We live in a time where all sexual activity has come out of the closet. Our talk shows reveal every form of sexual perversion and behavior available to the human race. Many have watched some with delight and others in horror as voyeurs in the escapades of these tormented people. No one seems to notice the pain and disorder in their lives. The audience like those in a roman coliseum looks on with a mixture of pleasure and disgust.

It seems our sexual freedom is fast becoming sexual bondage. We are becoming a crass over sexed nation in which there is little love and a great deal of emotional abuse done to each other for sexual pleasure. We are a culture that now passionately defends what the Bible would call sexual sin. Our freedoms have allowed us to be a nation that now has millions of sex addicts. It seems no one will admit that as the Bible says, Sin is a master and we will become its slaves Clinical studies show pornography releases a chemical in the brain that makes sex addiction a reality and creates an addiction that is hard to break. We have substituted love for sex as we see in the majority of movies and TV shows which in a large part reflect our culture.

The internet has spawned a whole generation of children that have lost their innocence. Our young people are engaged in sex at an earlier and earlier age. They are losing their childhood to a culture that does not seem to want to raise their children with a healthy sexual foundation. Our young people are being inundated with sexually transmitted diseases not to mention the trauma and heartbreak of unwanted pregnancies.

Perhaps the greatest tragedy is the homosexual community. We have allowed them to be declared normal and just different. We call it sexual freedom or choice then science tells us it is in their genetic makeup and they are not free to choose. Though there is still no real proof science is saying the homosexual is born this way. We will say as a society whatever we want to make something acceptable even if it is a contradiction and destructive to us personally and as a society at large. The mistake of science is trying to prove every human fault is a genetic code left in us by our evolution through our animal ancestors. Soon science will make a morality a relic of the past. Every crime and evil will be an unrecognized genetic marker from our animal past. Justice will be foolishness. Genetic engineering will ensure our future with human robots the fruit of science. It is this reason God made morality and choice so that He would not have robots. Sin is a moral choice. The Bible teaches that all sinful tendencies are from a fallen spiritual nature in man because of sin.

As anyone who has ever viewed a gay parade normal and different do not come to mind. The homosexual is trapped in this hideous self destructive behavior that is now seen as normal. It seems society has lost its compassion to help those trapped in these kinds of behavior. Talk shows and sitcoms parade them in a positive light while refusing to reveal their pain and torment. Everyone wants to try it as the new thrill and bisexuality is the buzzword of a confused society as to its sexual identity and its sexual morality. Society in its full cruelty under the guise of acceptance parades these poor souls in their most overt sexual fantasies and perverse behavior that their tormented minds can imagine.

THE GREAT MISUNDERSTANDING OR LIE OF OUR AGE IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN THIS MANNER FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES AND ARE HAPPIER.

What is really cruel is a society that refuses to help a group of people who by their actions are crying out for help. The rebellion and anger in the gay community is only a cry for acceptance and love that all human beings need. What is even more tragic is the church has shown very little compassion towards the homosexual community. In many ways it has joined the secular in their ridicule of the homosexual community. It seems they delight in sending them to the fires of hell. Many of us in the church forget except for the grace of God there go I. There are many kinds of sins that are just as evil in God’s sight that the church seems to have conveniently forgotten about. The heterosexual community is just as overt in their sexual immorality as the homosexual community in many cases.

The homosexual community is political, organized, and efficient at getting their message out. While we won’t sanction the idea of gay marriage and all the rights of marriage we must give them equality as human beings to jobs and healthcare. In sharp contrast we cannot force those of religious persuasion to do anything that would violate their conscience in accepting homosexual behavior. We speak out against many forms of high risk behavior such as smoking, obesity, drug abuse, and teen sex. Is society so cowardly that it wishes to exempt homosexuality or is it hiding its head in the sand to be politically correct? Homosexuality is still sin. It is a powerful virulent sin that is spreading in this culture and generation. Homosexuality and pedophilia has preceded the demise of many civilized cultures.

I want to be very careful not to classify a group of people as being more evil in any way. I would like to give a little theological background that I believe is relevant to us as Christians to have compassion on those bound by this particular sin. I am well aware that sin is a choice and we have made decisions that greatly affect our lives. Every choice allows greater or lesser demonic activity into our lives. Satan’s plans are to weaken our will till we give up and let sin control us. Let us view all people that are lost as Jesus Christ did.

Matthew 9:36 (CEV)
When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

When truth comes we must walk in it regardless of the pull of sin in our lives. There are many heterosexuals that struggle with sexual temptation every day that can say they to were born this way. We must choose God and He will help us.

We must see there is a greater demonic activity in certain groups of people than in others. Homosexuality like many other immoral sexual behaviors can be viewed as a person being born this way. A person can in their mother’s womb be attacked by demonic spirits because of the lack of godliness by their parents. Even Christian families are not immune from demonic attacks as Satan wants to destroy the offspring of God’s people. The Lord also warned of generational curses for disobedience. We must realize there are certain circumstances where we will reap what we have sowed in our life. There are consequences because of sin. The disciples in one instance asked Jesus about a man that was born blind. They asked is He blind because of his sin or his parent’s sin? Jesus answered It was neither. We also live in a fallen world where sickness, disease, and sin and its effects rules in the earth till Jesus is made Lord. We need the Lord for preservation, protection, and deliverance. Homosexuality can be the work of demonic powers. It may look like a genetic natural alteration of a human being when in fact it is a spiritual alteration by demon powers over the soul.

