Despite the attention given to homosexuals in the media and in the public
forum, many citizens are not informed regarding the homosexual community and
its goals. Many are uncertain about what they should do in response to homosexuality.
The facts presented here are intended to help these citizens make up their
minds.
1. The Homosexual Agenda
According to the Governor's Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans,
radical concepts which make up the political and social goals of homsexuals,
include:
Special "minority class" status for homosexuals and bisexuals.
Repeal of all laws concerning private consensual adult sexual
behavior (e.g. sodomy). (Although not in the Task Force Report, many homosexuals
favor elimination all consent laws, including those involving age.)
Requiring "anti-homophobia training" in law enforcement, education,
health care, and so on.
Forcing schools to teach acceptance of homosexuality and to set
up "support services" for homosexuals.
Acceptance of homosexual partnerships on an equal footing with
heterosexual marriages (this would extend to insurance benefits, family
leave, adoption, etc.)--i.e. a redefinition of family.
Permitting and encouraging homosexuals to take roles as counselors
in public education.
Many of these recommendations are no different from the national agenda
which homosexuals have pursued since they adopted a "Gay Rights Platform"
at a 1972 convention in Chicago.1
2. Homosexuality: Its Causes and Origins
Until 20 years ago the overwhelming consensus from both behavioral
and biological science was that homosexuality was learned/influenced by
the home environment and homosexual contact. The push by gays and lesbians
for social acceptance has led to the claim that homosexuals are born with
a desire for same-sex sexual contact which is innate, natural and undeniable.
This assertion was first reinforced when militant homosexuals forced the
American Psychiatric Association to "declassify" homosexuality as a mental
illness (despite a majority opposition). It is now being supported by supposedly
objective studies showing genetic and neurological differences among homosexuals,
shared traits between twins, and so on. What is the evidence for or against
the various theories dealing with homosexuality?
The recent brain study (LeVay, 1991: 19 homosexual men and 16
males assumed to be heterosexual) claiming cellular anomalies among the
homosexuals was biased (it was done by a gay man who admits to an ideological
slant) and scientifically flawed. For example, several of the homosexuals
fit characteristics of heterosexuality and vice versa. It also ignores
the possibility that behavior or AIDS itself caused the neurological changes.2
Studies showing twins sharing a tendency toward homosexuality
failed to take into account the incidence of incest. One study revealed
that among identical and fraternal twins, only 20% showed both twins to
be homosexual.3
The report of a supposed genetic link to homosexuality (Hamer,
1993) reveals numerous limitations: an extremelly small sample; no heterosexual
control group; numerous exceptions to the findings, and so on.4
None of the studies supportive of a biological link have been
duplicated. Past experience has shown that many claims to genetic causation
of specific behaviors end up being either seriously modified or altogether
rejected.
Even if homosexuality had some degree of innateness, society
would not be obligated to protect the behavior of the practicing homosexual.
(A similar argument is made regarding alcoholism or certain criminal propensities.)
The strongest evidence that the homosexual drive is not undeniable
is that thousands are denying it, and leaving homosexuality for the
heterosexual lifestyle, and are doing so successfully.
The majority of psychologists and psychiatrists--even among those
who support homosexuality--believe that homosexuals learn and choose their
behavior; in fact, most homosexuals have historically thought so as well.5
Dr. Charles Socarides (Albert Einstein College): "Psychotherapy
appears to be unsuccessful in only a small number of patients or any age
in whom a long habit is combined with . . . lack of desire to change."6
One group of researchers states: "The experiences of homosexual
arousal during childhood and adolescence and involvement in genital-type
homosexual activities were very strong indicators of future, adult homosexuality."7
Dr. Elizabeth Moberly (Cambridge) notes several factors frequently
present in homosexual development:8
Abuse, either physical or sexual (85-90% of all lesbians have
been victims of sexual abuse).
Traumatic family upheaval at critical periods in the child's
life.
Rebellion--need to defy authority (parents, society).
Opportunity to engage in homosexual behavior.
