tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post117042021989788792..comments2007-08-13T15:23:03.688-04:00Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512238899184204109noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-69982749538358530772007-08-13T15:23:00.000-04:002007-08-13T15:23:00.000-04:00Nice design of blog.<a href="http://jroller.com/phentermine">Phentermine</a>noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-42157493697576465042007-02-16T02:15:00.000-05:002007-02-16T02:15:00.000-05:00Thousands of gay kids commit suicide every year because being gay is such a "terrible thing" at an age where social acceptance is the number one priority. Thousands more str8 kids commit suicide or drink to excess because failing in the chase for the opposite sex, they fear there is nothing else to do except "become gay" (related to the churches idea gays can become straight). If being gay is the worst thing imaginable then of course suicide can look like an attractive escape.<BR/><BR/>If gays can choose to not be gay, then tens of millions of us str8's should go choose to be gay. Jesus said not a word against gays, his ministry was primarily about helping the oppressed of the world. Religion is supposed to be a force for progressive change, but some faith(s) have been co-opted into a force for attacking a minority of our citizens and attempting to make them untouchables in the eyes of society. Unless of course, they submit to church brainwashing and the psychological scars that ultimately leads later in life to people like gay hater minister Haggard and his male prostitute escapades. He now claims he’s cured – give me a break. He I will avoid, my gay friends - I love them all, just not sexually. Haggard is of course just another example that those most opposed to gay people themselves harbor their own insecurities and fears. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Right wing churches rail against gays, instilling nothing but fear and its cousin hate. PFOX is nothing but another arm of the right wing churches. These churches greatest fear is very simple. Once one understands<BR/>their brainwashing procedures e.g. promises of heaven if you do as they say, and their terrorism threats of hell in eternity if you don't, then one of the pillars of their lies is exposed, their infallibility ends, and the whole rotten mess comes tumbling down.<BR/><BR/>Another part of PFOX's goal is they recognize that most youngsters have gay friends, and think nothing of it. PFOX therefore appeals to the prejudices and fears of the youths parents, continuing the cycle of fear and hence hatred against gay people. How would you feel if your emotions said gay, and “rules” taught and buried in our culture said you were terrible, your emotions were wrong, and change or else.<BR/><BR/>We have to understand how the words “family” and “values” have been co-opted into words expressing hatred of (being) gay by the right wing. Isn’t this the extreme of hypocrisy but it manifests itself in so much of conservative Christianity. Of course it serves to feed the right wing churches with money and power, and that is really all it is about, though we should pray that so many of their leaders will ultimately understand their own prejudices. As Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the 45 million member National Council of Churches of Christ said “ the Bible seldom mentions homosexuality, doesn’t mention abortion at all, but discusses poverty and peace more then two thousand times. But despite the Bible’s emphasis on issues of social justice, the politics of faith have been captured by a radical minority with a narrow and highly divisive agenda emphasizing personal piety above all else.” He also said that “ rather then the timeless and unifying themes of the Bible, in a stunning reversal of the historic role of religion in progressive change, faith has now be co-opted into a force for preemptive war, indifference to the poor, and reckless environmental degradation.” He reminds us that Jesus preached mainly about the poor, and that social justice and peace were at the heart of his ministry. PFOX, in my opinion, is just another player in a right wing agenda that spreads “do it my way or become an untouchable”, totally opposite to the messages of Jesus and the Bible.Steve K in MDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-64397173333614996072007-02-04T13:11:00.000-05:002007-02-04T13:11:00.000-05:00<i>Some lunatic fringe organization <br />(SLuFO) noted that there are 1,000 psychologists who belong to NARTH </i><br /><br /><i>"American Psychiatric Association - with more than 35,000 members in the U.S., Canada, and worldwide..."</i><br />http://www.psych.org/join_apa/mb/whymem.cfm<br /><i>"Founded as the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (AMSAII), which later became the American Psychiatric Association in 1921."</i><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychiatric_Association<br /><br /><i>"With 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide."</i><br />http://www.apa.org/about/<br /><i>"The APA was founded in July 1892"</i><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychological_Association<br /><br /><i>"...300,000 of American physicians are members of the American Medical Association."