As our nation grows in ungodliness more of our children will be attacked by demonic powers and incur generational curses. These demonic powers enter a child in the womb or in sinful sexual activity while they are children. Any sexual activity outside of marriage can cause perverse spirits to attack a human beings soul. A belief system that does not recognize Christ as Lord has no authority or power to resist demonic interference in their lives. Apostle Paul taught believing parents have the power to keep their children holy or clean from demonic influences.

1 Cor. 7:14 (CEV)
Your husband or wife who isn't a follower is made holy by having you as a mate. This also makes your children holy and keeps them from being unclean in God's sight.

In Romans we read sin causes unnatural consequences that can cause our destruction

Romans 1:26-28 (NASB-U)
For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, [27] and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
[28] And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

Homosexuality becomes a mindset that is deep spiritual darkness and deception. When God cannot reach us He will permit us to walk in the full consequence of our actions. Perhaps the worst evil that can befall us is self deception. God uses the pain and suffering from the consequences of our actions as the final means to reach us and turn us to Him. I have included a very comprehensive medical study to show how detrimental homosexuality is to the homosexual as well as society. The facts are undisputable. I hope those who are involved in homosexuality will read this and turn from this painful lifestyle. Satan has afflicted people with a soulish sexual orientation that is in rebellion to God that only receiving Jesus as savior and repenting from this sin will bring healing and deliverance. There are many heterosexuals who were addicted to porn. There are sex addicts that will still be sorely tempted it does not mean they were born this way. Once we receive truth and the power of God’s Spirit it will be a tough fight but we can overcome. Jesus said, Whom the Son sets free is free indeed. He also said, The truth shall set you free. It is the hope and purpose of Key To Faith Ministries by the Son of God and truth we can set you free. Please read the study I have included. The sources are secular and I have included them to prove the overwhelming evidence. Please not the sources are several pages long.

THE HEALTH RISKS
OF GAY SEX
By John R. Diggs, Jr., M.D.
C RC
C O R P O R AT E R E S O U R C E C O U N C I LSM

Sexual relationships between members of
the same sex expose gays, lesbians and bisexuals
to extreme risks of sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs), physical injuries, mental disorders
and even a shortened life span. There are five
major distinctions between gay and heterosexual
relationships, with specific medical consequences.
They are:
Levels of Promiscuity
Prior to the AIDS epidemic, a 1978 study
found that 75 percent of white, gay males
claimed to have had more than 100 lifetime
male sex partners: 15 percent
claimed 100-249 sex partners; 17 percent
claimed 250-499; 15 percent claimed 500-
999; and 28 percent claimed more than
1,000 lifetime male sex partners. Levels
of promiscuity subsequently declined,
but some observers are concerned that
promiscuity is again approaching the
levels of the 1970s. The medical consequence
of this promiscuity is that gays
have a greatly increased likelihood of
contracting HIV/AIDS, syphilis and
other STDs.
Similar extremes of promiscuity have
not been documented among lesbians.
However, an Australian study found
that 93 percent of lesbians reported having
had sex with men, and lesbians were
4.5 times more likely than heterosexual
women to have had more than 50 lifetime
male sex partners. Any degree of
sexual promiscuity carries the risk of
contracting STDs.
Physical Health
Common sexual practices among gay
men lead to numerous STDs and physical
injuries, some of which are virtually
unknown in the heterosexual population.
Lesbians are also at higher risk for
STDs. In addition to diseases that may
be transmitted during lesbian sex, a
study at an Australian STD clinic found
that lesbians were three to four times
more likely than heterosexual women to
have sex with men who were high-risk
for HIV.
Mental Health
It is well established that there are high
rates of psychiatric illnesses, including
depression, drug abuse, and suicide
attempts, among gays and lesbians. This
is true even in the Netherlands, where
gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) relationships
are far more socially acceptable
than in the U.S. Depression and drug
abuse are strongly associated with risky
sexual practices that lead to serious
medical problems.
Life Span
The only epidemiological study to date
on the life span of gay men concluded
that gay and bisexual men lose up to 20
years of life expectancy.
Monogamy
Monogamy, meaning long-term sexual
fidelity, is rare in GLB relationships, particularly
among gay men. One study
reported that 66 percent of gay couples
reported sex outside the relationship
within the first year, and nearly 90 percent
if the relationship lasted five years.
Encouraging people to engage in risky sexual
behavior undermines good health and can
result in a shortened life span. Yet that is exactly
what employers and governmental entities
are doing when they grant GLB couples benefits
or status that make GLB relationships appear
more socially acceptable.