3. The Homosexuals: Their Claims for Special
Status
Homosexuals fight for protection by drawing an analogy between themselves
and African Americans before the civil rights movement, and by presenting
themselves as severely persecuted.
Is the analogy reasonable?
People of color cannot abandon their color the way many homosexuals
are abandining their homosexuality.
Protection of homosexuals is based on behavior held as immoral
by the majority of Minnesotans. An African American or a Caucasian can
be either morally upright or morally corrupt; a practicing homosexual seeks
social sanction of inherently illicit activities, not of an immutable or
constitutionally recognized trait.
Is the discrimination as serious as we are led to believe?
Gay households--without family responsibilities--have an average
annual income of $55,430 (versus $32,144 for the general population, and
$12,166 for disadvantaged African American households).9
Homosexuals have been elected and appointed to high level
positions in government which allow them to publicly push their agenda
(e.g. State Rep. Karen Clark and State Sen. Allan Spear in Minnesota).
Charges of discrimination under Twin Cities gay rights laws
are both rare and often found to be without cause. In Minneapolis, of
the 3060 total alleged bias cases (race, sex, etc.) heard between 1982
and 1991, only 133 (4.3%) were brought by homosexuals; of those 133, only
15 (11%) resulted in an ultimate determination in favor of the gay complaintant.
In St. Paul, of the eighteen sexual orientation complaints brought from
July 1990 to February 1993, only one has been found to have probable cause
(three cases are pending).10
The testimony that we read in the report of the Governor's
Task Force tends to be anecdotal, greatly generalized, lacking in hard
detail, and yet usually used as proof positive of widespread anti-gay
hate crimes. In fact, a substantial amount of violence against homosexuals
is perpetrated by gays themselves.11
4. The Homosexuals: Their Numbers
Based on Kinsey's famous but flawed 1948 report, gays claim 10%
of the population is homosexual (a figure Kinsey himself did not state).
Numerous articles have concurred in much smaller, more accurate numbers:
A report from the University of Chicago--less than 1% exclusively
homosexual.12
From the magazine Science: Only 4.1% of men/2.6% of
women had ever had homosexual intercouse.13
From The Wall Street Journal: Citations of multiple
studies from Europe and North America show exclusive homosexuality to
be under 1% for many varied populations.14
5. The Homosexuals: Their Lifestyle
Homosexual activity reveals a variety of dangerous behaviors, including:
Extreme promiscuity, even in spite of the fatal consequences
of AIDS, for both men and women:
Past studies speak of as many as half of male homosexuals admitting
to over 500 partners (AIDS carriers averaged 1,100).15
One Survey showed 45% of lesbians having 10 or more lifetime partners.16
From 1982-1984 the average annual partners per homosexual
seems to have declined (one study indecated a drop from 70 to "only" 5017). A 1989 article on homosexual behavior in
Los Angeles (823 males) showed an average of 11.4 partners per subject
in the six months previous to the survey.18 Other
recent data suggest that the fall-off continued for a few years, but has
since been reversed.19
A 1988 report on homosexual men in Boston revealed that,
among 290 males, 156 (54%) claimed more than 100 lifetime sex partners;
276 (95%) had 10 or more.20
By contrast, average sex partners per year for all adult
Americans is 1.16.12 Even with the rise in
heterosexual promiscuity, the average American claims 7.15 lifetime sexual
partners (a number quite likely inflated due to over reporting by heterosexual
males).12
A higher incidence of pedophilia and sexual abuse:
Two homosexual researchers found that 73% of male homosexuals
had had sex as adults with boys 19 or younger.21
A Canadian report noted that 91% of non-familial molestations
were committed by clear homosexuals.22
Remember that, since homosexuals represent a tiny percentage
of the U.S. population, they can commit a comparatively small number of
molestations and still show a far greater tendency to pedophelia.
It should also be recalled that a major "right" claimed by
many--though not all--homosexuals is that of sexual relations with persons
of any age (tendency revealed in many gay magazines and articles).
Same-gender sex, abnormal in itself, which usually takes the
form of oral or anal sodomy or mutual masturbation.