</i><br />http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/5105.html<br /><i>"1847, Nathan Smith Davis and others established the AMA"</i><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Medical_Association<br /><br /><i>"...the American Academy of Pediatrics—an organization of 60,000 pediatricians..."</i><br />http://www.aap.org/about.html<br /><i>"AAP was founded in 1929"</i><br />http://www.aap.org/about.html<br /><br /><i>"NARTH currently claims to have over 1,000 members, with membership open to all."<br />"It [NARTH} was founded in 1992 by Charles Socarides, Benjamin Kaufman, and Joseph Nicolosi and is part of the ex-gay movement"</i><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARTH<br />(If anyone can find anything on www.NARTH.com that states NARTH's number of members, please post it. The only mention of the number of members of NARTH was found at Wikipedia. Maybe NARTH doesn't post the number of members to avoid embarrassment.)<br /><br />Four of the many American medical and mental health professional organizations that have concluded homosexuality is not a disease or a mental illness, both APAs, the AMA, and the AAP, represent 545,000 professionals. NARTH, "with membership open to all" (meaning you don't have to be a doctor, therapist, or even working in any health field), disagrees and "maintains that homosexuality is a psychological disorder" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARTH). <br /><br />These <b>facts</b> leave no doubt which group represents the lunatic fringe.Warning, facts aheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-16957591022618042622007-02-03T21:54:00.000-05:002007-02-03T21:54:00.000-05:00Anonymous at February 03, 2007 1:26 PM said "Do you have any documentation of him saying that's all he could "come up with"? What makes you think that was not just his chosen sample size?".<br /><br />Anonymous, see this website:<br />http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_spit.htm<br /><br />"According to Parul Varnell of the Chicago Free Press, "Spitzer admits that he had 'great difficulty' finding people who claimed to have changed their orientation from gay to straight. Ex-gay groups regularly claim to know of 'thousands' of people who have 'changed' or 'left homosexuality.' But after searching for nearly a year and a half, Spitzer could only find 274 possibilities."". 8<br /><br />8. Paul Varnell, "Those Not Very 'Ex' Gays," Chicago Free Press. 2001-MAY-16. Online at: http://www.indegayforum.org/articles/varnell65.htmlRandi Schimnoskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05970841583586533302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-9967736659776953702007-02-03T17:37:00.000-05:002007-02-03T17:37:00.000-05:00Documentation from the Spitzer study:<br /><br />"METHOD<br /><br />Announcements aimed at recruiting participants requested individuals who had sustained some change in homosexual orientation for at least 5 years. To be accepted into the study, however, it was necessary for an individual to satisfy two criteria: (1) predominantly homosexual attraction for many years, and in the year before starting therapy, at least 60 on a scale of sexual attraction (where 0 = <i>exclusively heterosexual</i> and 100 = <i>exclusively homosexual</i>; (2) after therapy, a change of at least 10 points, lasting at least 5 years, toward the heterosexual end of the scale of sexual attraction. These criteria were designed to identify individuals who reported at least some minimal change in sexual attraction, not merely a change in overt homosexual behavior or self-identity as “gay” or “straight.” It should be noted that individuals who satisfied these criteria were not excluded from the study if they had had homosexual sex during or following therapy. <br /><br />Over a 16-month period (January 2000 to April 2001) 274 individuals were recruited who wanted to participate in the study. Of these, 200 (143 males, 57 females) satisfied the entry criteria and constitute the study sample. The 74 excluded individuals did not meet the entry criteria for a variety of reasons: the change was for less than 5 years (n = 27), there was a change in behavior and self-identity but no change in sexual attraction (n = 18), the individual had never been predominantly homosexual (n= 12), and other, miscellaneous reasons (n = 17; e.g., three priests who did not want to function heterosexually).<br /><br />Forty-three percent of the 200 participants learned about the study from ex-gay religious ministries and 23% from the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, a group of mental health professional and lay people who defend the right of gay men and lesbians to receive sexual reorientation therapy. In all but a few cases, these individuals were not chosen by these organizations; the individuals decided on their own to participate after reading repeated notices of the study that these two organizations had sent to their members. Nine percent of the participants were recruited from their former therapists who had heard about the study. The remaining 25% of the participants were largely referred by therapists who provide sexual reorientation therapy or by other individuals that were participating in the study. All of the participants, not the referral source, called the author to arrange for an interview.