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THE HEALTH RISKS OF GAY SEX
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INTRODUCTION
Back in the early 1980s, while working at
Beth Israel Hospital, I vividly remember seeing
healthy young gay men dying of a mysterious
disease that researchers only later identified as a
sexually transmitted disease AIDS. Over the
years, I’ve seen many patients with that diagnosis
die.
As a physician, it is my duty to assess
behaviors for their impact on health and wellbeing.
When something is beneficial, such as
exercise, good nutrition, or adequate sleep, it is
my duty to recommend it. Likewise, when
something is harmful, such as smoking, overeating,
alcohol or drug abuse, it is my duty to discourage
it.
When sexual activity is practiced outside of
marriage, the consequences can be quite serious.
Without question, sexual promiscuity frequently
spreads diseases, from trivial to serious to
deadly. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention estimates that 65 million
Americans have an incurable sexually transmitted
disease (STD).1
There are differences between men and
women in the consequences of same-sex activity.
But most importantly, the consequences of
homosexual activity are distinct from the consequences
of heterosexual activity. As a physician,
it is my duty to inform patients of the health
risks of gay sex, and to discourage them from
indulging in harmful behavior.
I. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL
AND HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
The current media portrayal of gay and lesbian
relationships is that they are as healthy, stable
and loving as heterosexual marriages or
even more so.2 Medical associations are promoting
somewhat similar messages.3 Nevertheless,
there are at least five major areas of differences
between gay and heterosexual relationships,
each with specific medical consequences.
Those differences include:
A. Levels of promiscuity
B. Physical health
C. Mental health
D. Life span
E. Definition of monogamy
A. Promiscuity
Gay author Gabriel Rotello notes the perspective
of many gays that Gay liberation was
founded . . . on a ‘sexual brotherhood of promiscuity,’
and any abandonment of that promiscuity
would amount to a ‘communal betrayal of
gargantuan proportions.’ 4 Rotello’s perception
of gay promiscuity, which he criticizes, is consistent
with survey results. A far-ranging study
of homosexual men published in 1978 revealed
that 75 percent of self-identified, white, gay men
admitted to having sex with more than 100 different
males in their lifetime: 15 percent claimed
100-249 sex partners; 17 percent claimed 250-
499; 15 percent claimed 500-999; and 28 percent
claimed more than 1,000 lifetime male sex partners.
5 By 1984, after the AIDS epidemic had
taken hold, homosexual men were reportedly
curtailing promiscuity, but not by much.
Instead of more than 6 partners per month in
1982, the average non-monogamous respondent
in San Francisco reported having about 4 partners
per month in 1984.6
In more recent years, the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control has reported an upswing in
promiscuity, at least among young homosexual
men in San Francisco. From 1994 to 1997, the
percentage of homosexual men reporting multiple
partners and unprotected anal sex rose from
23.6 percent to 33.3 percent, with the largest
increase among men under 25.7 Despite its continuing
incurability, AIDS no longer seems to
deter individuals from engaging in promiscuous
gay sex.8
The data relating to gay promiscuity were
obtained from self-identified gay men. Some
advocates argue that the average would be
lower if closeted homosexuals were included in
the statistics.9 That is likely true, according to
data obtained in a 2000 survey in Australia that
tracked whether men who had sex with men
were associated with the gay community. Men
who were associated with the gay community
were nearly four times as likely to have had
more than 50 sex partners in the six months preceding
the survey as men who were not associated
with the gay community.10 This may imply
that it is riskier to be out than closeted.
Adopting a gay identity may create more pressure
to be promiscuous and to be so with a
cohort of other more promiscuous partners.
Excessive sexual promiscuity results in serious
medical consequences indeed, it is a
recipe for transmitting disease and generating
an epidemic.11 The HIV/AIDS epidemic has
remained a predominantly gay issue in the U.S.
primarily because of the greater degree of
promiscuity among gays.12 A study based upon
statistics from 1986 through 1990 estimated that
20-year-old gay men had a 50 percent chance of
becoming HIV positive by age 55.13 As of June
2001, nearly 64 percent of men with AIDS were
men who have had sex with men.14 Syphilis is
also more common among gay men. The San
Francisco Public Health Department recently
reported that syphilis among the city’s gay and
bisexual men was at epidemic levels. According
to the San Francisco Chronicle:
Experts believe syphilis is on the rise
among gay and bisexual men because they
are engaging in unprotected sex with multiple
partners, many of whom they met in
anonymous situations such as sex clubs,
adult bookstores, meetings through the
Internet and in bathhouses. The new data
will show that in the 93 cases involving gay
and bisexual men this year, the group reported
having 1,225 sexual partners. 15
A study done in Baltimore and reported in
the Archives of Internal Medicine found that
gay men contracted syphilis at three to four
times the rate of heterosexuals.16 Promiscuity is
the factor most responsible for the extreme rates
of these and other sexually transmitted diseases
cited below, many of which result in a shortened
life span for men who have sex with men.
Promiscuity among lesbians is less extreme,
but it is still higher than among heterosexual
women. Overall, women tend to have fewer sex
partners than men. But there is a surprising
finding about lesbian promiscuity in the literature.
Australian investigators reported that lesbian
women were 4.5 times more likely to have
had more than 50 lifetime male partners than
heterosexual women (9 percent of lesbians versus
2 percent of heterosexual women); and 93
percent of women who identified themselves as
lesbian reported a history of sex with men.17
Other studies similarly show that 75-90 percent
of women who have sex with women have also
had sex with men.18
B. Physical Health
Unhealthy sexual behaviors occur among
both heterosexuals and homosexuals. Yet the
medical and social science evidence indicate
that homosexual behavior is uniformly
unhealthy. Although both male and female
homosexual practices lead to increases in sexually
transmitted diseases, the practices and diseases
are sufficiently different that they merit
separate discussion.
1. Male Homosexual Behavior
Men having sex with other men leads to
greater health risks than men having sex with
