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== [[Causes of Homosexuality|Homosexuality has a number of causal factors]] that influence its origination in individuals; these factors will be addressed shortly. In addition, homosexuality has a variety of effects on individuals and [[society]]. Next, some of the historical events, [[Religion|religious]] matters, and [[law|legal]] matters relating to homosexuality will be covered. Finally, there is a [[Homosexuality Research|large body of research]] on the [[Causes of Homosexuality|causes]] and effects of homosexuality.==Biblical statements about homosexuality ==[[File:Prophet Moses.jpg|thumb|160px|left|The prophet [[Moses]] authored the book of [[Leviticus]] ]]For more information please see: [[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]] and [[Homosexuality and the Bible]] and [[Atheism and homosexuality]] and [[Atheism and the suppression of homosexuality]]

Below are several [[Causes of Homosexuality|Homosexuality has a number of causal factorsBible]] verses that influence its ultimate origination in individualscondemn homosexuality: * [[Leviticus]] 18:22 - You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; these factors will be addressed shortlyit is an abomination. In addition, homosexuality has * [[Leviticus]] 20:13 - If there is a variety man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of effects on individuals and them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their [[societyblood]]guiltiness is upon them. Next, some of the historical events, * [[Religion|religiousRomans]] matters, and 1:26-27 - For this reason [[law|legalGod]] matters relating gave them over to homosexuality degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 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.* [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A9-10&version=NASB I Corinthians 6:9-10] (NASB) - Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be covered. Finallydeceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the latter part covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I%20Timothy%201:8-11;&version=49; I Timothy 1:8-11 (NASB)] - "But we know that the 20th century has seen a [[Homosexuality ResearchMosaic Law|large body of researchLaw]] on is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and [[Causes of Homosexualitysin|causessinners]] , for the unholy and effects profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious gospel of homosexualitythe blessed [[God]], with which I have been entrusted."

===Homosexuality In addition, there are numerous other references that also condemn the lifestyle, such as 1 Kings 22:46 (NASB): "The remnant of the sodomites who remained in Nature=======Xenoestrogens the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land." [[Liberal]]s even hide additional disparaging references in the [[Bible]] to "homosexuals", by mistranslating the [[Greek]] and [[Hebrew]] slang for the term as "dogs" in [[Deuteronomy 18-25 (Translated)#23:18|Deuteronomy 23:18]], [[Epistle to the Philippians (Translated)#3:2|Philippians 3:2]], [[Psalms 21-30 (Translated)#22:20|Psalms 22:20]], and Xenoandrogens====[[Revelation 16-22#22:15|Revelation 22:15]].<ref>The Greek term for "dogs" as pets is completely different: κυνάριον (kunarion) [https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_2952.htm].</ref>

These chemicals are produced in quantities of billions of kg. per year, and are used prominently in cosmetics and pesticides such as [[diethylstilbestrol]] (DES) and [[DDT]] while appearing also in food and dust particles. When in the form of [[Phthalate|phthalates]] they can be widely used in plastics including children's toys, food and drink containers, and medical devices.<ref name=intersect>{{cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Bernard |last2= |first2= |date=2013Homosexuality -12-01 |title=The Intersection of Neurotoxicology and Endocrine Disruption |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458140/ |journal=Neurotoxicology |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=1410-1419 |doi=10.1016/j.neuro.2012.05.014 |pmid=22659293}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=He |first=Zhen |last2=Ferguson |first2=Sherry Ann |last3=Cui |first3=Li |last4=Greenfield |first4=Lazar John |last5=Paul3 |first5=Merle Gale |date=2013-10-15 |title=Development of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area and the influence of estrogen-like compounds |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4145994/ |journal=Neural Regen Res. |volume=8 |issue=29 |pages=2763–2774 |doi= |pmid=25206587}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Svechnikov |first=Konstantin |last2=Stukenborg |first2=Jan-Bernd |last3=Savchuck |first3=Iuliia |last4=Söder |first4=Olle |date=2014 |title=Similar causes of various reproductive disorders in early life |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3901882/ |journal=Asian Journal of Andrology |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=50-59 |doi=10.4103/1008-682X.122199 |pmid=24369133 }}</ref> Xenoestrogens and xenoandrogens alter the brain's [[sexual differentiation]] in a number of speciesGenetics, including ramsReligious Upbringing, ferretsCulture, zebra finches<ref>{{cite journal |last=Roselli |first=C.E. |last2=Stormshak |first2=F. |date=2009 |title=Prenatal Programming of Sexual Partner Preference |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2668810/ |journal=J. Neuroendocrinol |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=359-364 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01828.x |pmid=19207819}}</ref>, gulls, primates<ref name=intersect/>Abuse, and rodents<ref>{{cite journal |lastChoice =Matsuda |first=Ken Ichi |last2= |first2= |date=2014-10-28 |title=Epigenetic changes in the estrogen receptor α gene promoter: implications in sociosexual behaviors |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211403/ |journal=Front Neurosci |volume=8 |issue=344 |pages= |doi=10.3389/fnins.2014.00344 |pmid=25389384}}</ref>, resulting in the masculinization of female brains/behavior (e.g. 'lesbian gulls') and feminization of male brains/behavior.<ref name=intersect/>

