homosexuality- born that way or choose to be that way?

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a friend once told me he had had talks with gay guys in college and everyone he spoke to eventually said that he had been molested at an early age. This turned them to homosexuality.

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<p>No study has confirmed any link between childhood sexual abuse and homosexuality.</p>

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I think if anyone who ia allowed to adopt should have a very strong marriage (a husband and a wife), be a great agent for the culture, as in emphasizing doing well in school and going to college, exposing the child to the best music and art, 2 parents (one of each sex)

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<p>Do you really think that a marriage is a prerequisite to raising kids well? If so, the many single parents in this world, including my own, would like a word with you.</p>

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<li><p>The incidence of domestic violence among homosexual men is nearly double that in the heterosexual population (D. Island and P. Letellier, Men Who Beat the Men Who Love Them: Battered Gay Men and Domestic Violence, New York: Haworth Press, 1991, p. 14).</p>

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<li>Relationship violence was found to be a significant problem for homosexuals.</li>
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<p>44% of the gay men reported having experienced violence in their relationships;</p>

<p>13% reported sexual violence and 83% reported emotional abuse. Levels of abuse ran even higher among lesbians: 55% reported physical violence in their relationships, 14% reported sexual abuse, and 84% reported emotional abuse. (Study of 499 ethnically diverse homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered teenagers and adults) (Susan C. Turrell "A Descriptive Analysis of Same-Sex Relationship Violence for a Diverse Sample" Journal of Family Violence. Vol. 13, Number . , 2000. Page(s) 281-293)</p>

<p>Child Abuse
41. The Washington Times reported that 8 out of every 10 homosexuals court-martialed by the U.S. Army for sexual misconduct between 1898 and the fall of 1993 had engaged in sexual assaults against their victims. Of these 102 assault cases, nearly half involved the molestation of children. (Dennis A. Wheeler, "The Legacy of Sodom," World News Digest, October 19, 1993)
42. The 1995 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance found that gay, lesbian, and bisexual orientation was associated with having had sexual intercourse before the age of 13, with having four or more partners in a lifetime, and with having experienced sexual contact against one’s will. (R. Garofalo et al., "The Association between Health Risk Behaviors and Sexual Orientation Among a School-based Sample of Adolescents," Pediatrics 101 [1998]: 895-902.)
43. A study of 425 homosexual males, ages 17 to 22, reported that 41.4% reported an occasion of forced sex. Seventy-nine of the boys reported beginning anal sex with men when they were ages 3 to 14. Of these, 15.2% were already HIV-positive. (Lemp, G., Hirozawa, A., Givertz, D., Nieri, G., Anderson, L., Linegren, M., Janssen, R., Katx, M. (1994) Seroprevalence of HIV and Risk Behaviors Among Young Homosexual and Bisexual Men. Journal of the American Medical Association. 272, 6: 449:454.)
44. "29% of the adult children of homosexual parents had been specifically subjected to sexual molestation by that homosexual parent, compared to only 0.6% of adult children of heterosexual parents. Having a homosexual parent(s) appears to increase the risk of incest with a parent by a factor of about 50." (P. Cameron and K. Cameron, "Homosexual Parents," Adolescence 31 (1996): 772)
45. "Individuals from 1% to 3% of the population that are sexually attracted to the same sex are committing up to one-third of the sex crimes against children." (Timothy J. Dailey, Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse, Family</a> Research Council: Monday, March 24, 2008 "IS02E3")
46. Researchers Karla Jay and Allen Young report data showing that 73% of homosexuals surveyed had at some time had sex with boys 16-19 years of age or younger. (Karla Jay and Allen Young, The Gay Report: Lesbians and Gay Men Speak Out about Sexual Experiences and Lifestyles (New York: Summit Books, 1979), p. 275)
47. While many homosexuals do not seek out young sexual partners, evidence indicates that disproportionate numbers of homosexual men seek adolescent males or boys as sexual partners. (Zebulon A. Silverthorne & Vernon L. Quinsey, "Sexual Partner Age Preferences of Homosexual and Heterosexual Men and Women," p. 73)
48. "Incest was more common among bisexuals and homosexuals of both sexes" than among heterosexuals. While less than 0.8% of heterosexual males reported have had sex with a brother, 12% of homosexuals reported having had sex with at least one brother. (Study of more than 9,100 adults in U.S. metropolitan areas) (Paul Cameron, and Kirk Cameron "Does Incest Cause Homosexuality?" Psychological Reports. Vol. 76, Number . , 1995. Page(s) 611-621)
49. A study of male child sex offenders found that 14% targeted only males, and 28% chose males as well as females as victims, thus indicating that 42% of male pedophiles engaged in homosexual molestation. (Michele Elliott, "Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: What Offenders Tell Us," Child Abuse and Neglect 19 (1995): 581)
50. A study in Archives of Sexual Behavior found that homosexual men are attracted to young males. The study compared the sexual age preferences of heterosexual men, heterosexual women, homosexual men, and lesbians. The results showed that, in marked contrast to the other three categories, "all but 9 of the 48 homosexual men preferred the youngest two male age categories," which included males as young as age 15. (Zebulon A. Silverthorne & Vernon L. Quinsey, "Sexual Partner Age Preferences of Homosexual and Heterosexual Men and Women," p. 73)
51. A study of 229 convicted child molesters found that "86% of offenders against males described themselves as homosexual or bisexual." ( W. D. Erickson, "Behavior Patterns of Child Molesters," Archives of Sexual Behavior 17 (1988): 83)
52. In a 1999 Journal of Homosexuality, author Helmut Graupner claims: "Man/boy and woman/girl relations without doubt are same-sex relations and they do constitute an aspect of gay and lesbian life." Graupner argues that, as such, consensual sexual relations between adult homosexuals and youths as young as fourteen qualifies as a "gay rights issue." (Helmut Graupner, "Love Versus Abuse: Crossgenerational Sexual Relations of Minors: A Gay Rights Issue?" Journal of Homosexuality 37 (1999): 23, 26)
53. The Archives of Sexual Behavior reports: "One of the most salient findings of this study is that 46% of homosexual men and 22% of homosexual women reported having been molested by a person of the same gender. This contrasts to only 7% of heterosexual men and 1% of heterosexual women reporting having been molested by a person of the same gender." (Marie, E. Tomeo, et al., "Comparative Data of Childhood and Adolescence Molestation in Heterosexual and Homosexual Persons," Archives of Sexual Behavior 30 (2001): 539)
54. A study of 279 homosexual/bisexual men with AIDS and control patients reported: "More than half of both case and control patients reported a sexual act with a male by age 16 years, approximately 20% by age 10 years." (Harry W. Haverkos, et al., "The Initiation of Male Homosexual Behavior," The Journal of the American Medical Association 262 (July 28, 1989): 501)
55. Noted child sex abuse expert David Finkelhor found that "boys victimized by older men were over four times more likely to be currently engaged in homosexual activity than were non-victims. The finding applied to nearly half the boys who had had such an experience . . . Further, the adolescents themselves often linked their homosexuality to their sexual victimization experiences." (Bill Watkins & Arnon Bentovim, "The Sexual Abuse of Male Children and Adolescents: A Review of Current Research," Journal of Child Psychiatry 33 (1992); in Byrgen Finkelman, Sexual Abuse (New York: Garland Publishing, 1995), p. 316)
56. A study in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology found: "In the case of childhood sexual experiences prior to the age of fourteen, 40% (of the pedophile sample) reported that they had engaged 'very often' in sexual activity with an adult, with 28% stating that this type of activity had occurred 'sometimes.'" (Gary A. Sawle, Jon Kear-Colwell, "Adult Attachment Style and Pedophilia: A Developmental Perspective," International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 45 (February 2001): 6)
57. A National Institute of Justice report states that "the odds that a childhood sexual abuse victim will be arrested as an adult for any sex crime is 4.7 times higher than for people . . . who experienced no victimization as children." (Cathy Spatz Widom, "Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse - Later Criminal Consequences," Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse Series: NIJ Research in Brief, (March 1995): 6)
58. A Child Abuse and Neglect study found that 59% of male child sex offenders had been victims of contact sexual abuse as a child." (Michele Elliott, "Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: What Offenders Tell Us," Child Abuse and Neglect 19 (1995): 582)</p>