<br /> <br />The New York State Psychiatric Institute Institutional Review Board approved the study protocol and waived the requirement of written informed consent.<br /><br />SAMPLE DESCRIPTION<br /><br />The mean age of the 143 male participants was 42 years (SD = 8.0) and for the 57 females it was 44 years (SD = 8.5). Seventy-six percent of the men and 47% of the women were married at the time of the interview. Twenty-one percent of the males and 18% of the females were married before beginning therapy. Almost all were Caucasian (95%). Most had completed college (76%). Participants lived mainly in the United States (East 14%, West 35%, Midwest 15%, South 25%), with the remaining 16% mostly in Europe.<br /><br />Most participants were Christian (Protestant 81%, Catholic 8%, Mormon 7%). Three percent were Jewish. The vast majority (93%) of the participants reported that religion was “extremely” or “very” important in their lives. Nineteen percent of the participants were mental health professionals or directors of ex-gay ministries. <br /><br />Almost half of the participants (41%) reported that they had at some time prior to the therapy been “openly gay.” Over a third of the participants (males 37%, females 35%) reported that they had had serious thoughts of suicide, related to their homosexuality. The majority of participants (78%) had publicly spoken in favor of efforts to change homosexual orientation, often at their church.”"Warning, facts aheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-83627258821823338612007-02-03T13:26:00.000-05:002007-02-03T13:26:00.000-05:00"The point is that when Narth sees an estimated 250,000 clients"<br /><br />NARTH doesn't see clients. It's an association of practitioners. <br /><br />"it says a lot that the most Spitzer could come up with claiming to have changed orientation is 247."<br /><br />Do you have any documentation of him saying that's all he could "come up with"? What makes you think that was not just his chosen sample size?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-70165214782385463242007-02-03T12:23:00.000-05:002007-02-03T12:23:00.000-05:00Anonymous said "Anyone actually believe Spitzer actually searched through all the client files of every member of NARTH?".<br /><br />Anonymous, no one said he did. The point is that when Narth sees an estimated 250,000 clients not to mention all the clients seen by the rest of the "exgay" industry it says a lot that the most Spitzer could come up with claiming to have changed orientation is 247. The only explanation for the difficulty he had coming up with this handful of "successes" is the overwhelming failure of the "exgay" industry.Randi Schimnoskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05970841583586533302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-4668163840023021032007-02-03T08:03:00.000-05:002007-02-03T08:03:00.000-05:00"Any minimally intelligent person realizes that when you can draw hundreds of thousands of LGBT people to rallies in spite of a culture of social ostracism, yet you can only find a handful of happily "ex-gay" people to strut their stuff,"<br /><br />So, unless someone is out protesting, they don't exist?<br /><br />You're right, that's the type of logic that could only be "realized" by the minimally intelligent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-81883440674138087482007-02-03T08:00:00.000-05:002007-02-03T08:00:00.000-05:00Texas sides with TTF again:<br /><br />"Texas Requires Anti-Cancer Vaccine for Girls<br /><br />By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON<br /><br />AP<br /><br />AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 2) - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-18359260108690461252007-02-03T07:44:00.000-05:002007-02-03T07:44:00.000-05:00Orin, your comment about the US needing to be attacked again to satisfy your ideological and psychological needs is proof that the conservative moment is over. It reminds me of the degeneration of the liberal movement when you had rational individuals celebrating groups like the Black Panthers and the Weathermen.<br /><br />There will always be Anonymice, ignorant bigots who troll cyberspace and the streets of this planet. But when an intelligent man like you, who represents the best of his movement, sputters out that kind of dogma which had previously come only from those most desperate, like Hannity and Coulter, the game is over.Dana Beyer, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877785201511886734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-37189888788084734312007-02-03T07:37:00.001-05:002007-02-03T07:37:00.001-05:00Any minimally intelligent person realizes that when you can draw hundreds of thousands of LGBT people to rallies in spite of a culture of social ostracism, yet you can only find a handful of happily "ex-gay" people to strut their stuff, even among the millions who would celebrate them with riches beyond their imagination, that "ex-gay" is a myth. And then, when even those few who do present themselves end up back in the gay bars, it simply becomes too sad. <br /><br />We pray for Anon.Dana Beyer, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877785201511886734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-26849459882418540112007-02-03T07:37:00.000-05:002007-02-03T07:37:00.000-05:00Any