According to Bernard Weiss, "disagreements arise partly from arguments about the roots of homosexuality, and about questions of gender identity and others that at one time would have seemed quite remote from neurotoxicology." Due to concern over environmental health risks including cancer, thinning of bald eagle eggshells, and reduced species reproduction, For more information please see: [[endocrine disruptionCauses of Homosexuality]] was the primary theme of the 27th International Neurotoxicology Conference.<ref name=intersect/>

===Cultural trend=======Gallup Polling====An October 2012 Gallup poll provided unprecedented demographic information about those who identify as LGBT, arriving at the conclusion that 3[[Image:325979 dna150.4% of all Ujpg|thumbnail|150px|left|[[Columbia University]] [[psychiatry]] professors Drs.S. adults identify as LGBT.<ref name=gallup>{{cite web |url=httpWilliam Byrne and Bruce Parsons stated://www.gallup.com/poll/158066/special-report-adults-identify-lgbt.aspx "There is no evidence that at present to substantiate a [[biology|title=Special Report: 3biological]] theory.4% [T]he appeal of Ucurrent biological explanations for sexual orientation may derive more from dissatisfaction with the present status of [[psychosocial]] explanations than from a substantiating body of experimental data".S. Adults Identify as LGBT |last1]]=Gates |first1=Gary J. |last2=Newport |first2Terminology=Frank |date=2012-10-18 |website=Homosexuality is sometimes also defined in terms of an attraction, preference, orientation, or [[Gallupsexual identity|identity]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> . The study term "orientation" is the nation's largest in counting LGBTparticularly favored by those who are promoting public acceptance of homosexuality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gallup"Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-survey-claims-34-percent-in-us-are-lgbt |title=Gallup survey claims 3.4 percent in U.S. are LGBT |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-18 |website=standing sentiment among many [[CBS NewsWestern World|Westerners]] |publisher=that homosexuality is immoral or [[Associated PressPathology|pathological]] |accessdate=2015." Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001-01-13}}<br>{{cite web |url=2005 [http://www.usatodaybartleby.com/story65/newsho/nation/2012/10/18/adults-lesbian-gay-bisexual/1642203 |title=New survey: 3homosexu.4% of U.S. adults are LGBT |last1=Jayson |first1=Sharon |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-19 |website=[[USA Todayhtml]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> If homosexuality was genetic there should be no distinctions across age, gender, education, and region. The fact that such distinctions exist show homosexuality is not genetic.

=====Age/Gender==Genetics and Claims of the immutability of homosexuality===''For more information please see'': [[Homosexuality and Genetics]]

Gallup found A common argument is that those 18-29 are twice as likely as those 30-49 an inclination to identify as LGBT in the United States (6homosexuality is inborn and immutable.4% to 3It is widely believed that the public will become more accepting of homosexuality if they are convinced that it is inborn and immutable.2%) For example, [[Neuroscience|neuroscientist]] and over three times as likely as those ages 65 or olderhomosexual Simon Levay stated: ". (6.4% to 1.9%) Women people who think that gays and lesbians are born that way are almost twice as also more likely to be LGBT as men are, 8support gay rights.3% to 4"<ref>[http://www.6%truenews.org/Homosexuality/homosexual_myths_and_facts.html Myths and facts about homosexuality]</ref name=gallup/> This is strong evidence that homosexuality is a cultural trend rather than genetic.

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" ! width="100"|Age/Gender! width="50"|Yes ! width="50"|No ! width="80"|Don't KnowEight major studies of identical twins in the United States, Australia and Scandinavia during the last two decades indicate that homosexuals were not born that way.<brref>Refused |[http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2013/06/identical- | '''18twin-29''' studies-prove-homosexuality-is-not-genetic/ Identical Twin Studies Prove Homosexuality is Not Genetic]</ref> [[Causes of Homosexuality|align="center"|6Research into the issue of the origins of homosexuality]] suggests that adoptive brothers are more likely to both be homosexuals than the biological brothers, who share half their [[gene]]s which suggests that homosexuality is not genetically caused.4% |align="center"|90.1% |align="center"|3.5% |- | <ref>(''Science'30-49'''|align="center"|3, Vol.2% |align="center"|93262, page 2063, December 24, 1993)</ref><ref>http://www.6% |align="center"|3trueorigin.2% |-| org/gaygene01.asp</ref> The past research on the cause or causes of homosexuality prompted the journal ''Science'50-64''' |align=to report "center"|2this .6% |align="center"|93.1% |align=. suggests that there is no genetic component, but rather an environmental component shared in families"center"|4.3% |-| <ref>(''Science'65+''' |align="center"|1, Vol.9% |align="center"|91262, page 2063, December 24, 1993)</ref><ref>http://www.5% |align="center"|6trueorigin.5% |-|colspan="4" align="center" height="20px"| |-| '''18-29org/gaygene01.asp</ref> However, Women''' |align="center"|8in regards to [[psychosocial]] and biological theories in regards to the origin of homosexuality, [[Columbia University]] [[psychiatry]] professors Drs.3% |align="centerWilliam Byrne and Bruce Parsons stated in 1994: "There is no evidence that at present to substantiate a [[biology|88biological]] theory.0% |align=[T]he appeal of current biological explanations for sexual orientation may derive more from dissatisfaction with the present status of psychosocial explanations than from a substantiating body of experimental data"center"|3.8% |-| '''18-29, Men''' |align="center"|4<ref>http://www.6% |align="center"|92cwfa.1% |align="center"|3org/images/content/bornorbred.3% |}pdf</ref>