<p>Homosexual Parenting/Gay Adoption
59. Children of homosexuals reported that their childhoods were more difficult than the childhoods of children of heterosexuals. In 9 % of homosexual-parented families, children mentioned having one or more problems or concerns. Of the 213 "score problems," 94% were attributed to the homosexual parent(s). Among appellate cases, the courts attributed 97% of the "harms" to children to the homosexual parent. (Narratives from 52 homosexually-parented families and files from 40 appeals court cases involving custody disputes between homosexual and heterosexual parents) (Paul Cameron and Kirk Cameron "Children of Homosexual Parents Report Childhood Difficulties" Psychological Reports. Vol. 90, Number 1. February, 2002. Page(s) 71-82)
60. Compared with children from traditional families, children from nontraditional families showed more psychological problems as rated by their parents and more internalizing behavior as rated by their teachers. Boys from nontraditional families were especially at a disadvantage; they showed lower self-concept, more externalizing, poorer classroom behavior, and lower grade-point averages. Girls from such families were less popular with peers. (Study of 136 fifth-grade children and their parents in Vermont) (Phyllis Bronstein, JoAnn Clauson, Miriam Frankel Stoll, and Craig L. Abrams "Parenting Behavior and Children's Social, Psychological and Academic Adjustment in Diverse Family Structure" Family Relations. Vol. 42, Number . , 1993. Page(s) 268-276)
61. Golombok’s and Tasker’s study revealed in its results section a clear connection between being raised in a lesbian family and homosexuality: "With respect to actual involvement in same-gender sexual relationships, there was a significant difference between groups . . . None of the children from heterosexual families had experienced a lesbian or gay relationship." By contrast, five (29%) of the 17 daughters and one (13%) of the eight boys in homosexual families reported having at least one same-sex relationship. (Tasker and Golombok, "Do Parents Influence the Sexual Orientation?" p. 7)
62. A survey taken in 1999 showed that 86% of people worldwide agreed that "[a]ll things being equal, it is better for children to be raised in a household that has a married mother and father." (Wirthlin Worldwide for The Howard Center and Brigham Young University, World Congress of Families II, November, 1999)
63. More than 70% of Americans agree that it is always best for children to be raised in a home with a married man and woman as parents. (Los Angeles Times poll, April 13-16, 1966 as cited in "Families: A Strong Yes to the ‘Traditional’ Structure," Public Perspective (February/March 1998): 20)
64. Seventy % of Americans favor children being raised in a family with a married father and mother, as opposed to a homosexual household. (Wirthlin Worldwide Poll for Family Research Council, July 23-26, 1999)
65. Homosexual relationships are characteristically unstable and fundamentally incapable of providing children the security they need. (Timothy J. Dailey, Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk, Family</a> Research Council: Monday, March 24, 2008 "IS01J3")
66. "Homosexuals model a poor view of marriage to children by teaching that marital relationships are transitory and mostly sexual in nature, sexual relationships are primarily for pleasure rather than procreation, and monogamy in marriage is not the norm [and] should be discouraged if one wants a good ‘marital’ relationship." (Bradley P. Hayton, "To Marry or Not: The Legalization of Marriage and Adoption of Homosexual Couples," Newport Beach: The Pacific Policy Institute, 1993, p. 9)
67. 12% of the children of lesbians became active lesbians themselves, a rate which is at least four times the base rate of lesbianism in the adult female population. (Tasker and S. Golombok, "Adults Raised as Children in Lesbian Families," p. 213). 64% of young adults raised by lesbian mothers reported considering having same-sex relationships. Only 17% of young adults in heterosexual families reported the same thing. (Judith Stacey and Timothy Biblarz, "(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?" American Sociological Review 66 [2001] 159-183)
68. Recent studies indicate that a higher proportion of children of lesbian parents are themselves apt to engage in homosexual activity. Adolescent and young adult girls raised by lesbian mothers appear to be more sexually adventurous and less chaste. (Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz, "(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter," American Sociological Review 66 (2001): 174, 179)
69. Most studies on the positive aspects of homosexual parenting "rely on small samples of white, middle-class, previously married lesbians and their children. As a result we cannot be confident concerning the generalizability of many of the findings." (David Demo and Martha Cox, ‘Families with Young Children: A Review of Research in the 1990s," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62 (2000), p.889)
70. "The research comparing outcomes from homosexual parenting and heterosexual parenting are notoriously inconclusive. There is a larger body of scientific literature showing children need a mother and father for proper socialization." (Glenn T. Stanton, Examining the Research of Homosexual Parenting. <a href="http://www.family.org/cforum/tempforum/A0020023.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.family.org/cforum/tempforum/A0020023.html&lt;/a&gt;)
71. "Even individuals who believe that same-sex relationships are a legitimate choice for adults may feel that children will suffer from being reared in such families." (L. Koepke et al., "Relationship Quality in a Sample of Lesbian Couples with Children and Child-free Lesbian Couples," Family Relations 41 (1992): 228)
72. There is a tremendous amount of social science research showing that children who are raised with their married mother and father do far better in every measure of well being than children who grow up in any other family configuration. (Glenn T. Stanton, Why Marriage Matters: Reason to Believe in Marriage in Postmodern Society (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1997; David Popenoe, Life without Father, [New York; The Free Press, 1996]’ Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur, Growing up With a Single Parents: What Helps, What Hurts, [Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994])</p>

