The Straight Facts: GAYpril Mythbusters

Something to scream about on the Day of Silence.

By: Dr. Tamas Nagy on April 17th, 2005 at 3:22 PM

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Homosexuality is a mental health disorder. It was understood as such until 1973 when the American Psychiatric Association (APA) decided to declassify it as a mental health disorder. Since then many attempts have been made by the Left to claim that homosexuality is just another form of sexual expression worthy of praise. The Left has a tendency to deny truth and reality, so no one should be surprised by these attempts.

However, in May of 2001 at a meeting of the APA Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, who had spearheaded the APA’s 1973 decision, released the results of his research, concluding that his findings “show some people can change from gay to straight, and we ought to acknowledge that.”

In the spirit of Dr. Spitzer’s reversal of opinion and in honor of the annual celebration of GAYpril, here are a few myths and facts about homosexuality and the homosexual lifestyle, so anyone can decide if it can be considered normal or indeed pathological.

The first myth holds that homosexuals make up 10% of the entire population. This myth is based on a misquoting from Alfred Kinsey’s book (Sexual Behavior of the Human Male). The precise quote actually states “10 percent of the males are more or less exclusively homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55, but that only four percent were exclusively homosexual throughout their lives, after the onset of adolescence.”

In addition to this misquote, it is important to know that Kinsey did not randomly choose his subjects. Rather he purposefully used prison inmates, known sex offenders, and prostitutes as his subjects, most of whom engage in homosexual behavior much more frequently than individuals in the general population. Contrary to Kinsey’s quackery, the authoritative study on sexuality in America (National Health and Social Life Survey) found that only 2.8 percent of the men and 1.4 percent of the women said they thought of themselves as homosexual or bisexual. The truth matters here. The reason homosexual activists are inflating these numbers is to make the general public believe that homosexuality is “normal”.

The second myth holds that people are born gay. This fallacy dates back to an article that appeared in the journal Science in 1993. In this article the author, Dean Hamer, claimed that science was “on the verge of proving that homosexuality is innate, genetic and therefore unchangeable—a normal variant of human nature.” The truth is that there is no credible evidence that there is a gay gene. Rather research indicates that homosexuality could be best explained by an alternative model where “temperamental and personality traits interact with the familial and social milieu as the individual’s sexuality emerges.”

The third myth claims that homosexual relationships are no different that heterosexual ones. If one compares heterosexual and homosexual relationships it will be evident that homosexual relationships lack the fundamental characteristics of heterosexual relationships; namely the complementary nature (both physical and emotional) of the opposite sexes. It is also obvious that homosexual relationships are infertile, because the participants cannot engage in reproduction.

In addition, homosexual male relations are rarely monogamous and the partners risk life-threatening diseases. In the Journal of Sex Research a study of the sexual profiles of 2,583 older homosexuals found that only 2.7 percent claimed to have had sex with one partner only. Research elsewhere indicated that only a few homosexual relationships last longer than two years, with many men reporting hundreds of lifetime partners.” The Lambda Report in 1998 found that 24 percent of gay men had over 100 partners, 43 percent of gay men had over 500 partners, and 28 percent of gay men had over 1000 partners!

As a consequence of this rampant promiscuity, AIDS remains the fifth leading cause of death in the 26 to 44 age-bracket, and 60 percent of new cases are contracted by men who have sex with men. Despite the twenty-year “safe-sex” campaign, the incidence of unsafe sexual practices resulting in various diseases is on the rise. An estimated 30 percent of all 20-year-old homosexual men will be HIV positive or dead by the age of 30.

The fourth myth holds that homosexuals are normal, healthy, and everyday people. The truth is that they are not. Research indicates that those engaging in the homosexual lifestyle are at a substantially higher risk for some forms of emotional problems, including suicidal tendencies, major depression and anxiety disorder, behavioral disorder and nicotine dependence. For instance, one twin study found that men with same-sex partners are 6.5 times as likely as their heterosexual co-twins to attempt suicide. Another study found that a substantial percentage of gay males and lesbians report some participation in illegal drug use.

The fifth myth claims that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality, just promiscuity. It is always amusing when the Left tries to use the Bible or Church teachings to their advantage. Inevitably during these discourses they always reveal their absolute benightedness on these topics. Of course they accommodate for similarly benighted people, so no one notices. The truth is that in Leviticus 18:22, in the Gospel by Matthew (Mt 19:4), and in St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (Rm 1:24-27) the Bible clearly condemns homosexual acts.

The sixth myth holds that lesbian relationships are healthier than male homosexual relationships. The truth is that most lesbians (about two-thirds of women surveyed) have also engaged in sexual activity with men within the last five years. Sexually transmitted disease rates for bisexually active women are as much as twice that of those who engage in exclusively lesbian activity.

In addition, studies have also shown that a significant number of lesbians engage in other risky behaviors which increase risks of other diseases, such as drug use and exchanging sex for drugs and money. According to another study lesbians may have higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer because of a variety of risk factors like null parity (never having borne a child), childbearing later in life, higher rates of alcohol consumption, and obesity.

Domestic violence does not spare homosexuals either: according to the report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs domestic violence is as common in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender relationships as it is in heterosexual relationships.

The seventh myth claims that homosexuality is unchangeable. This is one of the most damaging myths about the homosexual lifestyle. Again Dr. Spitzer disagrees: “Like most psychiatrists I thought that homosexual behavior could be resisted—but that no one could really change their sexual orientation. I now believe that’s untrue—some people can and do change.”

To his surprise, a healthy heterosexual functioning was achieved by 67 percent of men who had rarely or never felt any opposite-sex attraction before the change process. “Contrary to conventional wisdom, some highly motivated individuals, using a variety of change efforts, can make substantial change in multiple indicators of sexual orientation and achieve good heterosexual functioning. I’m convinced from the people I have interviewed, that for many of them, they have made substantial changes toward becoming heterosexual . . . I think that’s news . . . I came to this study skeptical, I now claim that these changes can be sustained.” Dr. Spitzer is not alone: other professionals report a 50 to 70% success-rate in the treatment of unwanted homosexual attraction.

Individuals who willingly participated in counseling sessions with an Exodus International Member Ministry have discovered that Jesus Christ is sufficient to make the difference. Is homosexuality unchangeable? Hardly. There is plenty of evidence to the contrary.

 

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