=====EducationDr. Tahir I. Jaz, M.D., Winnipeg, Canada states: "The increasing claims of being "[[Homosexuality and Genetics|born that way]]" parallels the rising political activism of homosexual organizations, who politicize the issue of homosexual origins. In the 1970s, approximately ten percent of homosexuals claimed to be "born homosexual" according to a large scale survey....However, in a survey in the 1980s, with the homosexual rights movement increasingly becoming active, thirty-five percent claimed to be born that way.<ref>http:/Income=====/www.flyfishingdevon.co.uk/salmon/year2/hormones/tahir.htm</ref>

Gallup in surveying education ===Religious Upbringing and income levels arrived at the conclusion that "LGBT is highest among Americans with the lowest levels Culture Affecting Rates of education" Homosexuality===''For more information please see'': [[Religious Upbringing and "A similar pattern is found across income groups." While 3.5% Culture Affects Rates of those who have completed high school or less and 4.0% of those who have completed some college identify as LGBT, only 2.8% of college graduates and 3.2% of postgraduates do so. And while 5.1% of those with incomes below $24,000 identify as LGBT, 3.6% of those in the $24,000-$60,000 range do so, and 2.8% of those in both the $60,000-$90,000 and $90,000+ income brackets.<ref name=gallup/>Homosexuality]]

{Dr. Neil Whitehead is a research scientist and [[biochemistry| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" ! width="160"|Education Level! width="50"|Yes ! width="50"|No ! width="80"|Don't Knowbiochemist]] from [[New Zealand]] and his wife Briar Whitehead is a writer.<brref>Refused |- | '''High school or less''' |align="center"|3[https://www.5% |align="center"|90mygenes.3% |align="center"|6co.3% |- | nz/about_us.html About Us: My Genes Made Me Do It website ]</ref> Dr. Whitehead coauthored a book with with his wife entitled ''My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation'Some college'''|align=which argues that there is no [[gene]]tic determinism in regards to homosexuality (homosexuals are "centernot born that way"|4) and that there is abundant documentation that individuals are able to leave homosexuality and become heterosexuals.0% |align="center"|93<ref>http://www.2% mygenes.co.nz/download.htm</ref> |align="center"|2[[File:70810564 64d3a67932.8% jpg|-right| '''College graduate''' 170px|align="center"thumb|2.8% Homosexuality appears to be rare in [[Orthodox Judaism|align="center"|94Orthodox Jews]].7% ]]|align="center"|2Dr.6% Whitehead and Briar Whitehead declared:{{Cquote|If homosexuality were significantly influenced by [[gene]]s, it would appear in every culture, but in twenty-| '''Postgraduate education''' |align="center"|3nine of seventy-nine cultures surveyed by Ford and Beach in 1952, homosexuality was rare or absent.2% It was very rare in the Siriono, even though there were no prohibitions on homosexual relationships in that culture. The researcher observed only one man displaying slight homosexual traits but apparently not sexually involved with another man. Homosexuality appears to be rare among [[Orthodox Judaism|align="center"Orthodox Jews]] [Orthodox Judaism forbids homosexuality], so much so that learned rabbis, the interpreters of [[Judaism|94Jewish]] law, usually allowed men to sleep in the same bed, because likelihood of sexual contact was considered negligible.5% [[Alfred Kinsey|align="center"|2Kinsey]] also found very low homosexual incidence among Orthodox Jews...3% |-|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" ! width="160"|Income Level! width="50"|Yes ! width="50"|No ! width="80"|Don't Know<br>Refused |- | '''Under $24This evidence comes from missionaries who commonly spend 25 years of their lives living in one culture,000''' |align="center"|5far more than almost any anthropologist.1% |align="center"|92.2% |align="center"|2.7% |- | '''$24.Overall they can be considered as reliable witnesses. For example,000 in contrast to <$60groups like the Sambia in the [[New Guinea]] highlands,000'''|align="center"|where homosexuality was compulsory, only about 2-3percent of Western Dani (also in the New Guinea highlands) practiced it.6% |align="center"|95However, in another group of Dani who were genetically related, homosexuality was totally unknown.Missionaries report that when they were translating the [[Bible]] into Dani for this group, their tribal assistants, who knew their own culture intimately, were nonplused by references to homosexuality in [[Romans]] 1% |align="center"|1; they did not understand the concept.3% |-| '''$60Another missionary,000 with the same group for 25 years, overheard many jests and sexually ribald exchanges among the men, but never a single mention of homosexuality in all that time. When Dani went to <$90help with missionary work among the Sambia,000''' |align="center"|2they were astounded at some of the homosexual practices they saw for the first time.8% |align="center"|96Although it is always difficult for a foreigner to be completely sure whether a rare and stigmatized behavior exists, it is certainly true that if three such different experiences of homosexuality can occur in groups of people so closely related genetically, genetically enforced homosexuality is an impossibility.5% |align="center"|0<ref>[http://www.7% |-| '''$90,000+''' |align="center"|2mygenes.8% |align="center"|96co.4% |align="center"|0nz/download.8% |htm My Genes Made Me Do it -|a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead - Chapter 6]</ref>}}

===Prevalence of homosexuality going down in cultures that become more conservative ==Region====={{Main|Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality}}