A wide spectrum of perverse activities, as noted in various studies
of sexual practices. In some cases, certain behaviors appeared to decline
somewhat during the mid-1980s. Newer research, however, has demonstrated
several crucial tendencies: that homosexuals in small cities, while relatively
less promiscuous, engage in many high risk practices; that many younger
gays ignore the dangers of homosexual lifestyle; and that a significant percentage--as
high as 1/3-- of homosexuals who initiate "safe sex" routines revert to
the strange and deadly acts which they sought to curb.23
Over the past fifteen year, surveys have brought out the following (mainly
about homosexual men). Figures for heterosexuals, from a national study
on sexual practices, are in brackets.24
90 to 100% have engaged in oral-genital activity [vs. 36%].25 The 1988 Boston study reported 274 out of
290 respondents practicing insertive orogentile sex.20
Nearly 80% have reported oral-anal sex (inserting the tougue
into the anus) [vs. 25%].26
From 95 to 98% have participated in anal intercourse.27 Although the threat of AIDS apparently has
reduced the prevalence of sodomy, anogenital contact, often without any
protection, continues at high levels:
In San Francisco, AIDS awareness capital of the world, 48%
pracitce unprotected anal intercouse.28
In Boston, 67% still engaged in sodomy, according to
the 1988 report.20
In Seattle, 42% reported anal sex, often without a condom.
81.2% engaged in anonymous sex.29
33% of 159 "monogamous" male homosexuals admitted to ingesting
feces in the previous month. [vs. 1%]28
29% reported urinating on or in their partners [vs. 4%].30
47.3% of homosexuals and 34.4% of bisexuals in Seattle reported
"handballing" or "fisting" (the fingers, hand or arm inserted into the
rectum of partner) in the three months previous to the survey [vs. 2%].29
12% report the giving and receiving of enemas for sexual
pleasure [vs. 2%].30
20% report at least masturbating with an animal [vs. 3%].31
67% report participation in group orgies [vs. 12%].30
6. The Homosexuals: Their Health
Due to their use of excretory organs for sex and their high level of
promiscuity, homosexuals open themselves up to serious illnesses, some
of which are unique to gays (e.g. "gay bowel disease," exotic ailments caught
via anal sex).
Jaffe's 1983 study of 170 male homosexuals found a striking array
of diseases:27
77% had contracted gonorrhea at some point in their lives;
44% had suffered from syphilis;
nearly 30% had been treated for parasitic diarrhea;
around 90% had used marijuana; over half had used cocaine;
and about half had used LSD.
Others facts of note:
Homosexuals account for 50% of U.S. cases of syphilis.32
The infection rate for infectious hepatitis B is 20-50 times
greater for homosexual males than for heterosexual males. It is estimated
that 1/2 to 3/4 of homosexual men have or have had this disease.33
Diseased homosexual food handlers in public restaurants were
responsible for major outbreaks of amebiasis and hepatitis A infections
in San Francisco and Minneapolis.34
Between 25 and 33% of homosexuals are alcoholic (vs. 7-10%
for the general population).35
To 1993, homosexuals made up 61% of all reported AIDS cases.36 The greatest risk factor for sexual transmission
of the disease is receptive anal intercourse, in which the rectum is frequently
torn. Even without tears, semen can easily penetrate the rectal wall, enter
the blood stream and wreak havoc with the immune system.
Note that the vagina is not susceptible to the passing of semen
beyond the vaginal wall.
The cost of dealing with these health risks is difficult
to calculate. The annual medical costs of caring for AIDS patients alone
is expected to increase from $5 billion in 1990 to over $10 billion in
1993.36
Although AIDS has claimed the lives of so many homosexuals, large
percentages of gays either fail to have themselves tested for the HIV
(50% in a Los Angeles study) or continue to have sex with seropositive
partners. The same Los Angeles report revealed several remarkable statistics
for the 823 male subjects, including:18
64% had engaged in "definitely" unsafe practices (e.g. unprotected
anal intercourse in the past two months);
81% reported "possibly or definitely" unsafe sex in that
same time;
Only 9% restricted themselves to "definitely safe" activities
(e.g. mutual masturbation);
6% had used IV drugs, 3% had shared needles, 50% had smoked
marijuana, 26% had used cocaine.