<p>Genetics and Homosexuality
73. Research studies on homosexuality by Drs. Dean Hamer, Michael Bailey, Richard Pillard, Simon LeVay, Laura Allen, and Roger Gorski have failed to show proof of a gay gene. There is no scientific evidence that shows that homosexuality is genetic. The media has sensationalized and perpetuated the myth of a homosexual gene. (Satinover, J. (1996) Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth. Grand Rapids: Baker Books)
74. Genes have to be passed on in order for something to be "genetic" or inherited. Homosexuality is, by its very nature, sterile. According to the logic of natural selection, homosexuality would have disappeared long ago if it was genetic.
75. "Like all complex behavioral and mental states, homosexuality is neither exclusively biological nor exclusively psychological, but results from an as-yet-difficult-to quantitate mixture of some genetic factors, intrauterine influences-postnatal environment (such as parents, siblings, and cultural behavior), and a complex series of repeatedly reinforced choices occurring at critical phases of development." (Jeffrey Satinover, "The Gay Gene?" The Journal of Human Sexuality, 1966)
76. Homosexuality is probably caused by multiple factors. Genetic and pre-natal hormonal influences may predispose or place people at greater risk for developing homosexual attractions. However, current research indicates that post-natal environmental influences must also be present in order for the homosexual attractions to be manifested. Some environmental and psychological factors that may play a causal role in the development of homosexuality include: (1) cross-gender, effeminate behavior in childhood, (2) gender-identity deficits, (3) hostile, detached, or absent fathers (which leads to "defensive detachment" from the father and other males), and (4) overly close, controlling or dominating mothers. (P. Scott Richards, "The Treatment of Homosexuality: Some Historical, Contemporary, and Personal Perspectives," AMCAP Journal Vol. 19, No. 1, 1993, pg. 36)
77. "The removal of homosexuality from the DSM 2 (American Psychiatric Association) was all the more remarkable when one considers that it involved the out-of-hand and peremptory disregard and dismissal not only of hundreds of psychiatric and psychoanalytic research papers and reports but also of a number of other serious studies by groups of psychologists, psychiatrists, and educators over the past 70 years. It was a disheartening attack upon psychiatric research and a blow to many homosexuals who looked to psychiatry for more help, not less." (Socarides, 1978, pp. 421-422 Sourced in: P. Scott Richards, "The Treatment of Homosexuality: Some Historical, Contemporary, and Personal Perspectives," AMCAP Journal Vol. 19, No. 1, 1993)
78. Between 1966 and 1974, more than 1,000 articles appeared in the Medline databases alone on the treatment of homosexuality, showing evidence that homosexual behavior is treatable and changeable. (Satinover, J., Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996)
79. A 2001 report by Columbia University on a study of 200 recovered homosexual men and women and found that the majority had been able to make a change in their sexual orientation.
80. "Sexual orientation, once thought to be an unchanging sexual trait, is actually quite flexible for many people, changing as a result of therapy for some, ministry, for others and spontaneously for still others." (Warren Throckmorton and Mark A. Yarhouse, "Ethical Issues in Attempts to Ban Reorientation Therapies," American Psychological Association, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol. 39, No. l, June 2002, 66-75) 30% of those who enter treatment for homosexuality with an experienced therapist are able to achieve a heterosexual adjustment. An additional 30% are able to control their homosexual behavior, although they do not develop a sexual attraction to females. (Warren. Throckmorton, (1996) Efforts to modify Sexual Orientation: A review of outcome literature and ethical issues, Journal of Mental Health and Counseling 20, 4: 283-305)
81. "I believe there is rather powerful evidence that human beings are a two-sex species, designed for sexual rather than asexual reproduction. If this is true, then the absence of desire for the opposite sex represents, at a minimum, a sexual dysfunction much as impotence or infertility." (Maggie Gallagher, columnist, "Fixing Sexual Orientation," Universal Press Syndicate 2001)
82. The American Psychological Association Journal (2002) reported on scientific evidence that efforts to change thoughts, behaviors, and feeling-based sexual orientation can be successful. (Warren Throckmorton, "Initial Empirical and Clinical Findings Concerning the Change Process for Ex-gays;" Psychotherapy: Theory/Research/Practice/Training, Vol. 39, No. 1, 66-75, Copyright 2002 by the Education, <a href="http://www.apa.org/journals/pro/602ab.html#2%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.apa.org/journals/pro/602ab.html#2&lt;/a> <a href="http://www.gcc.edu/news/releases/spring2002/5-29throckmortonresearch.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.gcc.edu/news/releases/spring2002/5-29throckmortonresearch.htm&lt;/a>
83. Homosexual behavior is "considerably less prevalent among the religiously devout," is "more prevalent in father-absent households and where divorce or family disruption [has] occurred," is more common in large U.S. cities than in suburban or rural areas, and is more widespread in societies where it is accepted rather than condemned. (Study of more than 9,100 adults in U.S. metropolitan areas) (Paul Cameron, and Kirk Cameron "Does Incest Cause Homosexuality?" Psychological Reports. Vol. 76, Number . , 1995. Page(s) 611-621)</p>

<p>Incidence of Homosexual behavior
84. A study of the sexual behavior of men in the United States based on the National Survey of Men (a nationally representative sample comprised of 3,321 men aged 20-30), found that "2% of sexually active men aged twenty to thirty-nine . . . had had any same-gender sexual activity during the last ten years. Approximately 1% of the men (1.3% among whites and 0.2% among blacks) reported having had exclusively homosexual activity. (John O. G. Billy, et al., "The Sexual Behavior of Men in the United States," Family Planning Perspectives 25 (March/April 1993): 58)
85. Studies indicate that homosexuals comprise between 1 to 3% of the population. (J. Gordon Muir, "Homosexuals and the 10 % Fallacy," Wall Street Journal (March 31, 1993)
86. Contrary to estimates claiming that 10% of the American male population is homosexual, only "a very small number" of respondents reported that they were homosexual or bisexual. "98% of the sample reported that they were heterosexual." (Barbara C. Leigh "The Sexual Behavior of U.S. Adults: Results from a National Survey" American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 83, Number . , 1993. Page(s) 1400-1406)
87. In a survey of studies on homosexuals in different populations, the Archives of Sexual Behavior reported a random sample of Hawaii state residents interviewed by telephone. The study found "just about 3% of males and 1.2% of females as having engaged in same-sex or bisexual activity." (Milton Diamond, "Homosexuality and Bisexuality in Different Populations," Archives of Sexual Behavior 22 (1993): 300)
88. The percentage of men claiming to be homosexual is far less than Alfred Kinsey's 1948 claims that 10% of American males were homosexual and that 37% of men had some homosexual experience during their life. The National Survey of Men reports that "2.3% of men, age 20-39, have had 'same gender sexual activity' during the preceding ten years" and that "1.1% have had such activity exclusively." In addition, the "majority of men who have had homosexual contact report that such contact occurred 'once, twice, or rarely' for less than 2 years." (The National Survey of Men) (Stuart H. Seidman, and Ronald O. Reider "A Review of Sexual Behavior in the United States" The American Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 151, Number . , 1994. Page(s) 330-339)
89. 2% of the sexually active men (aged 20 to 39) reported some homosexual activity within the previous 10 years. 1% reported sexual activity that was exclusively homosexual during that time period. (3,321 men, 1991) (John O. G. Billy, K. Tanfer, W. R. Grady, and D. H. Klepinger "The Sexual Behavior of Men in the United States" Family Planning Perspectives. Vol. 25, Number . , 1993. Page(s) 52-60)
90. A coalition of 31 leading pro-homosexual activist groups submitted a friend of the court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Lawrence v. Texas case in 2003, claiming that 2.8% of men and 1.4% of women are homosexual. (Family</a> Research Council: Monday, March 24, 2008 "CU03D1" }</p>

<p>Homosexuality and Marriage
91. A 1999 Wirthlin Worldwide survey conducted for the World Congress of Families II found that 84% of people around the world agree that "the definition of marriage is one man and one woman." (Wirthlinn Worldwide for The Howard Center and Brigham Young University, World Congress of Families II, November 1999)
92. A 2000 Gallup Poll showed that a strong majority of adults disapprove of recognizing homosexual marriage in the law. Only 34% said homosexual marriage should be recognized as valid. (Gallup Organization for CNN, USA Today, January 13-16, 2000}
93. "The purpose of marriage through the centuries has been the uniting of the two opposite sexes for the purpose of procreation, the raising and protection of children, and companionship. It is not discriminatory to deny gays and lesbians the right to marry because of the fact that they do not meet the current standard and meaning of marriage. Their unique relationships do not meet the core, opposite-sex requirement of marriage. The redefining of marriage would overturn the way that societies for centuries have defined this bedrock institution." (Roslyn Levine, quoted in the Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Canada, September, 2002.)
94. "The very concept of marriage is indissolubly linked to the societal imperatives of procreation and child rearing… As The Supreme Court has recognized, procreation involves the ‘very existence and survival of mankind.’ Laws protecting and preferring heterosexual marriage are a principled and necessary means of furthering this most imperative of all governmental objectives." (Richard Wilkins, "The Constitutionality of Legal Preferences for Heterosexual Marriage." Family in America, Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society, Vol. 15, No. 6, June 2001. See Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 489, 496 (1965) Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942,) Zablocki V. Rehail, 434 U.S. 374, 383, 386 (1978), Planned Parenthood of Southeaster Pennsylvania v. Casey 505 U.S. 833, 851 (1992))
95. "Even ‘committed’ homosexual relationships display a fundamental incapacity for the faithfulness and commitment that is axiomatic to the institution of marriage." (Timothy J. Dailey, Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk, Family</a> Research Council: Monday, March 24, 2008 "IS01J3")
96. The five major world religions -- Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism -- recognize and uphold the natural heterosexual understanding of marriage. All five religions teach that homosexual behavior is sinful or wrong. ("Major World Religions on the Question of Marriage," Marriage Law Project, 2000)
97. Studies of previous civilizations reveal that when a society strays from the sexual ethic of marriage (a union between a male and a female), it deteriorates and eventually disintegrates. (J. D. Unwin, Sexual Regulations and Human Behavior (London: Williams & Norgate, 1933)</p>

