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Have you seen these claims about the gay community? Do you believe they are correct?

I posted a question earlier today asking why gays are viewed as “evil” as means to gain public opinion for a project & was surprised to see a this response. a participant provided these “statistics” (I am using this term loosely because the participant failed to cite her source) about the gay community to argue why gays should be condemned. PLEASE VIEW CLAIMS LISTED BELOW & EXPLAIN IF YOU DO OR DON”T BELIEVE THESE CLAIMS ABOUT the gay COMMUNITY TO BE TRUE; WHY OR WHY NOT? Were these facts or similar ones shared in your Church?

The claims
* 1 study reports 70% of homo-sexuals admitting to having sex only 1 time with over 50% of their partners (3)
* 1 study reports that the average homosexual has between 20 & 106 partners per year (6). the average hetero-sexual has 8 partners in a lifetime
* Many homosexual sexual encounters occur while drunk, high on drugs, or in an orgy setting (7)
* Many homo-sexuals don`t pay heed to warnings of their lifestyles: `Knowledge of health guidelines was quite high, but(!) this knowledge had no relation to sexual behavior` (16)
* homo-sexuals got homosexuality removed from the list of mental illnesses in the early 70s by storming annual American Psychiatric Association (APA) conference on successive years. `Guerrilla theater tactics & more straight-forward shouting matches characterized their presence` (2). Since homosexuality has been removed from the APA list of mental illnesses, so has pedophilia (except when adult feels `subjective distress`) (27)
* homo-sexuals account for 3-4% of all gonorrhea cases, 60% of all syphilis cases, & 17% of all hospital admissions (other than for STDs) in the United States (5). They make up only 1-2% of the population
* homo-sexuals live unhealthy lifestyles, & have historically accounted for the bulk of syphilis, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, `gay bowel syndrome` (which attacks the intestinal tract), tuberculosis & cytomegalovirus (27)
* 73% of psychiatrists say homo-sexuals are less happy than average person, & of those psychiatrists, 70% say that the unhappiness is NOT due to social stigmatization (13)
* 25-33% of homo-sexuals & lesbians are alcoholics (11)
* Of homo-sexuals questioned in 1 study reports that 43% admit to 500 or more partners in a lifetime, 28% admit to 1000 or more in a lifetime, & of these people, 79% say that half of those partners are total strangers, & 70% of those sexual contacts are 1 night stands (or, as 1 homosexual admits in the film `The Castro`, 1 minute stands) (3). Also, it is favorite past-time of many homo-sexuals to go to `cruisy areas` & have anonymous sex
* 78% of homo-sexuals are affected by STDs (20)
* Judge John Martaugh, chief magistrate of the New York City Criminal Court has said, `Homosexuals account for half the murders in large cities` (10)
* Captain William Riddle of Los Angeles Police says, `30,000 sexually abused children in Los Angeles were victims of homosexuals` (10)
* 50% of suicides can be attributed to homo-sexuals (10)
* Dr; Daniel Capron, a practicing psychiatrist, says, `Homosexuality by definition is not healthy & wholesome; the homosexual person, at best, will be unhappier & more unfulfilled than sexually normal person` (10); For other psychiatrists who believe that homosexuality is wrong, please see National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality
* It takes approximately $300,000 to take care of each HIV victim, so thanks to the promiscuous lifestyle of homosexuals, medical insurance rates have been skyrocketing for all of us(10)
* homo-sexuals were responsible for spreading HIV in United States, & then raised up violent groups like Act Up & Ground Zero to complain about it. Even today, homo-sexuals account for well over 50% of HIV cases in the United States, which is quite a large number considering that they account for only 1-2% of the population
* homo-sexuals account for a disproportionate number of hepatitis cases: 70-80% in San Francisco, 29% in Denver, 66% in New York City, 56% in Toronto, 42% in Montreal, & 26% in Melbourne (8)
* 37% of homo-sexuals engage in sadomasochism, which accounts for many accidental deaths. In San Francisco, classes were held to teach homo-sexuals how to not kill their partners during sadomasochism (8)
* 41% of homo-sexuals say they have had sex with strangers in public restrooms, 60% say they have had sex with strangers in bathhouses, & 64% of these encounters have involved the use of illegal drugs (8)
* Depending on city, 39-59% of homo-sexuals are infected with intestinal parasites like worms, flukes & amoebae, which is common in filthy third world countries (8)
* the median age of death of homo-sexuals is 42 (only 9% live past age 65). This drops to 39 if the cause of death is AIDS. the median age of death of a married hetero-sexual man is

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shvd28
First, simply because this nonsense may be from the united states doesnt mean anything as mentioned by one of the responders below. Making broad general statements about a country, just tossing information together thats usually wrong is showing prejudice itself.

Back to this nonsense, I can believe it came from some religious organization. I dont know that for a fact, just an opinion. Its a shame to waste space printing foolishness like the above paragraphs

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charliegay
No. I don`t believe them. For various reasons;

One reason is that the person failed to provide backup sources. That`s big clue about it being flawed;

Another reason is that it seems to come from USA where they just throw together things & almost lie to get result they want. Things from USA are a lot of times very unreliable.

And then anything coming from church or religion is usually a lie of some kind

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charliegay
its all basically rubbish

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mensexonly
These views were shared in a church!?!?!?! Obviously they are 100% biased & untrue

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jimmygay
Making up statistics really saves research time, doesn`t it?

There may be something behind some of the so-called statistics but(!) It`s 100% certain that whoever put the list together has cherry-picked & twisted whatever they did find to make it sound like we are horrible people.

I find it interesting that those who think we are unholy have no trouble whatsoever telling whatever lies suit their purpose

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gaymentop
i didn`t actually read all of those, bullsh!t.


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Depending on the city, 39-59% of homo-sexuals are infected with intestinal parasites like worms, flukes & amoebae, which is common in filthy third world countries (8)
any official statistics probably wouldn`t put the word filthy before third world countries, unless they want to be very, very unpopular

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charliegay
It`s rubbish; It sounds like the person who posted them to you only did it to wind you up

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gaykerk
I can`t believe a church of all places spread such propaganda. No, most of the statistics here are not true, & ones that are aren`t put in proper context. This sort of dehumanized, patholigizing rhetoric is similar to what was said about Jews or propaganda`racial hygiene. ` This makes it seem as if gay people are subhuman

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torogay
the information is factual & based on studies done in san francrisco

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jimmygay
The statistics are overly exaggerated;

minus like 20% on each of the percentages on the data;

And there`s possibility it will be true.

As for us being with more than 20 partners a year; That`s not true

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bobdilan
There my be truth in the statistics, but(!) bent.
i. e. * 1 study reports that the average homosexual has between 20 & 106 partners per year (6). the average hetero-sexual has 8 partners in a lifetime
The first statement might be made from a study in 2007 while the other could be made in 70s

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serenity
Those are from NARTH, a Christian fundamentalist organization convicted of medical fraud. They`re lies

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