The gay lifestyle profoundly affects the homosexual life span.
Homosexual men live an average of 40 years, compared to the general male
standard of 70+. Lesbian life expectancy is 45 years, compared to a heterosexual
woman's 76 years.38
The facts lead us to conclude that homosexual behavior is inherently
perverse and unhealthy. "Safe sex" talk merely masks the gay desire to
continue such unnatural acts as "rimming" (oroanal sex), fisting, "water
sports" (exchange of urine), and sodomy. A perusal of gay publications shows
that homosexuality revolves around bizarre expressions of lust (cf. the
revealingly named "You Can Do It All! Just Do It Safer," by the Gay Men's
Health Crisis, Inc.).
7. Homosexual Privileges: Legal and Social Outcomes
Granting homosexuals their "rights" necessarily means that others,
especially those who find homosexuality morally unacceptable, will lose
theirs.
Parents will no longer be able to legally challenge the kind
of educators teaching their children.
Businesses and renters will find themselves unable to oversee
an important component of the moral environment.
Adding homosexuals as a protected class will have a chilling
effect on businesses and others public entities, since companies, landlords,
and the like will bear the burden of proof that a firing, eviction, or
other disciplinary action was not due to discrimination on the basis of
sexual preference. As noted earlier, litigation in these matters very often
ends up in a "no cause" verdict, and yet costs the defendants precious
time and countless dollars.
In addition, "gay rights" statutes-- which represent some increased
support for homosexuality--wil likely increased the percentage of people,
especially youths, drawn into the destructive homosexual lifestyle.
Studies have indicated that 60% or more of practicing homosexuals
first encountered homosexuality as young people who were approached by
an older, often adult, homosexual.39
Public school courses condoning homosexuality appear to be
igniting a trend toward high school and junior high students identifying
themselves as gay or bisexual as a means of being seen as "in" or in order
to rebel.
8. The Homosexuals: Their Needs
To recognize homosexuals as hurting but worthwhile persons and to help
them leave their lifestyle means we must:
Develop the personal relationships necessary for such an undertaking,
and
Compassionately but steadfastly resist their political agenda.
Notes:
1 For the gay rights platform, see Enrique
Rueda, The Homosexual Network (Greenwich, Conn: Devin-Adair, 1982),
pp. 202-203.
2 Simon LeVay's work appeared in Science
magazine (253: 1991).
3 For earlier studies, see "Study Links
Genes to Sexual Orientation," The APA Monitor, Vol. 23, No. 2, Feb.
1992, pp. 11-12. The 20% concordance study was done by Michael King and
Elizabeth McDonald, "Homosexuals who are Twins," The British Journal
of Psychiatry, vol. 160, March 1992, pp. 407-409.
4 Dean Hammer, et. al., "A Linkage Between
DNA Markers on the X Chromosome and Male Sexual Orientation," Science,
vol. 261, July 16, 1993, pp. 321-327.
5 For a treatment of the conflict between
psychiatry and homosexual activism see Bayer, Homosexuality and American
Psychiatry, (New York, NY: Basic Books, 1981).
6 C. Socarides, "Homosexuality: Basic Concepts
and Psychodynamics," International Journal of Psychiatry, v. 10,
March 1972, p. 118.
7 Bel, Weinberg, and Hammersmith, Sexual
Preference, (Bloomington, IN: IU Press, 1989), p. 113.
8 Elizabeth Moberly, Psychogenesis
(Routledge, 1983).
9 "Overcoming a Deep-Rooted Reluctance,
More Firms Advertise to Gay Community," The Wall Street Journal,
July 18, 1991. See also "Gays Are Affluent but Often Overlooked Market,"
Marketing News, December 24, 1990.
10 Minneapolis and St. Paul figures from
Department of Civil Rights and Department of Human Rights, respectively.
11 Many homosexuals engage in violent sex
(see note 30). Gay magazines are full of articles and advertisements
extolling the virtues of sado-masochism, bondage, and other similar acts.