<p>Homosexuals and "Hate Crimes"
98. The 2000 Hate Crimes Reports finds 8,063 "bias-motivated" incidents. Of these, 1,299 were crimes based on sexual orientation. Most of these offenses were low-level. A third of these incidents fell into the nondescript category of "intimidation." (U.S. Department of Justice Statistics : fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm )
99. Out of 15, 517 murders in the U.S. during the year 2000, 19 were found to be hate crimes-and only two were based on sexual orientation. (U.S. Department of Justice Statistics: Federal</a> Bureau of Investigation - Uniform Crime Reports ) "We know the name of Matthew Shepard not because his case is representative of something common, but precisely because it is so rare." (Matt Kaufman, "Inflating the Hate," Boundless</a> Webzine - Page Not Found)
100. The U.S. Justice Department’s study found an epidemic of violence between homosexuals. The annual average is 13,740 male victims of violence by homosexual partners and 16,900 victims by lesbian partners. (U.S. Department of Justice, "Intimate Partner violence and Age of Victim, 1993-99," <a href="http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipva99.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipva99.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) By contrast, the 1999 statistics for hate crimes based on sexual orientation totaled 1,558 victims. (U.S. Department of Justice Statistics: Federal</a> Bureau of Investigation - Uniform Crime Reports )</p>

<p>Homosexual Activism
101. Homosexuals are one of the most affluent groups in America. Their average household income is $55,430 compared to the national average of $32,286. Sixty % are college graduates compared to the national average of 18 %. Forty-nine % are in professional and management positions compared to the national average of 16 %. Sixty-six % go on vacations overseas compared to the national average of 14 %. (Records compiled by Wall Street Journal, 1994)
102. Paula Ettelbrick, former legal director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, has stated, "Being queer is more than setting up house, sleeping with a person of the same gender, and seeking state approval for doing so. . . Being queer means pushing the parameters of sex, sexuality, and family, and in the process transforming the very fabric of society." (Paula Ettelbrick, quoted in William B. Rubenstein, "Since When Is Marriage a Path to Liberation?" Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Law, (New York: The New Press, 1993), pp. 398, 400)
103. "They (homosexual activists) are belligerent, coercive, and intolerant. They practice the evils that they accuse the ‘straight’ majority of practicing. . . In defiance of biology, reason, and codes of morality dating back 5,000 years, they wish not merely to have their sexual usage deemed normal, but their every demand normative." (Reid Buckley, "The U.S.A. Today: The Stunning Incoherence of American Civilization," P.E.N. Press, Inc., June 2002.
104. According to homosexual writer and activist Michelangelo Signorile, the goal of homosexuals is: "To fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand the right to marry not as a way of adhering to society’s moral codes but rather to debunk a myth and radically alter an archaic institution. . . . The most subversive action lesbian and gay men can undertake . . . is to transform the notion of ’family’ entirely." (Michelangelo Signorile, "Bridal Wave," Out, December 1994.)
105. "The ‘Gay-rights movement’ was created to justify homosexual behavior. All of organized homosexuality exists as a mechanism for self-justification. No other group of people has gone to such great lengths to promote a sex act." (The Myth of Sexual Orientation [Culture Watch])</p>

<p>Homosexual Activism in the Schools
106. The FBI Uniform Crime Report notes a total of 140 incidents of hate crimes based on sexual orientation within U.S. schools and colleges. The nation has roughly 55 million students. The incidence rate of 140 crimes relative to 55 million students is 0.00003%. The bulk of the reported crimes fall into the category of "intimidation." (Federal</a> Bureau of Investigation - Uniform Crime Reports The rate of "hate crimes" directed at persons because of religion is higher than that of sexual orientation.)
107. GLSEN’s Executive Director Kevin Jennings speaking about how he was able to delude the Massachusetts legislature into adopting the pro-homosexual agenda for the schools in their state. "In Massachusetts the effective reframing of this issue was the key to the success of the Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. We immediately seized upon the opponent’s calling card-safety-and explained how homophobia represents a threat to students’ safety by creating a climate where violence, name-calling, health problems, and suicide are common. Titling our report ‘Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth,’ we automatically threw our opponents onto the defensive and stole their best line of attack. This framing short-circuited their arguments and left them back-pedaling from day one." (Kevin Jennings, "Winning the Culture War," The Massachusetts News, "Governor’s Commission for Gay Youth Retreats to ‘Safety’ and ‘Suicide,’ December 2000)
108. "Exposure to and experimentation with homosexual behavior carries serious risks that school officials should be aware of in order to protect students. There is concern that by allowing access by homosexual activist organizations and by establishing policies that have the effect of normalizing homosexual behavior, schools may have become responsible for physical and emotion harm to the students entrusted to their care." ( "The Legal Liability Associated with Homosexuality Education in Public Schools," Citizens for Community Values, Citizens</a> for Community Values)
109. Margot E. Ables, Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Program, Massachusetts Department of Education and self-proclaimed lesbian: "We always feel like we are fighting against people who say publicly, who say privately, that being queer is not at all about sex…we believe otherwise. We think that sex is central to every single one of us, and particularly queer youth." (Presenter at GLSEN Teach Out! Conference at Tufts University, Boston, recorded by Scott T. Whiteman, Peabody, Massachusetts, Affidavit re: GLSEN/BOSTON conference, April 18, 2000)
110. Leif Mitchell, community educator/trainer for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut and a GLSEN National board member, in a presentation to Massachusetts teachers and students explaining "Strategies for Combating the ‘Religious Wrong’ in your community:" "Focus on Violence Prevention. Always go back to the issues of safety to explain why Gay/Straight Alliances need to be formed. Violence helps us! It is very important to tie the Religious Right to hatred." (GLSEN Teach Out! Conference at Tufts University, Boston)
111. In spite of the dangers posed to students through homosexual behavior and lifestyle, the National Education Association (NEA) has concluded that homosexuality is acceptable, normal, and should be validated within the public school system. Under the banner of diversity and "safety," the NEA has commissioned a Task Force on Sexual Orientation in order to put in place a comprehensive homosexual advocacy program, bypassing customary program ratification by the NEA membership at large. (<a href="http://www.nea.org/bt/1-students/gayles.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.nea.org/bt/1-students/gayles.pdf&lt;/a> NEA:</a> Report of the NEA Task Force on Sexual Orientation)
112. The National Conference for Community Justice (NCCJ) actively sponsors national youth leadership training programs such as the Anytown program. Through on-campus recruitment activities and teacher referral, Anytown seeks students who have leadership capabilities for intensive diversity training and multicultural training which includes efforts to mainstream homosexuality. Regarding the issue of sexual orientation, NCCJ advocates: "An inclusive school culture works to affirm, not just tolerate…" homosexual behavior. (The</a> National Conference for Community and Justice, <a href="http://65.214.34.18/TaskForce.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://65.214.34.18/TaskForce.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)
113. Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) launched a national campaign called "From Our House to the Schoolhouse," which "represents the next step in PFLAG’s ongoing nationwide commitment to our number one priority, creating an accepting school environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, teachers and staff." (PFLAG:</a> Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays "We recognize that schools are ‘ground zero’ in our efforts…" PFLAG:</a> Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
Conclusion</p>

<p>Homosexual attraction has its origins in predisposed characteristics, unmet childhood needs, and in the environment. It is a developmental disorder that leads to negative behaviors with negative consequences -- adversely impacting individuals and society at large. The choice to act on same-sex attraction or to seek help to overcome these tendencies can be freely made by the individual. Homosexual behaviors can accurately be described as risky and should not be mainstreamed into society or equated with civil rights. Compassion for homosexuals should not include drastic social and legal measures to accommodate the demands of this small, but powerful minority. Bodies of government, courts of law, schools, and other organizations under pressure to accept the homosexual agenda will do well to remember that the demands and claims of homosexual activists are self-serving and result in no societal good. Social science research clearly demonstrates that the homosexual agenda does not promote the best interests of families or individuals.</p>