women19 not only because of promiscuity but
also because of the nature of sex among men. A
British researcher summarizes the danger as follows:
Male homosexual behaviour is not simply
either ‘active’ or ‘passive,’ since penile-anal,
mouth-penile, and hand-anal sexual contact
is usual for both partners, and mouth-anal
contact is not infrequent. . . . Mouth-anal
contact is the reason for the relatively high
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incidence of diseases caused by bowel
pathogens in male homosexuals. Trauma
may encourage the entry of micro-organisms
and thus lead to primary syphilitic
lesions occurring in the anogenital area. . . .
In addition to sodomy, trauma may be
caused by foreign bodies, including stimulators
of various kinds, penile adornments,
and prostheses. 20
Although the specific activities addressed
below may be practiced by heterosexuals at
times, homosexual men engage in these activities
to a far greater extent.21
a. Anal-genital
Anal intercourse is the sine qua non of sex
for many gay men.22 Yet human physiology
makes it clear that the body was not designed to
accommodate this activity. The rectum is significantly
different from the vagina with regard to
suitability for penetration by a penis. The vagina
has natural lubricants and is supported by a
network of muscles. It is composed of a mucus
membrane with a multi-layer stratified squamous
epithelium that allows it to endure friction
without damage and to resist the immunological
actions caused by semen and sperm. In
comparison, the anus is a delicate mechanism of
small muscles that comprise an exit-only passage.
With repeated trauma, friction and
stretching, the sphincter loses its tone and its
ability to maintain a tight seal. Consequently,
anal intercourse leads to leakage of fecal material
that can easily become chronic.
The potential for injury is exacerbated by the
fact that the intestine has only a single layer of
cells separating it from highly vascular tissue,
that is, blood. Therefore, any organisms that are
introduced into the rectum have a much easier
time establishing a foothold for infection than
they would in a vagina. The single layer tissue
cannot withstand the friction associated with
penile penetration, resulting in traumas that
expose both participants to blood, organisms in
feces, and a mixing of bodily fluids.
Furthermore, ejaculate has components that
are immunosuppressive. In the course of ordinary
reproductive physiology, this allows the
sperm to evade the immune defenses of the
female. Rectal insemination of rabbits has
shown that sperm impaired the immune defenses
of the recipient.23 Semen may have a similar
impact on humans.24
The end result is that the fragility of the anus
and rectum, along with the immunosuppressive
effect of ejaculate, make anal-genital intercourse
a most efficient manner of transmitting HIV and
other infections. The list of diseases found with
extraordinary frequency among male homosexual
practitioners as a result of anal intercourse is
alarming:
Anal Cancer
Chlamydia trachomatis
Cryptosporidium
Giardia lamblia
Herpes simplex virus
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human papilloma virus
Isospora belli
Microsporidia
Gonorrhea
Viral hepatitis types B & C
Syphilis25
Sexual transmission of some of these diseases
is so rare in the exclusively heterosexual
population as to be virtually unknown. Others,
while found among heterosexual and homosexual
practitioners, are clearly predominated by
those involved in homosexual activity. Syphilis,
for example is found among heterosexual and
homosexual practitioners. But in 1999, King
County, Washington (Seattle), reported that 85
percent of syphilis cases were among self-identified
homosexual practitioners.26 And as noted
above, syphilis among homosexual men is now
at epidemic levels in San Francisco.27
A 1988 CDC survey identified 21 percent of
all Hepatitis B cases as being homosexually
transmitted while 18 percent were heterosexually
transmitted.28 Since homosexuals comprise
such a small percent of the population (only 1-3
percent),29 they have a significantly higher rate
of infection than heterosexuals.
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Anal intercourse also puts men at significant
risk for anal cancer. Anal cancer is the result of
infection with some subtypes of human papilloma
virus (HPV), which are known viral carcinogens.
Data as of 1989 showed the rates of anal
cancer in male homosexual practitioners to be
10 times that of heterosexual males, and growing.
30 Thus, the prevalence of anal cancer
among gay men is of great concern. For those
with AIDS, the rates are doubled.31
Other physical problems associated with
anal intercourse are:
hemorrhoids
anal fissures
anorectal trauma
retained foreign bodies. 32
b. Oral-anal
There is an extremely high rate of parasitic
and other intestinal infections documented
among male homosexual practitioners because
of oral-anal contact. In fact, there are so many
infections that a syndrome called the Gay
Bowel is described in the medical literature.33
Gay bowel syndrome constitutes a group of
conditions that occur among persons who practice
unprotected anal intercourse, anilingus, or
fellatio following anal intercourse. 34 Although
some women have been diagnosed with some
of the gastrointestinal infections associated with
gay bowel, the vast preponderance of patients
with these conditions are men who have sex
with men.35
Rimming is the street name given to oralanal
contact. It is because of this practice that
intestinal parasites ordinarily found in the tropics
are encountered in the bodies of American
gay men. Combined with anal intercourse and
other homosexual practices, rimming provides
a rich opportunity for a variety of infections.
Men who have sex with men account for the
lion’s share of the increasing number of cases in
America of sexually transmitted infections that
are not generally spread through sexual contact.
These diseases, with consequences that range
from severe and even life-threatening to mere
annoyances, include Hepatitis A,36 Giardia lamblia,
Entamoeba histolytica,37 Epstein-Barr
virus,38 Neisseria meningitides,39 Shigellosis,
Salmonellosis, Pediculosis, scabies and
Campylobacter.40 The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) identified a 1991 outbreak of
Hepatitis A in New York City, in which 78 percent
of male respondents identified themselves
as homosexual or bisexual.41 While Hepatitis A
can be transmitted by routes other than sexual,
a preponderance of Hepatitis A is found in gay
men in multiple states.42 Salmonella is rarely
associated with sexual activity except among
gay men who have oral-anal and oral-genital
contact following anal intercourse.43 The most
unsettling new discovery is the reported sexual
transmission of typhoid. This water-borne
disease, well known in the tropics, only infects
400 people each year in the United States, usually
as a result of ingestion of contaminated