minimally intelligent person realizes that when you can draw hundreds of thousands of LGBT people to rallies in spite of a culture of social ostracism, yet you can only find a handful of happily "ex-gay" people to strut their stuff, even among the millions who would celebrate them with riches beyond their imagination, that "ex-gay" is a myth. And then, when even those few who do present themselves end up back in the gay bars, it simply becomes too sad. <br /><br />We pray for Anon.Dana Beyer, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877785201511886734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-76599736915887766962007-02-03T07:05:00.000-05:002007-02-03T07:05:00.000-05:00"When Spitzer did his study across all of North America he was only able to find 247 people claiming to have changed sexual orientation out of the the 250,000 estimated clients that went through Narth alone,"<br /><br />Has anyone ever wonder about this 250 hundo number that Randi throws about? Makes it sound like Spitzer and his researchers pored over 250,000 files and could only find 247, doesn't it?<br /><br />Would everyone like to know where the number came from? Here it is:<br /><br />Some lunatic fringe organization <br />(SLuFO) noted that there are 1,000 psychologists who belong to NARTH (and TTF used to claim no such animal existed!).<br /><br />SLuFO estimated that each psychologist had 50 patients a year for five years.<br /><br />1,000*50*5= 250,000<br /><br />Wa-la!<br /><br />Anyone actually believe Spitzer actually searched through all the client files of every member of NARTH? <br /><br />Me neither.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-25403110165909270172007-02-02T22:59:00.000-05:002007-02-02T22:59:00.000-05:00Anonymous says:<br /><br />"Davy Fishbone"<br /><br />Gee, no one thought of that one on the playground in 3d Grade.David S. Fishbacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170456884136979932007-02-02T17:54:00.000-05:002007-02-02T17:54:00.000-05:00With enough counseling and prayer, I wonder if Anon might be able to learn to live a full and happy life so s/he doesn't have to come here and badmouth LBGT people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170454483986371342007-02-02T17:14:00.000-05:002007-02-02T17:14:00.000-05:00Anonymous at <BR/>February 02, 2007 11:00 AM said "PFOX literature is "anti-gay" only to idealogues. The goal is actually to help gays who want to change.".<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, the sole purpose of groups like PFOX and Exodus is to <BR/>promote anti-gay animus. They don't care about gays who want to change orientation, those people are merely a tool to justfiy their anti-gay political goals. If they cared about gays apart from an anti-gay agenda they wouldn't be trying to make the lives of people happy with being gay miserable by opposing gay-specific anti-bullying programs, anti-discrimination laws or anti-gay marriage laws. If they were solely interested in helping unhappy gays they'd have no need of these anti-gay activities and they'd be helping to eliminate the social hatred that causes people to be unhappy about being gay.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous at February 02, 2007 11:10 AM said "Actually, all gays are really bisexuals."<BR/><BR/>Do you have any research to back that up, anonymous? Of course not.<BR/>Many gays report that they are disgusted by the opposite sex and have no attraction for it whatsoever. In 2005 Michael Bailey did plethysmograph testing on 100 self-identified bisexuals. He reported that 75% of them responded to only gay sexual imagery and 25% responded only to heterosexual imagery. I forget the number but a small percentage did respond to both but he neglected to call them bisexual without explanation. <BR/><BR/>Anonymous said " Through counseling, they [gays] can all learn to enjoy and a maintain a heterosexual lifestyle. It's possible some same sex attraction will persist to varying degrees but the point is they'll have a choice and will be able to make a correct moral decision and still have a full and happy life.".<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, the studies by Shidlo and Schroeder and Spitzer show that the vast majority of gays cannot change orientations no matter how highly motivated they are. Spitzer said himself change is very rare and he believes the vast majority of gays would not be able to alter a firmly established sexual orientation by much if at all. <BR/><BR/>The "correct moral decision" for all gays is to pursue happiness however they see fit as long as they harm no one. Having a monogamous gay relationship is perfectly moral. What's immoral is hurting others or trying to impose your will on them by trying to prevent same sex relationships.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jim said "There's no science saying that people can pray away the gay, sorry."<BR/><BR/>Anonymous said "There's no science saying it's innate either. That's the whole problem, gay advocates have twisted science to their own purposes.".