Claims of "hate crimes" are often exaggerated (cf. "FBI Releases Stats on
Hate Crimes," The Washington Blade, January1, 1993--The Blade
is a homosexual newspaper).
12 Tom Smith, "Adult Sexual Behavior in
1989," presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
February 1990.
13 "French Venture Where U.S. Fears to
Tread, Science, vol 257, July 3, 1992, p. 25.
14 "Homosexuals and the 10% Fallacy," The
Wall Street Journal, March 31, 1993.
15 "The Gay Dilemma," Psychology Today,
January 1984, p. 56.
16 Alan P. Bell and Martin S. Weinberg,
Homosexualities (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1978), p. 308.
17 From a 1984 study by the American Psychological
Associations's Ethics Committee, reported in USA Today, November
21, 1984.
18 Lawrence Linn, et, al., "Recent Sexual
Behavior Among Homosexual Men Seeking Primary Medical Care," Archives of
Internal Medicine, vol. 149, Dec. 1989, pp. 2685-2690.
19 From a report to the Eighth International
Conference on AIDS, quoted in the Lambda Report, February 1993, p.
3.
20 Jane McCusker, et. al., "Behavioral
Risk Factors for HIV Infection Among Homosexual Men at a Boston Community
Health Center," American Journal of Public Health, #78, 1988, pp.
68-71.
21 K. Jay and A. Young, The Gay Report
(New York, NY: Summit, 1979), p. 5, p. 275.
22 W. L. Marshall, "Early Onset and Deviant
Sexuality in Child Molesters," Journal of Interpersonal Violence,
6:1991, pp. 323-336.
23 cf. Jeffrey A. Kelly, et. al., "AIDS/Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Behavior Among Gay Men in Small Cities," Archives
of Internal Medicine, vol. 152, November 1992, pp. 2293-2297. For the
figures on relapse, see J. G. Joseph, et. al., "Perceived Risk of AIDS,"
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, #17, 1987, pp. 231-250.
24 Paul Cameron, et. al., "Sexual Orientation
and Sexually Transmitted Disease," Nebraska Medical Journal, vol.
70, 1985, pp. 292-299.
25 cf. M.T. Schechter, et. al., "Changes
in Sexual Behaviour and Fear of AIDS," The Lancet, June 9, 1984.
26 Ibid. Some surveys show even higher
percentages.
27 cf. harold W. Jaffe, et. al., "National
Case-Control Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma . . . in Homosexual Men . . .," Annals
of Internal Medicine, August 1983, vol 99, number 2, pp. 145-151.
28 Leon McKusick, et. al., "AIDS and Sexual
Behavior Reported by Gay Men in San Francisco," American Journal of Public
Health, #75, 1985, pp. 493-496.
29 Roger A. Hoffman, et. al., "Continuing
Unsafe Sex," Public Health Reports, vol. 105, no. 2 March-April 1990,
pp. 202-208.
30 Cameron, et. al., "Effect of Homosexuality
Upon Public Health and Social Order," Psychological Reports, vol.
58, 1986, 1167-1179.
31 See F. Dumas, Gay Is Not Good,
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1979).
32 Noted by Randy Shilts in The Advocate
(a homosexual writing for a gay paper, April 21, 1976.
33 cf. P. Buchanan and J. Muir, "Gay Times
and Diseases, The American Spectator, August 1984, pp. 17-18, and
J. Kassler, Gay Men's Health (New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1983),
p. 38.
34 Buchanan and Muir, op. cit.
35 Robert J. Kus, "Alcoholics Anonymous
and Gay American Men," Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 14, no. 2,
1987, p. 254.
36HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vol. 5, no. 3, July 1993, p.
6.
37 W. Smith and A. Smith, Christians
in the Age of AIDS (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1990).
38 Paul Cameron, et. al., "The Lifespan
of Homosexuals," Family Research Report, April-June 1991.
39 cf. Bell, Weinberg, and Hammersmith,
op. cit. Homosexual contact seems to be an extremely important developmental
factor.