food or water while abroad. But sexual transmission
was diagnosed in Ohio in a series of
male sex partners of one male who had traveled
to Puerto Rico.44
In America, Human Herpes Virus 8 (called
Herpes Type 8 or HHV-8) is a disease found
exclusively among male homosexual practitioners.
Researchers have long noted that men who
contracted AIDS through homosexual behavior
frequently developed a previously rare form of
cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma. Men who contract
HIV/AIDS through heterosexual sex or
intravenous drug use rarely display this cancer.
Recent studies confirm that Kaposi’s sarcoma
results from infection with HHV-8. The New
England Journal of Medicine described one
cohort in San Francisco where 38 percent of the
men who admitted any homosexual contact
within the previous five years tested positive for
this virus while none of the exclusively heterosexual
men tested positive. The study predicted
that half of the men with both HIV and HHV-8
would develop the cancer within 10 years.45 The
medical literature is currently unclear as to the
precise types of sexual behavior that transmit
HHV-8, but there is a suspicion that it may be
transmitted via saliva.46
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c. Human Waste
Some gay men sexualize human waste,
including the medically dangerous practice of
coprophilia, which means sexual contact with
highly infectious fecal wastes.47 This practice
exposes the participants to all of the risks of
anal-oral contact and many of the risks of analgenital
contact.
d. Fisting
Fisting refers to the insertion of a hand or
forearm into the rectum, and is far more damaging
than anal intercourse. Tears can occur, along
with incompetence of the anal sphincter. The
result can include infections, inflammation and,
consequently, enhanced susceptibility to future
STDs. Twenty-two percent of homosexuals in
one survey admitted to having participated in
this practice.48
e. Sadism
The sexualization of pain and cruelty is
described as sadism, named for the 18th
Century novelist, the Marquis de Sade. His
novel Justine describes repeated rapes and
non-consensual whippings.49 Not all persons
who practice sadism engage in the same activities.
But a recent advertisement for a sadistic
conference included a warning that participants
might see intentional infliction of pain
[and] cutting of the skin with bleeding . . . .
Scheduled workshops included Vaginal
Fisting (with a demonstration), Sacred
Sexuality and Cutting with a demonstration
of a cutting with a live subject, Rough
Rope, and a Body Harness workshop that
was to involve demonstrating and coaching
the tying of erotic body harnesses that involve
the genitals, male and female. 50 A similar
event entitled the Vicious Valentine
occurred near Chicago on Feb. 15-17, 2002.51
The medical consequences of such activities
range from mild to fatal, depending upon the
nature of the injuries inflicted.52 As many as
37 percent of homosexuals have practiced
some form of sadism.53
f. Conclusion
The consequences of homosexual activity
have significantly altered the delivery of medical
care to the population at-large. With the
increased incidence of STD organisms in unexpected
places, simple sore throat is no longer so
simple. Doctors must now ask probing questions
of their patients or risk making a misdiagnosis.
The evaluation of a sore throat must now
include questions about oral and anal sex. A
case of hemorrhoids is no longer just a surgical
problem. We must now inquire as to sexual
practice and consider that anal cancer, rectal
gonorrhea, or rectal chlamydia may be secreted
in what deceptively appears to be just hemorrhoids.
54 Moreover, data shows that rectal and
throat gonorrhea, for example, are without
symptoms in 75 percent of cases.55
The impact of the health consequences of
gay sex is not confined to homosexual practitioners.
Even though nearly 11 million people
in America are directly affected by cancer, compared
to slightly more than three-quarters of a
million with AIDS,56 AIDS spending per patient
is more than seven times that for cancer.57 The
inequity for diabetes and heart disease is even
more striking.58 Consequently, the disproportionate
amount of money spent on AIDS
detracts from research into cures for diseases
that affect more people.
2. Female Homosexual Behavior
Lesbians are also at higher risk for STDs and
other health problems than heterosexuals.59
However, the health consequences of lesbianism
are less well documented than for male homosexuals.
This is partly because the devastation
of AIDS has caused male homosexual activity to
draw the lion’s share of medical attention. But
it is also because there are fewer lesbians than
gay men,60 and there is no evidence that lesbians
practice the same extremes of same-sex promiscuity
as gay men. The lesser amount of medical
data does not mean, however, that female
homosexual behavior is without recognized
pathology. Much of the pathology is associated
with heterosexual activity by lesbians.
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Among the difficulties in establishing the
pathologies associated with lesbianism is the
problem of defining who is a lesbian.61 Study
after study documents that the overwhelming
majority of self-described lesbians have had sex
with men.62 Australian researchers at an STD
clinic found that only 7 percent of their lesbian
sample had never had sexual contact with a
male.63
Not only did lesbians commonly have sex
with men, but with lots of men. They were 4.5
times as likely as exclusively heterosexual controls
to have had more than 50 lifetime male sex
partners.64 Consequently, the lesbians’ median
number of male partners was twice that of
exclusively heterosexual women.65
Lesbians were three to four times more likely
than heterosexual women to have sex with
men who were high-risk for HIV disease–homosexual,
bisexual, or IV drug-abusing men.66 The
study demonstrates that WSW [women who
have sex with women] are more likely than non-
WSW to engage in recognized HIV risk behaviours
such as IDU [intravenous drug use], sex
work, sex with a bisexual man, and sex with a
man who injects drugs, confirming previous
reports. 67
Bacterial vaginosis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C,
heavy cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse, intravenous
drug use, and prostitution were present
in much higher proportions among female
homosexual practitioners.68 Intravenous drug
abuse was nearly six times as common in this
group.69 In one study of women who had sex
only with women in the prior 12 months, 30
percent had bacterial vaginosis.70 Bacterial vaginosis
is associated with higher risk for pelvic
inflammatory disease and other sexually transmitted
infections.71
In view of the record of lesbians having sex
with many men, including gay men, and the
increased incidence of intravenous drug use
among lesbians, lesbians are not low risk for disease.