<BR/><BR/>While there isn't absolute proof that being gay is innate studies on finger length, eyeblink rates, hearing, pheremone production and reactions, finger prints, correlations with gayness and older brothers, mothers with same chromosone deactivation being more likely to have gay sons, brain structures, and the prevelance of gayness in nature and in all societies throughout recorded time all suggest being gay is innate. While no one of them is absolute proof that fact that they all point in this direction is highly unlikely to be a coincidence. Taken as a whole these studies show that being gay is biologically caused.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous at February 02, 2007 12:23 PM said "Explain this!"<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, many gay people internalize homophobia and decide to suppress their gayness. That's exactly what's going on here. There are no penile phethysmograph (or vaginal measurement) studies showing anyone has gone from gay to straight. When Spitzer did his study across all of North America he was only able to find 247 people claiming to have changed sexual orientation out of the the 250,000 estimated clients that went through Narth alone, not to mention all the rest of the sham "exgay" industry.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous at February 02, 2007 12:48 PM said "Explain this!".<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, the trouble with those figures is they don't show who's gay and who's living in the closet by marrying heterosexually or not at all. Changing the laws on gay marriage in a country doesn't force the population to change their anti-gay attitudes and many gay people will succumb to societal repression and attempt to live the lie of heterosexuality. It may be that gays from without heterosexual role models are less likely to internalize homophobia and accept themselves for who they are, while those raised in traditional family structures all the way through are more likely to feel the pressure to suppress their sexuality and live a lie to "be like Mom and Dad were". Large percentages of gays attempt to live the heterosexual lie before they come out of the closet and accept themselves. That may well be what is being seen here. <BR/><BR/>Once again, the lack of objective testing with something like penile plethysmography would go a long ways towards proving the claims of changes in sexual orientation, but the "exgay" industry is scared to death to put their people to the test because they know in their hearts its a money making anti-gay political sham. The poor deluded people trying to change orientations and ending up harmed by the process are simply colateral damage to the religious conservatives in the culture war they started and wage.Randi Schimnoskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05970841583586533302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170448966487976802007-02-02T15:42:00.000-05:002007-02-02T15:42:00.000-05:00"What you assert is mere "opinions" are the well-considered conclusions of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, et al."<BR/><BR/>Davy Fishbone<BR/><BR/>They didn't consider well enough. The evidence on which they base these conclusions is not sufficient based on the scientific method. Additionally, terms are not defined precisely, the studies are generally not replicated, reading actual conclusions yields a qualified conclusion and peer review is done by friendly parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170446287878528252007-02-02T14:58:00.000-05:002007-02-02T14:58:00.000-05:00Anon writes:<BR/><BR/> "[It's] good, solid information from major medical groups," said Fishback."<BR/><BR/>Wrong, David. It's not information, it's opinion.<BR/><BR/>****************<BR/>Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>What you assert is mere "opinions" are the well-considered conclusions of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, et al.<BR/><BR/>The problem with Judge Williams pronoucement is that it is directly contradicted by the higher courts: the United States Supreme Court (in Rosenberger) and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (in Child Evangelism Fellowship). You can read them in earlier posts. Last time, Judge Williams wrote his decision before the Board could effectively respond. No ambushes this time. <BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>Mr. Fishback (or David)David S. Fishbacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170444595055814612007-02-02T14:29:00.000-05:002007-02-02T14:29:00.000-05:00"1.) Correlation is not causation."<BR/><BR/>What a startling admission from a gay advocate!<BR/><BR/>After all this time, at least one person has woken from his dream world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170442473720158562007-02-02T13:54:00.000-05:002007-02-02T13:54:00.000-05:001.) Correlation is not causation.<BR/>2.) There is nothing wrong with being gay.<BR/>3.) If you have so much to say, start your own damn blog.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170438532718314382007-02-02T12:48:00.000-05:002007-02-02T12:48:00.000-05:00Explain this !