The 2012 Gallup study discovered that LGBT identification is greater on the East and West coasts (3.7% and 3.6% resp.) than ''See also:'' [[Prevalence of homosexuality going down in the South (3.2%) or Midwest (3.4%).<ref name=gallup/> cultures that become more conservative]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" ! width="120According to a paper produced for the Young Historians Conference, "The [[Roman Empire]]’s transition from a polytheistic to [[Christianity|Region! width="50"Christian]] society corresponded with and likely contributed to its growing intolerance of homosexuality in social mores and written law; this aligns with the general trend that [[Polytheism|Yes ! width="50"polytheistic]] societies have freer attitudes toward sexuality than [[Monotheism|No ! width=monotheistic]] ones."80"|Don't Know<brref>Refused |- | '''South'''|align="center"|3[https://pdxscholar.2% |align="center"|92library.0% |align="center"|4pdx.8% |-| '''Midwest''' |align="center"|3edu/cgi/viewcontent.4% |aligncgi?article="center"|92.2% |align1074&context="center"|4.4% |-| younghistorians Christianity'''West''' |align="center"|3.6% |align="center"|92.7% |align="center"|3.7% |-| '''East''' |align="center"|3.7% |align="center"|91.8% |align="center"|4.5% |-|}s Influence on Attitudes toward Homosexuality in the Roman Empire] by Jennie Jiang</ref>

In 1994, Some areas of the book ''Sex in AmericaUnited States are more [[liberal]]/[[conservative]] than others. Gallup Organization data from 2013: A definitive survey'' by Robert T"The percentage of U. Michael, John HS. Gagnonadults who identify as lesbian, Edward O. Laumanngay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) ranges from 1.7% in North Dakota to 5.1% in Hawaii and Gina Kolata stated 10% in the following:{{Cquote|We discovered that people who were raised District of Columbia, according to Gallup surveys conducted from June-December 2012. Residents in large cities the District of Columbia were more most likely to be homosexual than people who were raised in suburbidentify as LGBT (10%). Among states, towns, or the countryside. This relationship also showed up highest percentage was in Hawaii (5.1%) and the General Social Surveylowest in North Dakota (1.7%), an independent national samplebut all states are within two percentage points of the nationwide average of 3.5%."<ref>[httphttps://wwwnews.ucmpagegallup.orgcom/articlespoll/jmiles9160517/lgbt-percentage-highest-lowest-north-dakota.html Sex aspx LGBT Percentage Highest in America: A definitive survey, Robert TD. Michael, John HC. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina KolataLowest in North Dakota], BostonGallup Organization, Little, Brown, 1994, page 182]2013</ref>}}[[File:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Destitute mother during the [[Great Depression]]. ]]The History.com article indicates:{{Cquote|On a Friday night in February 1926, a crowd of some 1,500 packed the Renaissance Casino in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood for the 58th masquerade and civil ball of Hamilton Lodge.

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''For more information please see'': With the end of Prohibition, the onset of the [[Homosexuality and GeneticsGreat Depression|Depression]]and the coming of World War II, LGBTQ culture and community began to fall out of favor. As Chauncey writes, a backlash began in the 1930s, as “part of a wider Depression-era condemnation of the cultural experimentation of the 20's, which many blamed for the economic collapse.”

A common argument is that an inclination to homosexuality is inborn The sale of liquor was legal again, but newly enforced laws and immutableregulations prohibited restaurants and bars from hiring gay employees or even serving gay patrons. It is widely believed that In the public will become more accepting mid- to late ‘30s, Heap points out, a wave of homosexuality if they are convinced that it is inborn and immutable. For examplesensationalized sex crimes “provoked hysteria about sex criminals, [[Neuroscience|neuroscientist]] and homosexual Simon Levay stated: "...people who think that gays were often—in the mind of the public and lesbians are born that way are also more likely to support in the mind of authorities—equated with gay rightsmen."<ref>[http://www.truenews.org/Homosexuality/homosexual_myths_and_facts.html Myths and facts about homosexuality]</ref>”

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Dr. Tahir I. JazBy the post-World War II era, M.D.a larger cultural shift toward earlier marriage and suburban living, Winnipeg, Canada states: "The increasing claims the advent of being "[[Homosexuality TV and Genetics|born that way]]" parallels the rising political activism of homosexual organizations, who politicize anti-homosexuality crusades championed by Joseph McCarthy would help push the issue flowering of homosexual origins. In gay culture represented by the 1970s, approximately ten percent of homosexuals claimed to be "born homosexual" according to a large scale survey....However, in a survey in Pansy Craze firmly into the 1980s, with the homosexual rights movement increasingly becoming active, thirtynation’s rear-five percent claimed to be born that way.<ref>http://www.flyfishingdevon.co.uk/salmon/year2/hormones/tahirview mirror.htm</ref>

In regards to the issue of [[Homosexuality and Choice|=== Martin Luther King viewed homosexuality and choice]], given the existence of [[ex-homosexuals]] and given the [[ Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality|existence of human cultures where homosexuality has apparently not existed]], the position that homosexuality is ultimately as a choice in individuals or at the very least can be a choice in individuals has strong evidential support. In short, there is a strong argument that one can [[Overcoming Homosexuality|leave homosexuality]]. problem ===