Although researchers have only recently
begun studying the transmission of STDs
among lesbians, diseases such as crabs, genital
warts, chlamydia and herpes have been
reported.72 Even women who have never had
sex with men have been found to have HPV, trichomoniasis
and anogenital warts.73
C. Mental Health
1. Psychiatric Illness
Multiple studies have identified high rates
of psychiatric illness, including depression,
drug abuse and suicide attempts, among selfprofessed
gays and lesbians.74 Some proponents
of GLB rights have used these findings to conclude
that mental illness is induced by other
people’s unwillingness to accept same-sex
attraction and behavior as normal. They point
to homophobia, effectively defined as any opposition
to or critique of gay sex, as the cause for
the higher rates of psychiatric illness, especially
among gay youth.75 Although homophobia
must be considered as a potential cause for the
increase in mental health problems, the medical
literature suggests other conclusions.
An extensive study in the Netherlands
undermines the assumption that homophobia is
the cause of increased psychiatric illness among
gays and lesbians. The Dutch have been considerably
more accepting of same-sex relationships
than other Western countries in fact,
same-sex couples now have the legal right to
marry in the Netherlands.76 So a high rate of
psychiatric disease associated with homosexual
behavior in the Netherlands means that the psychiatric
disease cannot so easily be attributed to
social rejection and homophobia.
The Dutch study, published in the Archives of
General Psychiatry, did indeed find a high rate of
psychiatric disease associated with same-sex sex.77
Compared to controls who had no homosexual
experience in the 12 months prior to the interview,
males who had any homosexual contact within
that time period were much more likely to experience
major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder,
agoraphobia and obsessive compulsive disorder.
Females with any homosexual contact
within the previous 12 months were more often
diagnosed with major depression, social phobia or
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alcohol dependence. In fact, those with a history
of homosexual contact had higher rates of nearly
all psychiatric pathologies measured in the study.78
The researchers found that homosexuality is not
only associated with mental health problems during
adolescence and early adulthood, as has been
suggested, but also in later life. 79 Researchers
actually fear that methodological features of
the study might underestimate the differences
between homosexual and heterosexual people. 80
The Dutch researchers concluded, this
study offers evidence that homosexuality is
associated with a higher prevalence of psychiatric
disorders. The outcomes are in line with
findings from earlier studies in which less rigorous
designs have been employed. 81 The
researchers offered no opinion as to whether
homosexual behavior causes psychiatric disorders,
or whether it is the result of psychiatric
disorders.
2. Reckless Sexual Behavior
Depression and drug abuse can lead to reckless
sexual behavior, even among those who are
most likely to understand the deadly risks. In
an article that was part of a series on AIDS at
20, the New York Times reported the risks that
many gay men take. One night when a gay HIV
prevention educator named Seth Watkins got
depressed, he met an attractive stranger, had
anal intercourse without a condom and
became HIV positive. In spite of his job training,
the HIV educator nevertheless employed
the psychological defense of denial in
explaining his own sexual behavior:
[L]ike an increasing number of gay men in
San Francisco and elsewhere, Mr. Watkins
sometimes still puts himself and possibly
other people at risk. ‘I don’t like to think
about it because I don’t want to give anyone
H.I.V.,’ Mr. Watkins said. 82
Another gay man named Vince, who had
never before had anal intercourse without a condom,
went to a sex club on the spur of the
moment when he got depressed, and had
unprotected sex:
I was definitely in a period of depression . .
. . And there was just something about that
particular circumstance and that particular
person. I don’t know how to describe it. It
just appealed to me; it made it seem like it
was all right. 83
Some of the men interviewed by the New
York Times are deliberately reckless. One fatalistic
gay man with HIV makes no apology for
putting other men at risk:
The prospect of going through the rest of
your life having to cover yourself up every
time you want to get intimate with someone
is an awful one. . . . Now I’ve got H.I.V. and
I don’t have to worry about getting it, he
said. There is a part of me that’s relieved. I
was tired of always having to be careful, of
this constant diligence that has to be paid to
intimacy when intimacy should be spontaneous.
84
After admitting to almost never using condoms
he adds:
There is no such thing as safe sex. . . . If
people want to use condoms, they can. I
didn’t go out and purposely get H.I.V.
Accidents happen. 85
Other reports show similar disregard for the
safety of self and others. A1998 study in Seattle
found that 10 percent of HIV-positive men
admitted they engaged in unprotected anal sex,
and the percentage doubled in 2000.86
According to a study of men who attend gay
circuit parties,87 the danger at such events is
even greater. Ten percent of the men surveyed
expected to become HIV-positive in their lifetime.
Researchers discovered that 17 percent of
the circuit party attendees surveyed were
already HIV positive.88 Two thirds of those
attending circuit parties had oral or anal sex,
and 28 percent did not use condoms.89
In addition, drug use at circuit parties is
ubiquitous. Although only 57 percent admit
going to circuit parties to use drugs, 95 percent
of the survey participants said they used psychoactive
drugs at the most recent event they
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attended.90 There was a direct correlation
between the number of drugs used during a
circuit party weekend and the likelihood of
unprotected anal sex.91 The researchers concluded
that in view of their findings, the likelihood
of transmission of HIV and other sexually
transmitted diseases among party attendees
and secondary partners becomes a real public
health concern. 92
Good mental health would dictate foregoing
circuit parties and other risky sex. But neither
education nor adequate access to health
care is a deterrent to such reckless behavior.
Research at the University of New South
Wales found well-educated professional men in
early middle age those who experienced the
AIDS epidemic of the 1980s are most likely
not to use a condom. 93
D. Shortened Life Span
The greater incidence of physical and mental
health problems among gays and lesbians
has serious consequences for length of life.
While many are aware of the death toll from
AIDS, there has been little public attention