<p>Where can I get more information?</p>

<p>· National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) Publications, 16633 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1340, Encino, CA 91436 (818) 789-4440 (NARTH</a> Home Page ).</p>

<p>Reid Buckley, "The USA Today: The Stunning Incoherence of American Civilization," P.E.N. Press, Inc., June 2002.</p>

<p>"The Myth of Sexual Orientation," Culture Watch, Swan Research-- a division of The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society, Vol. 3, Number 1. (<a href="http://www.profam.org)%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.profam.org)&lt;/a>.
Jeffrey Satinover, "The Gay Gene?" The Journal of Human Sexuality, 1996.</p>

<p>Richard Wilkins, "The Constitutionality of Legal Preferences for Heterosexual Marriage," The Family in America, Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society, Vol. 15, No. 6, June 2001.</p>

<p>Dale O’Leary, The Gender Agenda, Vital Issues Press, Lafayette, Louisiana. 1997.</p>

<p>Claire Renzetti, Violent Betraya.l</p>

<p>Ronald Bayer, Homosexuality and American Psychiatry: The Politics of Diagnosis, Princeton University Press, 1987.</p>

<p>Timothy F. Murphy, Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research Columbia University Press, 1997.</p>

<p>Robert T. Francoeur, Patricia Koch, and David L. Weis, Sexuality in America: Understanding our Sexual Values and Behaviors, The Continuum Publishing Company, 1998. [especially pages 148-150].</p>

<p>Chandler Burr, A Separate Creation: The Search for the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation, Hyperion Press, 1996.</p>

<p>Timothy J. Dailey, "Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse," and "Homosexual Parenting" Family Research Council Family</a> Research Council: Monday, March 24, 2008 "PG06I01"</p>

<p>Family</a> Research Council: Monday, March 24, 2008 "PG06I01"</p>

<p><a href="http://www.familyfacts.ca%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.familyfacts.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="mailto:heartbeatnews@compuserve.com">heartbeatnews@compuserve.com</a><a href="Dale%20O’Leary:%20series%20of%20excellent%20articles%20on%20AIDS%20and%20same-sex%20attraction">/email</a>.</p>

<p>Focus</a> on the Family Action's CitizenLink</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Uh, Sheed30, just because you found that giant post off "a website" doesn't mean that it has any credibility. I'd like a source, if you don't mind.</p>

<p>it does.......at the end............i couldn't fit it all on one post</p>

<p>o yea, and after every single fact, it says where the information comes from....you can check it out on your own if you want...</p>

<p>And on the third day, God created the Remington bolt-action rifle, so that Man could fight the dinosaurs. And the homosexuals.</p>

<p>Sheed, the APA statement you quoted says in full:
[quote]
No one knows what causes heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality. Homosexuality was once thought to be the result of troubled family dynamics or faulty psychological development. Those assumptions are now understood to have been based on misinformation and prejudice. Currently there is a renewed interest in searching for biological etiologies for homosexuality. However, to date there are no replicated scientific studies supporting any specific biological etiology for homosexuality. Similarly, no specific psychosocial or family dynamic cause for homosexuality has been identified, including histories of childhood sexual abuse. Sexual abuse does not appear to be more prevalent in children who grow up to identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, than in children who identify as heterosexual.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>So nobody knows what causes it, yet. That said, there are a number of good reasons to suspect that homosexuality is probably biological in origin, to which your studies alluded.</p>

<p>The</a> number of animals displaying homosexual behavior in the wild (they chose to be homosexual, right?).</p>

<p>The failure of efforts to change the sexual orientation of gays. - J.R. Skoyles, June 7, 1999, on an email discussion list for evolutionary psychology. Copied from Steven's Pinker's The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, page 445, #53.</p>

<p>A</a> difference in hypothalamic structure between heterosexual and homosexual men.</p>

<p>Differently</a> sized nuclei in gay man and straight men (page 8).</p>

<p>Differently</a> sized anterior commissure in the brains of gay and straight men.</p>

<p>Penile</a> size differences in gay and straight men.</p>

<p>Differential</a> brain activation in exclusively homosexual and heterosexual men produced by the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, fluoxetine.</p>

<p>Different</a> auditory potentials in straight and gay women and men (more masculine in gay women).</p>

<p>Sexual</a> orientation-related differences in prepulse inhibition of the human startle response.</p>

<p>Neural</a> correlates of sexual arousal in homosexual and heterosexual men.</p>

<p>Preference</a> for human body odors is influenced by gender and sexual orientation.</p>

<p>Brain</a> response to putative pheromones in homosexual men.</p>

<p>Dermatoglyphics</a>, handedness, sex, and sexual orientation.</p>

<p>Excess</a> of counterclockwise scalp hair-whorl rotation in homosexual men.</p>

<p>Okay, aristotle. I still don't think you understand my post at all. All I said was </p>

<p>
[quote]
EDIT: aristotle. No, that's not what I'm saying..what I'm saying is that it hasn't been proven yet. case closed.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>None of what you posted is proof. All of it is research going on. Who knows if you find that it IS genetic I'll accept it. Until it has been seen as genetic with humans by a reputable research group by any university, or national organization that is not biased, I won't believe it.</p>

<p>Aristotle do you understand me? Huh? Do you? All I said was that IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN WITH HUMANS..and none of those links say that it has. All it does it show differences. They may be because of genetics but no on in the world has proven it. and the one time it was proven it was scientifically disproved.</p>

<p>do you understand where I'm coming from? </p>

<p>Why can't I make myself anymore clear?</p>

<p>Sheed, you do not understand the implication of these studies. Let me ask you something; it is possible for a man to make his ***** grow bigger by choice? To change his auditory potential? His handedness? Whorl rotation? The answer is no. Because gay and straight men differ on these immutable (and numerous) biological characteristics, it seems likely that there are biological differences between gay and straight men. The balance of evidence suggests that homosexuality is in good part biological in nature.</p>

<p>Likewise, no one has yet found clear genetic markers of intelligence on the human genome. But there is an insane amount of evidence suggesting that intelligence is heritable, and no one would claim today that intelligence is purely environmentally determined, even though we have not yet found intelligence genes. We do not understand the causes of gravity and magnetism, but we know they exist.</p>

<p>I don't know how much evidence you want before you're willing to admit there's a statistical significance to it, because aristotle1990 just provided a huge amount of evidence supporting the assertion that homosexuals are biologically different from heterosexuals.</p>

<p>Okay...go back through all my posts....show me where I said anything about any of that. I said 2 things all thread</p>

<p>-You're not born homosexual-has never been proven,,,,(and just my own opinion)
-Homosexual is not caused by genetics-has never been proven,,,,</p>

<p>who are you arguing with?</p>

<p>And what about the implications of the studies (more than 100 facts and more links) I have shown you</p>

<p>ummm?</p>

<p>I'll respond mostly to whoever compared homosexuality to a pornography addiction, basically saying, "Love the sinner, hate the sin."</p>

<p>First, let me get out some of my anger by paraphrasing some guy's comment on an anti-anti-gay (haha) Facebook group:
"So I was debating with this kid about gay marriage, and he was all, 'Love the sinner, hate the sin.' And I said, 'If you're allowed to love the sinner, why aren't they allowed to love each other." It's true--is it really Biblical to preserve your right to love over that of another?</p>

<p>See, for homosexuality to be a sin, it would have to be something detrimental to society (like greed, etc.). Last time I checked, the only sin gay people committed was pis.sing people who don't like them off.... Oh, sorry, that IS just like someone addicted to porn. (sarcasm for those not attuned)</p>

<p>My main problem with "Loving the sinner, not the sin," is that it's a cop-out. "But...see...I'm not hating on anyone! I AM promoting love." No: Promoting acceptance and love is allowing an immutable characteristic to take its place alongside heterosexual unions. At the risk of sounding redundant, homosexuality has been proven to be, at least primarily, genetic and/or determined by hormones in the developing fetus. Of COURSE it's more likely for someone to acknowledge homosexuality in a house that does not condemn it, but that doesn't make the biological factors of a suppressed gay cease to exist. Even Watson/Crick (I can't remember which one) said that homosexuality was on a gene (although he sadly only used that to preface his prejudice against gays). The gay twin is just as natural as his heterosexual counterpart. </p>

