medical literature states the homosexual men and lesbians in the United States have significantly higher rates of cigarrete smoking than heterosexuals.
Richard Fitzgibbons stated the following regarding homosexuality:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> The failure to understand the actual causes of homosexuality impacts those who counsel teenagers and adults with this disorder. Therapists regularly tell those seeking help that the Church's teaching on homosexuality is insensitive to homosexuals, unscientific, and erroneous. They are advised to accept themselves as being created homosexual by God. <sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference">[189]</sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
Studies have long indicated that homosexuals have a substantially greater risk of suffering from psychiatric problems (suicide, depression, bulimia, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse).<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference">[181]</sup>
In respect to homosexuality and mental health, studies have long indicated that homosexuals have a substantially greater risk of suffering from psychiatric problems (suicide, depression, bulimia, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse).<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference">[182]</sup>
For example, a national survey of female homosexuals was published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology which found that 75 percent of the approximate 2,000 respondents had pursued psychological counseling of some type, many for treatment of long-term depression or sadness.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference">[183]</sup>
In contrast to claims by gay rights activists blaming this heightened incidence of mental issues on discrimination, John R. Diggs, M.D. states the following regarding homosexuality and mental health:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> An extensive study in the Netherlands undermines the assumption that homophobia is the cause of increased psychiatric illness among gays and lesbians. The Dutch have been considerably more accepting of same-sex relationships than other Western countries — in fact, same-sex couples now have the legal right to marry in the Netherlands. So a high rate of psychiatric disease associated with homosexual behavior in the Netherlands means that the psychiatric disease cannot so easily be attributed to social rejection and homophobia.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference">[184]</sup> </td><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20"> ” </td></tr> </tbody></table> In addition, the late Harold I. Lief, who was a leading a leading sex therapist who was an early defender of having medical schools put greater emphasis on sex education in training doctors, conducted a 1977 survey of members of the American Psychiatric Association and 73% of the psychiatrists responding said that they thought that homosexual men are less happy than others. <sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference">[185]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference">[186]</sup> Also, seventy percent of the psychiatrists surveyed stated they believed that the homosexuals' problems were due more to personal conflicts than to social stigmatization.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference">[187]</sup> In relation to personal conflict, as stated earlier studies report that homosexual couples have significantly higher incidences of violent behavior. As noted earlier, these studies are not surprising given what pathologists have stated regarding the commonness and brutality of homosexual murders.
The late Charles Socarides wrote regarding homosexuality:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> For most of this century, most of us in the helping professions considered this behavior aberrant. Not only was it "off the track"; the people caught up in it were suffering, which is why we called it a pathology. We had patients, early in their therapy, who would seek out one sex partner after another-total strangers-on a single night, then come limping into our offices the next day to tell us how they were hurting themselves. Since we were in the business of helping people learn how not to keep hurting themselves, many of us thought we were quietly doing God's work.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference">[188]</sup> </td><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20"> ” </td></tr> </tbody></table>
The recent medical literature states the homosexual men and lesbians in the United States have significantly higher rates of cigarrete smoking than heterosexuals.
Richard Fitzgibbons stated the following regarding homosexuality:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top"> The failure to understand the actual causes of homosexuality impacts those who counsel teenagers and adults with this disorder. Therapists regularly tell those seeking help that the Church's teaching on homosexuality is insensitive to homosexuals, unscientific, and erroneous. They are advised to accept themselves as being created homosexual by God. <sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference">[189]</sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
ZIT chips in: Like I've stated before, how would you like to be a little boy
or girl adopted by two fags?
Bar: If living in an orphanage or a series of unstable foster homes, it could be a tremendous change.
Z: The fact is that studies have shown conclusively that children are much
better off in a family with one mom and one dad.
Bar: Well if that's sufficient cause to reject an adoption application, we better start blocking all single people from adopting.
Z: To put a child in a "home" with homos is akin to child abuse.
Bar: Of course it is.
Unless the gay couple treats them well and responsibly gives them a good home, as happens every single day across America. And now, even in Florida (the last state in the USA to legally impede gays from adopting) thanks to the court ruling last fall.
But other than all those cases, it's probably much better to leave the tyke in an orphanage.
It doesn't need to be said that Barman and I are probably not going to
come to any agreement on this here issue any time soon.