given to the magnitude of the lost years of life.
An epidemiological study from Vancouver,
Canada of data tabulated between 1987 and
1992 for AIDS-related deaths reveals that male
homosexual or bisexual practitioners lost up
to 20 years of life expectancy. The study concluded
that if 3 percent of the population studied
were gay or bisexual, the probability of a
20-year-old gay or bisexual man living to 65
years was only 32 percent, compared to 78 percent
for men in general.94 The damaging
effects of cigarette smoking pale in comparison
–cigarette smokers lose on average about
13.5 years of life expectancy.95
The impact on length of life may be even
greater than reported in the Canadian study.
First, HIV/AIDS is underreported by as much
as 15-20 percent, so it is likely that not all AIDSrelated
deaths were accounted for in the study.96
Second, there are additional major causes of
death related to gay sex. For example, suicide
rates among a San Francisco cohort were 3.4
times higher than the general U.S. male population
in 1987.97 Other potentially fatal ailments
such as syphilis, anal cancer, and Hepatitis B
and C also affect gay and bisexual men disproportionately.
98
E. Monogamy
Monogamy for heterosexual couples means
at a minimum sexual fidelity. The most extensive
survey of sex in America found that a vast
majority [of heterosexual married couples] are
faithful while the marriage is intact. 99 The survey
further found that 94 percent of married
people and 75 percent of cohabiting people had
only one partner in the prior year.100 In contrast,
long-term sexual fidelity is rare among GLB
couples, particularly among gay males. Even
during the coupling period, many gay men do
not expect monogamy. A lesbian critic of gay
males notes that:
After a period of optimism about the longrange
potential of gay men’s one-on-one
relationships, gay magazines are starting to
acknowledge the more relaxed standards
operating here, with recent articles celebrating
the bigger bang of sex with strangers or
proposing ‘monogamy without fidelity’–the
latest Orwellian formulation to excuse having
your cake and eating it too. 101
Gay men’s sexual practices appear to be
consistent with the concept of monogamy
without fidelity. Astudy of gay men attending
circuit parties showed that 46 percent were coupled,
that is, they claimed to have a primary
partner. Twenty-seven percent of the men with
primary partners had multiple sex partners
(oral or anal) during their most recent circuit
party weekend . . . . 102
For gay men, sex outside the primary relationship
is ubiquitous even during the first year.
Gay men reportedly have sex with someone
other than their partner in 66 percent of relationships
within the first year, rising to approximately
90 percent if the relationship endures
over five years.103
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And the average gay or lesbian relationship
is short lived. In one study, only 15 percent of
gay men and 17.3 percent of lesbians had relationships
that lasted more than three years.104
Thus, the studies reflect very little long-term
monogamy in GLB relationships.
II. CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS
OF PROMISCUITY
Don’t tear down a fence until you know
why it was put up. ~ African proverb
The societal implications of the unrestrained
sexual activity described above are devastating.
The ideal of sexual activity being limited to marriage,
always defined as male-female, has been
a fence erected in all civilizations around the
globe.105 Throughout history, many people have
climbed over the fence, engaging in premarital,
extramarital and homosexual sex. Still, the
fence stands; the limits are visible to all.
Climbing over the fence, metaphorically, has
always been recognized as a breach of those limits,
even by the breachers themselves. No civilization
can retain its vitality for multiple generations
after removing the fence.106
But now social activists are saying that there
should be no fence, and that to destroy the fence
is an act of liberation.107 If the fence is torn
down, there is no visible boundary to sexual
expression. If gay sex is socially acceptable,
what logical reason can there be to deny social
acceptance of adultery, polygamy, or pedophilia?
The polygamist movement already has support
from some of the advocates for GLB
rights.108 And some in the psychological profession
are floating the idea that maybe pedophilia
is not so damaging to children after all.109
Lesbian social critic Camille Paglia observes,
history shows that male homosexuality, which
like prostitution flourishes with urbanization
and soon becomes predictably ritualized,
always tends toward decadence. 110 Gay author
Gabriel Rotello writes of the changes in homosexual
behavior in the last century:
Most accounts of male-on-male sex from
the early decades of this century [20th] cite
oral sex, and less often masturbation, as the
predominant forms of activity, with the
acknowledged homosexual fellating or masturbating
his partner. Comparatively fewer
accounts refer to anal sex. My own informal
survey of older gay men who were sexually
active prior to World War II gives credence
to the idea that anal sex, especially anal sex
with multiple partners, was considerably
less common than it later became. 111
Not only has the practice of anal sex
increased, condom use has declined 20 percent
and multi-partner sex has doubled in the last
seven years,112 despite billions of dollars spent
on HIV prevention campaigns. In many cases,
the prevention slogans that galvanized gay
men in the early years of the epidemic now fall
on deaf ears. 113 As should be expected, the
health-care costs resulting from gay promiscuity
are substantial.114
Social approval of gay sex leads to an
increase in such behavior. As early as 1993,
Newsweek reported that the growing media
presence and social acceptance of homosexual
behavior was leading to teenager experimentation
to the extent that it was becoming chic. 115
A more recent report stated that the way gays
and lesbians appear in the media may make
some people more comfortable acting on homosexual
impulses. 116 In addition, one of the goals
of GLB advocates’ quest for domestic partner
benefits from employers is to motivate more
gays and lesbians to come out of the closet. 117
If, as suggested above, being out results in a
greater incidence of promiscuity, employer decisions
to provide domestic partner benefits may
have a negative impact on employee health.
Indeed, giving gays and lesbians the social
approval they desire may ultimately lead to an
early death for employees who otherwise might
have restrained their sexual behavior.
Research designed to prove that gays and
lesbians are born that way has come up
empty there is no scientific evidence that
being gay or lesbian is genetically determined.118
Even researcher Dean Hamer, who once hoped
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he had identified a gay gene, admits there is
a lot more than just genes going on. 119