<BR/><BR/>("Childhood Family Correlates of Heterosexual and Homosexual Marriages: A National Cohort Study of Two Million Danes," by Morten Frisch and Anders Hviid, Archives of Sexual Behavior Oct 13, 2006; [E-publication ahead of print]) <BR/>A major study is about to be published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior, which provides striking new evidence for the influence of childhood family factors on sexual-orientation development. <BR/>The study used a population-based sample of 2,000,355 native-born Danes between the ages of 18 and 49. Denmark -- a country noted for its tolerance of a wide variety of alternative lifestyles, including homosexual partnerships, and the first country to legalize gay marriage. <BR/>With access to the "virtually complete registry coverage of the entire Danish population," the study sample therefore lacked the problematic selection bias that has plagued many previous studies on sexual orientation. <BR/>The following are findings from this new data: <BR/>1. Men who marry homosexually are more likely to have been raised in a family with unstable parental relationships -- particularly, absent or unknown fathers and divorced parents. <BR/>2. Findings on women who marry homosexually were less pronounced, but were still associated with a childhood marked by a broken family. The rates of same-sex marriage "were elevated among women who experienced maternal death during adolescence, women with short duration of parental marriage, and women with long duration of mother-absent cohabitation with father." <BR/>3. Men and women with "unknown fathers" were significantly less likely to marry a person of the opposite sex than were their peers with known fathers. <BR/>4. Men who experienced parental death during childhood or adolescence "had significantly lower heterosexual marriage rates than peers whose parents were both alive on their 18th birthday. The younger the age of the father's death, the lower was the likelihood of heterosexual marriage." <BR/>5. "The shorter the duration of parental marriage, the higher was the likelihood of homosexual marriage...homosexual marriage rates were 36% and 26% higher among men and women, respectively, who experienced parental divorce after less than six years of marriage, than among peers whose parents remained married for all 18 years of childhood and adolescence." <BR/>6. "Men whose parents divorced before their 6th birthday were 39% more likely to marry homosexually than peers from intact parental marriages." <BR/>7. "Men whose cohabitation with both parents ended before age 18 years had significantly (55% -76%) higher rates of homosexual marriage than men who cohabited with both parents until 18 years." <BR/>8. The mother's age was directly linked to the likelihood of homosexual marriage among men -- the older the mother, the more likely her son was to marry another man. Also, "only children" were more likely to be homosexual. <BR/>9. Persons born in large cities were significantly more likely to marry a same-sex partner -- suggesting that cultural factors might also affect the development of sexual orientation. <BR/>"Whatever ingredients determine a person's sexual preferences and marital choices," conclude the study's authors, "our population-based study shows that parental interactions are important."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170437958930424312007-02-02T12:39:00.000-05:002007-02-02T12:39:00.000-05:00Explain it? <BR/><BR/>Now you can finally have a blog to read! (Of course, I always understood Jesus's mission as one of peace, love, and acceptance, but you can certainly read that to mean that you should be hateful and intolerant of gays.)Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170437006283478072007-02-02T12:23:00.000-05:002007-02-02T12:23:00.000-05:00Explain this!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Venus Magazine, a publication that for 13 years targeted the Black gay and lesbian community, is now a voice for the ex-gay movement.<BR/><BR/>Its publisher, Charlene Cothran, recently announced that she has been “redeemed”; is no longer a lesbian; and is changing the mission and direction of the magazine. On the Web site she writes, “As the publisher of a 13-year-old periodical [ that ] targets Black gays and lesbians, I have had the opportunity to publicly address thousands, influencing closeted people to ‘come out’ and stand up for them selves, which is particularly difficult in the African-American community.<BR/><BR/>“But now, I must come out of the closet again. I have recently experienced the power of change that came over me once I completely surrendered to the teachings of Jesus Christ. As a believe of the word of God, I fully accept and have always known that same-sex relationships are not what God intended for us.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170434816146126722007-02-02T11:46:00.000-05:002007-02-02T11:46:00.000-05:00It's Mr. Fishback to you, Anon, you jackass anti-family anti-Americans hateful son-of-a-bitch.<BR/><BR/>Love, Andrew<BR/><BR/>P.S. sorry Jim, had to get that off my chest.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9797121.post-1170433295611542792007-02-02T11:21:00.000-05:002007-02-02T11:21:00.000-05:00"In class, no such rule applies, as the CRC will quickly find out if they sue on the grounds of viewpoint discrimination in the new curriculum."<BR/><BR/>The judge said it did two years ago. That's why the curriculum devised then was thrown out.<BR/><BR/>Should be amusing to hear the county tell the judge he doesn't understand the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com