AlsoThe religious leader and [[civil rights]] leader [[Martin Luther King]] (MLK) never championed the [[homosexual agenda]]. In fact, in 2012 ABC News reported concerning actress Cynthia Nixon: MLK saw homosexuality as probably a culturally induced "Cynthia Nixon stands by her statement problem" and he believed that she is gay by choice, despite the backlash she’s received from members of the gay communityhomosexuals could become [[ex-homosexuals]]. (see: [[Overcoming homosexuality]])."<ref>[http://abcnewswww.gownd.com/blogs/entertainment/20122014/01/cynthiamlk-nixonhomosexuality-gaya-byproblem-with-a-choicesolution/ Cynthia NixonMLK: Gay by Choice?Homosexuality a 'problem' with a 'solution']</ref> In addition, given that the [[Homosexuality and Health|homosexual population has significantly higher rates of many diseases and the homosexual population also has significantly lower rates of various measures of mental health]] it can be strongly argued that engaging in homosexual acts is a bad choice for individuals. Another factor that makes engaging in homosexual acts a bad choice for individuals is the significantly higher rates of [[Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence|domestic violence in homosexual couples]]. In addition, according to experts [[Homosexuality and Murders|homosexual murders are relatively or quite common and often homosexual murders are very brutal]]. Also, the [[Homosexuality and Illegal Drug Use|homosexual population has a greater propensity to engage in illegal drug use]].

A 2003 poll done by Ellison Research King wrote in a 1958 column: “The type of [[Phoenix]]feeling that you have toward boys is probably not an innate tendency, [[Arizona]] stated but something that 82% of all [[United States|American]] [[Protestantism|Protestant]] ministers agreed with has been culturally acquired,” . “You are already on the statement “homosexuality is right road toward a solution, since you honestly recognize the problem and have a choice people make"desire to solve it.”<ref>[http://www.greymatterresearchwnd.com/index_files2014/Homosexuality.htm Opinions about 01/mlk-homosexuality - Grey Matter Consultinga-problem-with-a-solution/ MLK: Homosexuality a 'problem' with a 'solution']</ref>

== Biblical statements concerning = Rates of homosexuality : Childhoods in urban vs. non-urban areas ===[[File:Prophet Moses.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The prophet [[Moses]] authored In 1994, the book of [[Leviticus]] ]]{{Main|Homosexuality and biblical interpretation|Homosexuality ''Sex in America: A definitive survey'' by Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina Kolata stated the Bible|Atheism following: "We discovered that people who were raised in large cities were more likely to be homosexual than people who were raised in suburb, towns, or the countryside. This relationship also showed up in the General Social Survey, an independent national sample."<ref>''Sex in America: A definitive survey'' by Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and homosexualityGina Kolata, Boston, Little, Brown, 1994, page 182</ref>}}

Sound [[Bible Exegesis|Bible exegesis]] The aforementioned authors Dr. Whitehead and Bible exposition demonstrates that the Bible condemns homosexuality.<ref>[httpBriar Whitehead similarly wrote://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/romans_malick.pdf David E. Malick, "The Condemnation of Homosexuality in Romans 1:26-27," Bibliotheca Sacra 150: 599(1993): 327-340]<br/>[http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/homosexuality_corinthians6.pdf David E. Malick, “The Condemnation of Homosexuality in 1 Corinthians 6:9,” Bibliotheca Sacra 150: 600 (1993): 479-492]<br/>[http://www.phc.edu/gj_haas_hermen.php HERMENEUTICAL ISSUES IN THE USE OF THE BIBLE TO JUSTIFY THE ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUAL PRACTICE, Guenther Haas, Redeemer College]<br/>[http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj11h.pdf The Master's Seminary Journal (TMSJ), 11/2 (Fall 2000) 155-168 HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH, Alex D. Montoya (Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministries)]</ref>* [[Leviticus]] 18:22 - You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.* [[Leviticus]] 20:13 - If there There is a man who lies with a male as much higher incidence of homosexuality among those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their [[blood]] guiltiness is upon them.* [[Romans]] 1:26-27 - For this reason [[God]] gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnaturalbeen raised in large cities, and rather than in rural areas, arguing that 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 environment is much more powerful than genes in their own persons the due penalty development of their errorhomosexuality.* ["<ref>http://www.biblegatewaymygenes.com/passage/?search=I%20Corinthians%206:9;&version=31; I Corinthians 6:9] (NIV) - Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of Godco.*[http:nz//wwwsummary.biblegateway.comhtm</passage/?search=I%20Timothy%201:8-11;&version=49; I Timothy 1:8-11 (NASB)] - "But we know that the [[Mosaic Law|Law]] is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and [[sin|sinners]], for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious [[gospel]] of the blessed [[God]], with which I have been entrusted."ref>

In addition, [[Christianity|Christian]] apologist [[JP Holding]] refutes various arguments that assert that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality.<ref>http=== Homosexuality://www.tektonics.org/qt/romhom.html</ref><ref>http://tektonics.org/gk/genhom.html</ref><ref>http://www.tektonics.org/lp/lev18.html</ref><ref>http://www.tektonics.org/gk/gayjude.html</ref><ref>http://www.tektonics.org/gk/gaydavid.html</ref> In his essay which examines the biblical passages regarding homosexuality, Pastor and Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministries at [[The Master's Seminary]] Dr. [[Alex D. Montoya]] states that "The [[Christianity|Christian]] needs Experiments Fail to befriend and witness to thehomosexual with such [[love]], [[compassion]], and [[wisdom]] that such will respond to the saving [[grace]] of [[God]]."<ref>[http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj11h.pdf The Master's Seminary Journal (TMSJ), 11/2 (Fall 2000), page 169, HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH, Alex D. Montoya (Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministries)]</ref>Show Genetic Determinism ===