<p>Before I elaborate on that last statement, let me first state my position on the Bible. I am a Christian. I read the Bible. I go to church every Sunday and am actively involved in my youth group. BUT I don't believe everything the Bible says--not because I'm against the Bible, but because that feat is impossible. The Bible contradicts itself more than 700 times. </p>

<p>It is therefore undeniable that the Bible is imperfect. In my opinion, the Bible is clouded primarily by how it views humans. I personally cannot tell you whether or not we really are God's chosen creatures, but I do believe it is silly to condemn our natural needs (sex, love, even the occasional spark of envy) and then take the "birds and the bees" as perfectly natural. Animals and humans were cut from the same cloth, even only because of Darwin's common ancestor/ because God made both (depending on how you stand between religion and science). The fact remains that even if most humans exhibit lust to procreate, there are still barren women, sterile men, and those with no desire for to even have sex. Should the barren woman and her husband not be allowed to adopt because their existence is "unnatural?" </p>

<p>Heterosexual, fertile unions result in children. It's the biological priority, or propagation of one's own race, as natural as the birds and the bees. Homosexual or infertile unions do not result in children (excluding the lovely options of adoption and artificial insemination, the latter of which has resulted in a happy family for my aunt and her partner). See, in animals, homosexuality can serve the purpose of stabilizing or decreasing population. It's a phenomenon similar to that where rabbits "absorb" litters if a warren is overcrowded. As natural as we all are; as natural as the Earth God created. </p>

<p>Also, for those with a since of humor, from another Facebook group:</p>

<p>Top 17 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.</p></li>
<li><p>Gay culture is a new fad created by the liberal media to undermine long-standing traditions. We know this is true because gay sex did not exist in ancient Greece and Rome.</p></li>
<li><p>There are plenty of straight families looking to adopt, and every unwanted child already has a loving family. This is why foster care does not exist.</p></li>
<li><p>Conservatives know best how to create strong families. That is why it is not true that Texas and Mississippi have the highest teen birthrates, and Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire have the lowest. This is a myth spread by the liberal media.</p></li>
<li><p>Marriage is a religious institution, defined by churches. This is why atheists do not marry. Christians also never get a divorce.</p></li>
<li><p>Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why our society has no single parents.</p></li>
<li><p>Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.</p></li>
<li><p>Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.</p></li>
<li><p>Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.</p></li>
<li><p>Gay marriage should be decided by the people and their elected representatives, not the courts. The framers checked the courts, which represent mainstream public opinion, with legislatures created to protect the rights of minorities from the tyranny of the majority. Interference by courts in this matter is inappropriate, just as it has been every time the courts have tried to hold back legislatures pushing for civil rights.</p></li>
<li><p>Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.</p></li>
<li><p>Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because "separate but equal" institutions are a good way to satisfy the demands of uppity minority groups.</p></li>
<li><p>Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.</p></li>
<li><p>Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.</p></li>
<li><p>Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.</p></li>
<li><p>Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.</p></li>
<li><p>METEORS and VOLCANOES.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>ummm...did you read my post?...because according to it...homosexuality IS detrimental to society</p>

<p>not saying i believe it just saying look at the research</p>

<p>Sheed, instead of referencing articles that contradict your very argument half the time, could you tell me YOUR stance here? How, for my purposes, is homosexuality detrimental to society. Other than a) causing controversy or b) not being Brady Bunch-esque, as in not representing the nuclear family?</p>

<p>
[quote]
-You're not born homosexual-has never been proven,,,,(and just my own opinion)

[/quote]
</p>

<p>A difference in biology implies a difference at birth. Whence else would come differences in innate biological characteristics?</p>

<p>
[quote]
-Homosexual is not caused by genetics-has never been proven,,,,

[/quote]
</p>

<ol>
<li>See what I wrote about intelligence. </li>
<li>A difference in biology implies a difference either in the genome or in pre-natal factors (hormonal levels in the parent, &c - essentially, this implies being born homosexual or homosexually inclined).</li>
</ol>

<p>
[quote]
And what about the implications of the studies (more than 100 facts and more links) I have shown you</p>

<p>ummm?

[/quote]
</p>

<p>The "studies" are largely specious and irrelevant. Give me a single study (just one, I don't have time for large posts copied from other sites) published in a respected journal that attempts to show that homosexuality is (1) explained by environmental factors, and (2) is not influenced at all by biology, and we'll have an argument.</p>

<p>just look at this one</p>

<p><a href="http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/satinover.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/satinover.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>read it...tell me what you think...it's not against gays in any way at all, it's just stating some facts...i think ( i dont remember everything i read) there was some biological proof in there somewhere, but just check it out.</p>

<p>
[quote]
Sheed, instead of referencing articles that contradict your very argument half the time, could you tell me YOUR stance here? How, for my purposes, is homosexuality detrimental to society. Other than a) causing controversy or b) not being Brady Bunch-esque, as in not representing the nuclear family?

[/quote]
</p>

<p>ummm, what are you talking about?</p>

<p>and here you go...</p>

<ol>
<li>A U.S. Justice Department study found an epidemic of violence between homosexuals: an annual average of 13,740 male victims of violence by homosexual partners and 16,900 victims by lesbian partners. (U.S. Department of Justice, "Intimate Partner violence and Age of Victim, 1993-99," Bureau of Justice Selected Findings, November 1994. <a href="http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipva99.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipva99.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) By contrast, the 1999 statistics for hate crimes based on sexual orientation totaled 1,558 victims <a href="U.S.%20Department%20of%20Justice%20Statistics%20:%20Federal%20Bureau%20of%20Investigation%20-%20Uniform%20Crime%20Reports">B</a></li>
<li><p>A survey of 1,099 lesbians found that more than half reported that they had been abused by a female lover/partner. This includes verbal, emotional, psychological, and physical abuse. <a href="Gwat%20Yong%20Lie%20and%20Sabrina%20Gentlewarrier,%20%22Intimate%20Violence%20in%20Lesbian%20Relationships:%20Discussion%20of%20Survey%20Findings%20and%20Practice%20Implications,%22%20Journal%20of%20Social%20Service%20Research%2015%20(1991">B</a>: 41-59)
</p></li>
<li><p>Among lesbians, "rates of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse were all significantly higher in their prior lesbian relationships than in their prior heterosexual relationships: 56.8% had been sexually victimized by a female, 45% had experienced physical aggression, and 64.5% experienced physical/emotional aggression." <a href="A%201991%20survey%20of%20350%20lesbians,%2075%%20of%20whom%20had%20been%20in%20a%20previous%20relationship%20with%20a%20man">B</a> (Donald G. Dutton "Patriarchy and Wife Assault: The Ecological Fallacy" Violence and Victims. Vol. 9, Number 2. , 1994. Page(s) 167-178.)</p></li>
<li><p>Women are four times more likely to be victims of domestic violence in a lesbian household than in a married household. (Claire Renzetti, Violent Betrayal) Married women in traditional families experience the lowest rate of violence compared with women in other types of relationships <a href="%22Violence%20Between%20Intimates,%22%20Bureau%20of%20Justice%20Statistics%20Selected%20Findings,%20November%201994,%20p.%202">B</a>
</p></li>
<li><p>The incidence of domestic violence among homosexual men is nearly double that in the heterosexual population <a href="D.%20Island%20and%20P.%20Letellier,%20Men%20Who%20Beat%20the%20Men%20Who%20Love%20Them:%20Battered%20Gay%20Men%20and%20Domestic%20Violence,%20New%20York:%20Haworth%20Press,%201991,%20p.%2014">B</a>.**</p></li>
<li><p>Relationship violence was found to be a significant problem for homosexuals.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>44% of the gay men reported having experienced violence in their relationships;</p>

