More of the same old same old anti-gay talking points
Of course it was. It was selectivley used to promote your agenda
Its intersting that you want others to “provide concrete support” for their claims but you happily use Paul Cameron and the FRI and then defend their usage with excessive indignation http://www.christianforums.com/t7358406-36/#post51431668 (but no actual evidence in support of your claims)
LOL I cannot help to be amused.
SOURCES OF ALL THE ARTICLES I HAVE POSTED ONCE AGAIN
-Gabriel Rotello,
Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men, p. 112, New York: Penguin Group, 1998 (quoting gay writer Michael Lynch).
-Jon M. Richards, J. Michael Bedford, and Steven S. Witkin, "Rectal Insemination Modifies Immune Responses in Rabbits,"
Science, 27(224): 390-392 (1984).
-S. S. Witkin and J. Sonnabend, "Immune Responses to Spermatozoa in Homosexual Men,"
Fertility and Sterility, 39(3): 337-342, pp. 340-341 (1983).
Trends in Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2007
STD Surveillance, 2007 - Men Who Have Sex With Men
CDC - STD Surveillance, 2007 - Figure 37
HIV/AIDS and Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) (for the Public) | Topics | CDC HIV/AIDS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed&cmd=Link&dbFrom=PubMed&from_uid=6895005
The social construction of male homosexuality, related suicide problems and research proposals for the Twenty First Century
NIMH · Issues to Consider in Intervention Research with Persons at High Risk for Suicidality
Sexually transmitted diseases in homosexual men.
Homosexuality and Mental Health Problems <-- Only NARTH cite
Addressing narth:
Homosexuality and Mental Health Problems <--This website goes on to show different mental health problems and issues with suicide such as homosexuals 6x more likely to commit suicide as opposed to heterosexuals. I won't go in depth in this one but instead I'll let you formulate your own idea position on this one.
This is the only mention of narth in the entirety of my posts thus far. Although I don't believe it is a tainted source, I will concede it to you since you have such a quarrel against them.
As for Paul Cameron, I listed Paul Cameron amongst my references of my original post which included such statistics as:
- Depression & Anxiety is 1.5x higher in homosexuals
- Homosexuals are 1.5x more likely to be alcoholics or to abuse substances
- 73% of psychiatrists say homosexuals are less happy than the average person, and of those psychiatrists, 70% say that the unhappiness is NOT due to social stigmatization
- Monogamy is virtually non-existent in homosexual relationships
- 78% of homosexuals have some kind of STD
- Average age of death amongst male homosexuals is 42...only 1% die of old age
- 50% of suicides can be attributed to homosexuals
- Homosexuals are 100 times more likely to be murdered (usually by another homosexual) than the average person
I will also concede these to you, not to say that they all have false information, but seeing how I did not adequately research them beforehand but was given them.
Now, your concerns regarding my evidence and their sources may resume.
...unless of course Paul Cameron has influence at the CDC, Pubmed, the National Institue of Mental Health, and the National Center of Biotechnology Information, as well as published books all of which has been the
bulk of my presented observations.
I also want to direct you back to a prior post of which I outlined where I stood.
As for giving gay couples the legal right to marry, I do not have a definite answer for you. I do not wish to impose my views or beliefs on someone who is not willing to listen as it may come off as presumptous and inconsiderate. Also, outlawing marriage for homosexuals may very well push homosexuals further away; making them feel ostracised from me, and if I'm too bold to presume, and the rest of the Christian community who feel homosexuality is wrong. When, on the contrary, I want them closer. I want to get to know them, help them if I can, answer any questions they may have on my beliefs.
Now, when I say I want to help them, that is not implying I am a better person than they are. We ALL are sinners, everyone of us is born bent; born into iniquity. Homosexuality is not the marquee sin. On the contrary, it's not any worse than any of the others; it's listed right amoung fornicators, thieves, drunkards, slanderers, & swindlers- 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.
And, I am called to love them...and I do. Just as I hope they can love me despite all my shortcomings and flaws because, the Lord knows, we all have them.
So, to answer your question, I am not a political person and could not be bold enough to take public office and impose my beliefs on someone else. But, if I had to make a decision with America how it is now, I wouldn't condemn legalizing gay marriage if the public really wanted it because of the reasons listed above. Who am I to judge someone? There is only one judge, and He sits on the highest most powerful throne.
But, maybe they could see it in their hearts to call it something else besides marriage out of simple consideration who do believe that that is a sacred union between man and wife...
I do
NOT, in anyway, hate homosexuals. If I did, I would not have any reason to not hate myself as well. On the contrary, I love them the same way I can love myself.