===City ''For more information please see'': [[Failure of Sodom===Experiments to Show Genetic Determinism For Homosexuality]]

The Dr. Dean Hamer is a researcher often cited to show that there is empirical data supporting the notion of genetic [[Bibledeterminism]] clearly associates the city of in regards to homosexuality. News organizations like [[SodomNational Public Radio]] with homosexuality (and [[Newsweek]] have done news stories regarding his work.<ref>[httphttps://www.biblegatewaythe-scientist.com/passagecritic-at-large/?search=Genesis%2019:4going-9;&version=49; Genesis 19:4beyond-9the-lab-37247 Going Beyond the Lab]), although ''The Scientist''</ref> In respect to the Bible associates other sins press trumpeting various findings genetics-of-behavior research uncritically the science journal ''Science'' stated the following in 1994: "Time and time again, scientists have claimed that particular genes or [[chromosome|chromosomal]] regions are associated with Sodom as wellbehavioral traits, only to withdraw their findings when they were not replicated. Claims that the primary reason for Sodom'Unfortunately,' says Yale's judgment was inhospitality [Dr. Joel] Gelernter, 'it's hard to come up with many' findings linking specific genes to complex human behaviors that have been replicated. ...All were announced with great fanfare; all were greeted unskeptically in the popular press; all are not Biblically supportednow in disrepute.'"<ref>http''Science'', 264://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5702<br/>http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/4801687 (1994)</ref>

The [[Gallup poll|Gallup Organization]] reported: "The Family Research Report says 'around 2-3% of men, and 2% of women, are homosexual or bisexual.'"<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/6961/what-percentage-population-gay.aspx What Percentage of the LORD rained on Sodom and Population Is Gay?] by Jennifer Robison, [[GomorrahGallup poll|Gallup Organization]] brimstone </ref> The U.S Department of Health and fire from Human Services reported: "While the LORD out percentage of [[heaven]], women and He overthrew those cities, men aged 18-44 years who reported they were either heterosexual or homosexual was similar (94% of women and all the valley, 96% of men said they were heterosexual while 1.1% of women and all the inhabitants 1.7% of the citiesmen said they were homosexual or gay), and what grew on the groundpercentage of women who reported they were bisexual was more than 3 times as high as men (3. 5% of women vs. 1.1% of men)."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130605104033/http://www.biblegatewayhhs.comgov/passageopa/?search=Genesis%2019:24pdfs/r-25;and-e-update-spring-2011.pdf OPA RESEARCH &version=49; Genesis 19EVALUATION UPDATE, January – March 2011], U.S Department of Health and Human Services]</ref><ref>[https:24//carm.org/percent-25population-homosexual Statistics on the percentage of the population that are homosexual and lesbian]by Matt Slick, [[CARM]]</ref>

[[Image:Martin destruction sodom640x422.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Destruction === Homosexuality and Choice ===In regards to the issue of [[SodomHomosexuality and Choice|homosexuality and choice]] by , given the existence of [[God]]ex-homosexuals]]The following was reported in respect to Dr. and given the [[Bryant Wood]]'s archaeological excavation Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Sodom:{{cquoteHomosexuality|Most intriguing was evidence existence of human cultures where homosexuality has apparently not existed]], the position that homosexuality is ultimately a massive fire had destroyed choice in individuals or at the city. It lay buried under very least can be a coating of ash several feet thickchoice in individuals has strong evidential support. A cemetery In short, there is a strong argument that one can [[kilometerOvercoming Homosexuality|leave homosexuality]] outside the city contained charred remains of roofs, posts, and bricks turned red from heat.

Dr. [[Bryant Wood]]Also, in describing these charnel houses, stated that a fire began on the roofs of these buildings. Eventually the burning roof collapsed into the interior and spread inside the building. This was the case in every house they excavated. Such a massive fiery destruction would match the biblical account that the city was destroyed 2012 ABC News reported concerning actress Cynthia Nixon: "Cynthia Nixon stands by fire her statement that rained down from heaven. Wood states, "The evidence would suggest that this site of Bab edh-Drha she is gay by choice, despite the biblical city backlash she’s received from members of Sodomthe gay community."<ref>[http://wwwabcnews.probego.orgcom/contentblogs/viewentertainment/312012/7701/ Archaeology and the Old Testament cynthia-nixon-gay-by Patrick Zukeran-choice/ Cynthia Nixon: Gay by Choice?]</ref>}}In addition, given that the [[Homosexuality and health|homosexual population has significantly higher rates of many diseases and the homosexual population also has significantly lower rates of various measures of mental health]], it can be strongly argued that engaging in homosexual acts is a bad choice for individuals.

Dr. Wood provides some additional material Another other factor that makes engaging in relation to homosexual acts a bad choice for individuals is the find being the biblical city significantly higher rates of Sodom.<ref>[http://www.johnankerberg.com/Articles/_PDFArchives/science/SC3W0903.pdf The Discovery of the Sin Cities of Sodom [Homosexual Couples and Gomorrah, Part 1 of 2Domestic Violence|domestic violence in homosexual couples]]</ref><ref>[http://www.johnankerberg In addition, according to experts [[Homosexuality and Murders|homosexual murders are relatively or quite common and often homosexual murders are very brutal]].com/Articles/_PDFArchives/science/SC3W1003.pdf The Discovery of Also, the Sin Cities of Sodom [[Homosexuality and Gomorrah—Part 2Illegal Drug Use|homosexual population has a greater propensity to engage in illegal drug use]</ref>].