CONCLUSION
It is clear that there are serious medical consequences
to same-sex behavior. Identification
with a GLB community appears to lead to an
increase in promiscuity, which in turn leads to a
myriad of sexually transmitted diseases and
even early death. A compassionate response to
requests for social approval and recognition of
GLB relationships is not to assure gays and lesbians
that homosexual relationships are just like
heterosexual ones, but to point out the health
risks of gay sex and promiscuity. Approving
same-sex relationships is detrimental to employers,
employees and society in general.
APPENDIX A
Definitional Impediments to Research
Unfortunately, endeavors to assess the actual
practices and the health consequences of male
and female homosexual behavior are hampered
by imprecise definitions. For many, being gay or
lesbian or bisexual is a political identity that
does not necessarily correspond to sexual behavior.
And investigators find that sexual behavior
fluctuates over time:
[P]eople often change their sexual behavior
during their lifetimes, making it impossible
to state that a particular set of behaviors
defines a person as gay. A man who has sex
with men today, for example, might not have
done so 10 years ago. 120
Defining the terms becomes even more difficult
when people who identify as gay or lesbian
enter heterosexual relationships. Joanne Loulan,
a well-known lesbian, has talked openly about
her two-year relationship with a man: ‘I come
from this background that sex is an activity, it’s
not an identity,’ says Loulan. ‘It was funny for a
while, but then it turned out to be something
more connected, more deep. Something more
important. And that’s when my life started really
going topsy turvy.’ While critics complain
that You can’t be a lesbian and be having sex
with men, Loulan sees no contradiction in the
fact that she adamantly refuses to call herself a
bisexual, to give up the lesbian identity. 121
Several high-profile lesbian media stars that
have abandoned lesbianism further illustrate the
difficulty in defining homosexuality. An article
about the now defunct couple, Anne Heche and
Ellen Degeneres, said, Although the pair never
publicly discussed the reason for their breakup,
it has been heavily rumored that Heche decided
to go back to heterosexuality. 122 Heche married
a man on Sept. 1, 2001.123
As recently as June 2000, pop-music star
Sinead O’Connor said, I’m a lesbian . . . although
I haven’t been very open about that, and
throughout most of my life I’ve gone out with
blokes because I haven’t necessarily been terribly
comfortable about being a lesbian. But I
actually am a lesbian. 124 Then, shocking the gay
world that applauded her coming out,
O’Connor’s sexual identity fluctuated again
when she withdrew from participating in a
lesbian music festival because of her marriage
to British Press Association reporter Nick
Sommerlad.125
Although women get most of the press coverage
of fluctuating between same-sex and heterosexual
relationships, men can experience
similar fluidity. Gay author John Stoltenberg
has lived with a lesbian, Andrea Dworkin,
since 1974.126 And a 2000 survey in Australia
found that 19 percent of gay men reported having
sex with a woman in the six months prior
to the survey.127
This fluctuation in sexual orientation
inhibits the creation of a fixed definition of
homosexuality. As one group of researchers stated
the problem:
Does a man who has homosexual sex in
prison count as a homosexual? Does a man
who left his wife of twenty years for a gay
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lover count as a homosexual or heterosexual?
Do you count the number of years he
spent with his wife as compared to his lover?
Does the married woman who had sex with
her college roommate a decade ago count?
Do you assume that one homosexual experience
defines someone as gay for all time? 128
Despite the difficulty in defining homosexuality,
the one thing that is clear is that those who
engage in same-sex practices or identify themselves
as gay, lesbian or bisexual constitute a
very small percentage of the population. The
most reliable studies indicate that 1-3 percent of
people and probably less than 2 percent consider
themselves to be gay, lesbian or bisexual,
or currently practice same-sex sex.129
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2 Becky Birtha, Gay Parents and the Adoption
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3 Ellen C. Perrin, et al., Technical Report: Coparent or
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4 Gabriel Rotello, Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of
Gay Men, p. 112, New York: Penguin Group, 1998 (quoting
gay writer Michael Lynch).
5 Alan P. Bell and Martin S. Weinberg, Homosexualities: A
study of Diversity Among Men and Women, p. 308, Table 7,
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6 Leon McKusick, et al., Reported Changes in the Sexual
Behavior of Men at Risk for AIDS, San Francisco, 1982-84
the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, Public Health
Reports, 100(6): 622-629, p. 625, Table 1 (November-
December 1985). In 1982 respondents reported an average
of 4.7 new partners in the prior month; in 1984, respondents
reported an average of 2.5 new partners in the prior month.
7 Increases in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea among
Men Who Have Sex with Men San Francisco, California,
1994-1997, Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, CDC,
48(03): 45-48, p. 45 (January 29, 1999).
8 This was evident by the late 80’s and early 90’s. Jeffrey A.
Kelly, PhD, et al., Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/
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9 A lesbian pastor made this assertion during a question
and answer session that followed a presentation the author
made on homosexual health risks at the Chatauqua
Institute in Western New York, summer 2001.
10 Paul Van de Ven, et al., Facts & Figures: 2000 Male Out
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11 Rotello, pp. 43-46.
12 Ibid., pp. 165-172.
13 Hoover, et al., Figure 3.
14 Basic Statistics, CDC Division of HIV/AIDS
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(Nearly 8% (50,066) of men with AIDS had sex with men
and used intravenous drugs. These men are included in
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15 Figures from a study presented at the Infectious Diseases
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19 The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)
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Gay Men Should Discuss with Their Health Care
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HIV/AIDS (Safe Sex), Substance Use, Depression/
Anxiety, Hepatitis Immunization, STDs, Prostate/
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20 R. R. Wilcox, Sexual Behaviour and Sexually
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