<p>13% reported sexual violence and 83% reported emotional abuse. Levels of abuse ran even higher among lesbians: 55% reported physical violence in their relationships, 14% reported sexual abuse, and 84% reported emotional abuse. (Study of 499 ethnically diverse homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered teenagers and adults) <a href="Susan%20C.%20Turrell%20%22A%20Descriptive%20Analysis%20of%20Same-Sex%20Relationship%20Violence%20for%20a%20Diverse%20Sample%22%20Journal%20of%20Family%20Violence.%20Vol.%2013,%20Number%20.%20,%202000.%20Page(s">B</a> 281-293)**</p>

<p>Child Abuse</p>

<ol>
<li><p>The Washington Times reported that 8 out of every 10 homosexuals court-martialed by the U.S. Army for sexual misconduct between 1898 and the fall of 1993 had engaged in sexual assaults against their victims. Of these 102 assault cases, nearly half involved the molestation of children. (Dennis A. Wheeler, "The Legacy of Sodom," World News Digest, October 19, 1993)</p></li>
<li><p>The 1995 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance found that gay, lesbian, and bisexual orientation was associated with having had sexual intercourse before the age of 13, with having four or more partners in a lifetime, and with having experienced sexual contact against one’s will.<a href="R.%20Garofalo%20et%20al.,%20%22The%20Association%20between%20Health%20Risk%20Behaviors%20and%20Sexual%20Orientation%20Among%20a%20School-based%20Sample%20of%20Adolescents,%22%20Pediatrics%20101%20%5B1998%5D:%20895-902.">B</a></p></li>
<li><p>A study of 425 homosexual males, ages 17 to 22, reported that 41.4% reported an occasion of forced sex. Seventy-nine of the boys reported beginning anal sex with men when they were ages 3 to 14. Of these, 15.2% were already HIV-positive. <a href="Lemp,%20G.,%20Hirozawa,%20A.,%20Givertz,%20D.,%20Nieri,%20G.,%20Anderson,%20L.,%20Linegren,%20M.,%20Janssen,%20R.,%20Katx,%20M.%20(1994)%20Seroprevalence%20of%20HIV%20and%20Risk%20Behaviors%20Among%20Young%20Homosexual%20and%20Bisexual%20Men.%20Journal%20of%20the%20American%20Medical%20Association.%20272,%206:%20449:454.">B</a>
</p></li>
<li><p>"29% of the adult children of homosexual parents had been specifically subjected to sexual molestation by that homosexual parent, compared to only 0.6% of adult children of heterosexual parents. Having a homosexual parent(s) appears to increase the risk of incest with a parent by a factor of about 50." <a href="P.%20Cameron%20and%20K.%20Cameron,%20%22Homosexual%20Parents,%22%20Adolescence%2031%20(1996">B</a>: 772)</p></li>
<li><p>"Individuals from 1% to 3% of the population that are sexually attracted to the same sex are committing up to one-third of the sex crimes against children." <a href="Timothy%20J.%20Dailey,%20Homosexuality%20and%20Child%20Sexual%20Abuse,%20Family%20Research%20Council:%20Monday,%20March%2024,%202008" title="IS02E3">B</a>
</p></li>
<li><p>Researchers Karla Jay and Allen Young report data showing that 73% of homosexuals surveyed had at some time had sex with boys 16-19 years of age or younger. <a href="Karla%20Jay%20and%20Allen%20Young,%20The%20Gay%20Report:%20Lesbians%20and%20Gay%20Men%20Speak%20Out%20about%20Sexual%20Experiences%20and%20Lifestyles%20(New%20York:%20Summit%20Books,%201979),%20p.%20275">B</a></p></li>
<li><p>While many homosexuals do not seek out young sexual partners, evidence indicates that disproportionate numbers of homosexual men seek adolescent males or boys as sexual partners. <a href="Zebulon%20A.%20Silverthorne%20&%20Vernon%20L.%20Quinsey,%20%22Sexual%20Partner%20Age%20Preferences%20of%20Homosexual%20and%20Heterosexual%20Men%20and%20Women,%22%20p.%2073">B</a>
</p></li>
<li><p>"Incest was more common among bisexuals and homosexuals of both sexes" than among heterosexuals. While less than 0.8% of heterosexual males reported have had sex with a brother, 12% of homosexuals reported having had sex with at least one brother. (Study of more than 9,100 adults in U.S. metropolitan areas) <a href="Paul%20Cameron,%20and%20Kirk%20Cameron%20%22Does%20Incest%20Cause%20Homosexuality?%22%20Psychological%20Reports.%20Vol.%2076,%20Number%20.%20,%201995.%20Page(s">B</a> 611-621)</p></li>
<li><p>A study of male child sex offenders found that 14% targeted only males, and 28% chose males as well as females as victims, thus indicating that 42% of male pedophiles engaged in homosexual molestation. <a href="Michele%20Elliott,%20%22Child%20Sexual%20Abuse%20Prevention:%20What%20Offenders%20Tell%20Us,%22%20Child%20Abuse%20and%20Neglect%2019%20(1995">B</a>: 581)
</p></li>
<li><p>A study in Archives of Sexual Behavior found that homosexual men are attracted to young males. The study compared the sexual age preferences of heterosexual men, heterosexual women, homosexual men, and lesbians. The results showed that, in marked contrast to the other three categories, "all but 9 of the 48 homosexual men preferred the youngest two male age categories," which included males as young as age 15. <a href="Zebulon%20A.%20Silverthorne%20&%20Vernon%20L.%20Quinsey,%20%22Sexual%20Partner%20Age%20Preferences%20of%20Homosexual%20and%20Heterosexual%20Men%20and%20Women,%22%20p.%2073">B</a></p></li>
<li><p>A study of 229 convicted child molesters found that "86% of offenders against males described themselves as homosexual or bisexual." <a href="W.%20D.%20Erickson,%20%22Behavior%20Patterns%20of%20Child%20Molesters,%22%20Archives%20of%20Sexual%20Behavior%2017%20(1988">B</a>: 83)
</p></li>
<li><p>In a 1999 Journal of Homosexuality, author Helmut Graupner claims: "Man/boy and woman/girl relations without doubt are same-sex relations and they do constitute an aspect of gay and lesbian life." Graupner argues that, as such, consensual sexual relations between adult homosexuals and youths as young as fourteen qualifies as a "gay rights issue." <a href="Helmut%20Graupner,%20%22Love%20Versus%20Abuse:%20Crossgenerational%20Sexual%20Relations%20of%20Minors:%20A%20Gay%20Rights%20Issue?%22%20Journal%20of%20Homosexuality%2037%20(1999">B</a>: 23, 26)</p></li>
<li><p>The Archives of Sexual Behavior reports: "One of the most salient findings of this study is that 46% of homosexual men and 22% of homosexual women reported having been molested by a person of the same gender. This contrasts to only 7% of heterosexual men and 1% of heterosexual women reporting having been molested by a person of the same gender." (
Marie, E. Tomeo, et al., "Comparative Data of Childhood and Adolescence Molestation in Heterosexual and Homosexual Persons," Archives of Sexual Behavior 30 (2001): 539)</p></li>
<li><p>A study of 279 homosexual/bisexual men with AIDS and control patients reported: "More than half of both case and control patients reported a sexual act with a male by age 16 years, approximately 20% by age 10 years." <a href="Harry%20W.%20Haverkos,%20et%20al.,%20%22The%20Initiation%20of%20Male%20Homosexual%20Behavior,%22%20The%20Journal%20of%20the%20American%20Medical%20Association%20262%20(July%2028,%201989">B</a>: 501)
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<li><p>Noted child sex abuse expert David Finkelhor found that "boys victimized by older men were over four times more likely to be currently engaged in homosexual activity than were non-victims. The finding applied to nearly half the boys who had had such an experience . . . Further, the adolescents themselves often linked their homosexuality to their sexual victimization experiences." <a href="Bill%20Watkins%20&%20Arnon%20Bentovim,%20%22The%20Sexual%20Abuse%20of%20Male%20Children%20and%20Adolescents:%20A%20Review%20of%20Current%20Research,%22%20Journal%20of%20Child%20Psychiatry%2033%20(1992">B</a>; in Byrgen Finkelman, Sexual Abuse (New York: Garland Publishing, 1995), p. 316)</p></li>
<li><p>A study in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology found: "In the case of childhood sexual experiences prior to the age of fourteen, 40% (of the pedophile sample) reported that they had engaged 'very often' in sexual activity with an adult, with 28% stating that this type of activity had occurred 'sometimes.'" <a href="Gary%20A.%20Sawle,%20Jon%20Kear-Colwell,%20%22Adult%20Attachment%20Style%20and%20Pedophilia:%20A%20Developmental%20Perspective,%22%20International%20Journal%20of%20Offender%20Therapy%20and%20Comparative%20Criminology%2045%20(February%202001">B</a>: 6)
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<li><p>A National Institute of Justice report states that "the odds that a childhood sexual abuse victim will be arrested as an adult for any sex crime is 4.7 times higher than for people . . . who experienced no victimization as children." (Cathy Spatz Widom, "Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse - Later Criminal Consequences," Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse Series: NIJ Research in Brief, (March 1995): 6)</p></li>
<li><p>A Child Abuse and Neglect study found that 59% of male child sex offenders had been victims of contact sexual abuse as a child." (Michele Elliott, "Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: What Offenders Tell Us," Child Abuse and Neglect 19 (1995): 582)</p></li>
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<p>THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT</p>