== Homosexuality - Genetics=Immutability===Immutability is the inability of a thing to be changed. For example, Religious Upbringingit is impossible to change a dog into a cat. Likewise, Cultureit is impossible to change one's [[race]], Sexual Abuse, and Choice ==although with makeup or plastic surgery has made it possible to alter one's racial appearance. The immutability of membership in a group is an important consideration in determining the level of scrutiny given to a law against that group under the [[Equal Protection Clause]].

For more information please see: There has been much debate over whether homosexuality is immutable despite the existence of [[Causes ex-homosexuals]]. Often the argument is made that it's either genetically determined (and thus immutable), or that it is entirely a matter of Homosexualitychoice. Given this dichotomy, the premise that "I didn't choose to be gay" yields the conclusion that it must be genetically determined. However, the search for a "[[gay gene]]" has proved elusive. Many others, including most scientists, have a much less 'black and white' view. They propose that it is determined by a complex interaction of many factors, some of which could be genetic, but probably also include psychological, environmental and cognitive factors, and is shaped at a very early age.

[[ImageSimon LeVay wrote:325979 dna150"It's important to stress what I didn't find.jpg|thumbnail|150px|left|[[Columbia University]] [[psychiatry]] professors DrsI did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. William Byrne and Bruce Parsons stated: "There is no evidence I didn't show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain. ... Since I look at present to substantiate a adult brains, we don't know if the differences I found were there at birth or if they appeared later."<ref name="byrd">[[biology|biological]] theoryhttps://www.thenewatlantis. [T]he appeal of current biological explanations for com/publications/part-one-sexual -orientation may derive more -sexuality-and-gender Sexuality and Gender Findings from dissatisfaction with the present status Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences, ''The New Atlantis'' (journal of [[psychosocial]] explanations than from a substantiating body of experimental data".]technology and society)]</ref>

===Terminology= Neuroscience ====Homosexuality is sometimes also defined in terms of an attraction, preference, orientation, or [[sexual identity|identity]]. The term "orientation" is particularly favored by those who are promoting public acceptance of homosexuality.<ref>"Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing sentiment among many [[Western World|Westerners]] that homosexuality is immoral or [[Pathology|pathological]]." Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001-2005 [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/homosexu.html]</ref>

The religious leader and [[civil rights]] leader [[Martin Luther King]] (MLK) never championed :For decades, the [[homosexual agenda]]. In factprevailing dogma in neuroscience was that the adult human brain is essentially immutable, MLK saw homosexuality as probably a culturally induced "problem" hardwired, fixed in form and he believed function, so that homosexuals could become [[ex-homosexuals]]. (see: [[Overcoming homosexuality]])by the time we reach adulthood we are pretty much stuck with what we have.<ref>[http://wwwcontent.wndtime.com/2014time/01magazine/mlk-homosexuality-a-problem-with-a-solutionarticle/ MLK0,9171,1580438,00.html ''The Brain: Homosexuality a How The Brain Rewires Itself'problem' with a ], ''Time magazine'solution']</ref>

King wrote in a 1958 column: “The type of feeling that you have toward boys is probably not an innate tendency, but something that has been culturally acquired,” . “You are already on the right road toward a solution, since you honestly recognize the problem ===== Frontal lobe injury and have a desire to solve it.”<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/mlk-homosexuality-a-problem-with-a-solution/ MLK: Homosexuality a 'problem' with a 'solution']</ref>=====

===Failure ''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and frontal lobe injury]] and [[Religiosity and larger frontal lobes]] and [[Atheism and the brain|Atheism and brain function]][[File:Cerebrum lobes.svg.png|thumbnail|200px|right|Graphic of Experiments cerebral lobes. Light brown section of the graphic depicts the area of the frontal lobe. (Click on graphic to Show Genetic Determinism For Homosexuality===enlarge)]]The [[frontal lobe]] plays a role in controlling sexual behavior.<ref>[http://www.neuroskills.com/brain-injury/frontal-lobes.php Frontal lobes], The Centre for Neuro Skills</ref><ref>[http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/frontal-lobe/male Frontal lobe], Healthline.com</ref>

According to the 2007 medical journal article (and its abstract) entitled ''For more information please seeNeurological control of human sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies'' which was published in the ''Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry'': [[Failure {{cquote|We review the human literature examining the effects of Experiments neurological insult on human sexual behaviour. We provide a synthesis of the findings to Show Genetic Determinism For Homosexuality]]date, and identify key brain regions associated with specific aspects of human sexual behaviour. These include subcortical and cortical regions, with the mesial temporal lobe and the amygdala in particular being a crucial structure in the mediation of human sexual drive...