<p>**Homosexual Parenting/Gay Adoption</p>

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<li><p>Children of homosexuals reported that their childhoods were more difficult than the childhoods of children of heterosexuals. In 9 % of homosexual-parented families, children mentioned having one or more problems or concerns. Of the 213 "score problems," 94% were attributed to the homosexual parent(s). Among appellate cases, the courts attributed 97% of the "harms" to children to the homosexual parent. (Narratives from 52 homosexually-parented families and files from 40 appeals court cases involving custody disputes between homosexual and heterosexual parents) (Paul Cameron and Kirk Cameron "Children of Homosexual Parents Report Childhood Difficulties" Psychological Reports. Vol. 90, Number 1. February, 2002. Page(s) 71-82)</p></li>
<li><p>Compared with children from traditional families, children from nontraditional families showed more psychological problems as rated by their parents and more internalizing behavior as rated by their teachers. Boys from nontraditional families were especially at a disadvantage; they showed lower self-concept, more externalizing, poorer classroom behavior, and lower grade-point averages. Girls from such families were less popular with peers. (Study of 136 fifth-grade children and their parents in Vermont) (Phyllis Bronstein, JoAnn Clauson, Miriam Frankel Stoll, and Craig L. Abrams "Parenting Behavior and Children's Social, Psychological and Academic Adjustment in Diverse Family Structure" Family Relations. Vol. 42, Number . , 1993. Page(s) 268-276)</p></li>
<li><p>Golombok’s and Tasker’s study revealed in its results section a clear connection between being raised in a lesbian family and homosexuality: "With respect to actual involvement in same-gender sexual relationships, there was a significant difference between groups . . . None of the children from heterosexual families had experienced a lesbian or gay relationship." By contrast, five (29%) of the 17 daughters and one (13%) of the eight boys in homosexual families reported having at least one same-sex relationship. (Tasker and Golombok, "Do Parents Influence the Sexual Orientation?" p. 7)</p></li>
<li><p>A survey taken in 1999 showed that 86% of people worldwide agreed that "[a]ll things being equal, it is better for children to be raised in a household that has a married mother and father." (Wirthlin Worldwide for The Howard Center and Brigham Young University, World Congress of Families II, November, 1999)</p></li>
<li><p>More than 70% of Americans agree that it is always best for children to be raised in a home with a married man and woman as parents. (Los Angeles Times poll, April 13-16, 1966 as cited in "Families: A Strong Yes to the ‘Traditional’ Structure," Public Perspective (February/March 1998): 20)</p></li>
<li><p>Seventy % of Americans favor children being raised in a family with a married father and mother, as opposed to a homosexual household. (Wirthlin Worldwide Poll for Family Research Council, July 23-26, 1999)</p></li>
<li><p>Homosexual relationships are characteristically unstable and fundamentally incapable of providing children the security they need. (Timothy J. Dailey, Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk, Family Research Council: Monday, March 24, 2008 "IS01J3")</p></li>
<li><p>"Homosexuals model a poor view of marriage to children by teaching that marital relationships are transitory and mostly sexual in nature, sexual relationships are primarily for pleasure rather than procreation, and monogamy in marriage is not the norm [and] should be discouraged if one wants a good ‘marital’ relationship." (Bradley P. Hayton, "To Marry or Not: The Legalization of Marriage and Adoption of Homosexual Couples," Newport Beach: The Pacific Policy Institute, 1993, p. 9)</p></li>
<li><p>12% of the children of lesbians became active lesbians themselves, a rate which is at least four times the base rate of lesbianism in the adult female population. (Tasker and S. Golombok, "Adults Raised as Children in Lesbian Families," p. 213). 64% of young adults raised by lesbian mothers reported considering having same-sex relationships. Only 17% of young adults in heterosexual families reported the same thing. (Judith Stacey and Timothy Biblarz, "(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?" American Sociological Review 66 [2001] 159-183)</p></li>
<li><p>Recent studies indicate that a higher proportion of children of lesbian parents are themselves apt to engage in homosexual activity. Adolescent and young adult girls raised by lesbian mothers appear to be more sexually adventurous and less chaste. (Judith Stacey and Timothy J. Biblarz, "(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter," American Sociological Review 66 (2001): 174, 179)</p></li>
<li><p>Most studies on the positive aspects of homosexual parenting "rely on small samples of white, middle-class, previously married lesbians and their children. As a result we cannot be confident concerning the generalizability of many of the findings." (David Demo and Martha Cox, ‘Families with Young Children: A Review of Research in the 1990s," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62 (2000), p.889)</p></li>
<li><p>"The research comparing outcomes from homosexual parenting and heterosexual parenting are notoriously inconclusive. There is a larger body of scientific literature showing children need a mother and father for proper socialization." (Glenn T. Stanton, Examining the Research of Homosexual Parenting. <a href="http://www.family.org/cforum/tempforum/A0020023.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.family.org/cforum/tempforum/A0020023.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li>
<li><p>"Even individuals who believe that same-sex relationships are a legitimate choice for adults may feel that children will suffer from being reared in such families." (L. Koepke et al., "Relationship Quality in a Sample of Lesbian Couples with Children and Child-free Lesbian Couples," Family Relations 41 (1992): 228)</p></li>
<li><p>There is a tremendous amount of social science research showing that children who are raised with their married mother and father do far better in every measure of well being than children who grow up in any other family configuration. (Glenn T. Stanton, Why Marriage Matters: Reason to Believe in Marriage in Postmodern Society (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1997; David Popenoe, Life without Father, [New York; The Free Press, 1996]’ Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur, Growing up With a Single Parents: What Helps, What Hurts, [Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994])**</p></li>
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<p>no matter how many statistics and studies ect... that you guys want to point out. </p>

<p>homosexuality is a choice.</p>

<p>ask someone who used to be homosexual then came back to being straight,</p>

<p>they'll tell you that were filled with extreme feelings of hurt and pain and nobody understood them. </p>

<p>its a choice and instead of us talking about it go have a convo with someone who claims to be homosexual.</p>

<p>the human mind can trick itself into believing anything.</p>

<p>:D</p>

<p>dude, that's not going to get by with any semi-intelligent person in the world...I agree with you...but come on...</p>

<p>Why do you keep citing a study from the "Leadership University" website? It's a <em>christian</em> "college", obviously not credible.</p>

<p>"Leadership U is...sponsored by Christian Leadership Ministries, the faculty outreach and training arm of Campus Crusade for Christ International"</p>