Dr. Dean Hamer is a researcher often cited Disinhibited sexual behaviour has been reported following damage to show that there is empirical data supporting the notion of genetic [[determinism]] in regards to homosexuality. News organizations like [[National Public Radio]] and [[Newsweek]] have done news stories regarding his work.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/istheregene.html</ref> In respect to frontal lobes, particularly the press trumpeting various findings genetics-orbitofrontal region of-behavior research uncritically the science journal ''Science'' stated the following in 1994:{{Cquote|Time and time again, scientists have claimed that particular genes or [[chromosome|chromosomal]] regions are associated with behavioral traits, only to withdraw their findings when they were not replicated. "Unfortunately," says Yale's [Dr. Joel] Gelernter, "it's hard to come up with many" findings linking specific genes to complex human behaviors that have been replicated. "...All were announced with great fanfare; all were greeted unskeptically in the popular press; all are now in disrepute."<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/istheregene.html Mann, C. Genes and behaviorlimbic system. Science 264:1687 (1994)]</ref>}}

===Immutability===Immutability is Kolarsky and colleagues54 examined the inability relationships between “sexual deviation”, age of lesion onset and localisation of lesion (temporal vs extratemporal). The authors defined two diagnostic categories: (1) “sexual deviation”, involving a thing to be changed. For deviation of sexual object (for example, it is impossible to change a dog into a catpaedophilia). LikewiseHomosexuality was included in this category, it is impossible which would now be considered inappropriate, and (2) “sexual disturbances other than deviations”, including orgasm in response to stimuli unrelated to change onethe subject's [[race]]sexual preference, although with makeup or plastic surgery has made it possible to alter one's racial appearancehypersexuality and hyposexuality.. The immutability of membership in a group is an important consideration in determining the level of scrutiny given to a law against that group under the [[Equal Protection Clause]].

====Gender An association between temporal lobe abnormalities and homosexuality==== There paedophilia has been much debate over whether [[homosexuality]] is immutable despite the existence of [[ex-homosexuals]]. Often the argument is made that it's either genetically determined (and thus immutable), or that it is entirely a matter of choice. Given this dichotomy, the premise that "I didn't choose to be gay" yields the conclusion that it must be genetically determined. However, the search for a "[[gay gene]]" has proved elusive. Many others, including most scientists, have a much less 'black and white' view. They propose that it is determined reported by a complex interaction of many factors, some of which could be genetic, but probably also include psychological, environmental Mendez and cognitive factors, and is shaped at a very early age. Simon LeVay wrote:"It's important to stress what I didn't find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain. ... Since I look at adult brains, we don't know if the differences I found were there at birth or if they appeared latercolleagues."<ref name="byrd">Byrd, A. Dean, Shirley E. Cox, and Jeffrey W. Robinson (May 27, 2001), [http://www.sltribncbi.com/2001/may/05272001/commenta/100523nlm.htm Homosexuality: The Innate-Immutability Argument Finds No Basis in Sciencenih.] ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]''</ref> ====Neuroscience==== :Before 1960, the brain was considered by scientists to be immutable, subject only to genetic control.<ref> [http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizonsgov/Neurosciencespmc/articles/Response%20of%20the%20Brain%20to%20EnrichmentPMC2117556/ Response Neurological control of the Brain to Enrichmenthuman sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies] - Marian Cleeves Diamond, Johns Hopkins School of Education</ref> :For decades, the prevailing dogma in neuroscience was that the adult human brain is essentially immutable, hardwired, fixed in form and function, so that by the time we reach adulthood we are pretty much stuck with what we haveJ Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.<ref> [http2007 Oct; 78(10)://content1042–1049.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00.html#ixzz2dHoDF56u Time magazine]</ref>}}

In respect to Peter LaBarbera's statement above regarding homosexuals overcoming homosexuality through the power of God, in 1980 a study was published in the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' and eleven men participated in this study. The aforementioned study in the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' stated that eleven homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] church.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7435713 E.M. Pattison and M.L. Pattison, "'Ex-Gays': Religiously Mediated Change in Homosexuals," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 137, pp. 1553-1562, 1980]</ref> The [[Apostle Paul]] in a letter to the church of [[Corinth]] indicated that [[Christianity|Christians]] were able to overcome being drunkards homosexuals through the power of [[Jesus Christ]] (I Corinthians 6:9-11).  === Ex-homosexuals in the sexology literature ===

=== Hate Crime Law Misapplied to Ex-homosexual === See: [[David OttHate Crime Law Misapplied to Ex-homosexual]] is a former homosexual who was accused of a hate crime for verbally disagreeing on the subject of homosexuality.

{{Main|''See also:'' [[Denials that ex-homosexuals exist}}]]

==Health Effects of Homosexual LifestyleAnti-Homosexuality Blogs=={{MainTwo of the more popular [[Anti-homosexuality blogs|Homosexuality anti-homosexuality blogs]] are [[Americans For Truth]] and health|[[Gay bathhouses}}===Sexually Transmitted Diseases===Christian Movement Watch]]. The blog Americans For Truth is run by [[Peter LaBarbera]] and the blog Gay Christian Movement Watch is run by Pastor D.L. Foster.

[[Sexually transmitted disease]]s that cause [[proctitis]] include [[syphilis]], [[gonorrhea]], [[Lymphogranuloma Venereum|lymphogranuloma venereum]], and [[amebiasis]] and as noted earlier the homosexual community has significant problems in regards == Homosexual Men Seeking to these illnesses.<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/proctitis/DS00705/DSECTIONBecome Ex-homosexuals Often Do So to Heal Emotional Pain or For Spiritual Reasons=3</ref> <ref>http=A [https://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001139.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mercklifesitenews.com/mmhenews/sec09/ch130/ch130fsurvey-finds-men-seek-to-leave-homosexual-lifestyle-to-heal-emotional-pain 2006 survey] finds [[Homosexual Men|homosexual men]] seek to leave homosexual lifestyle to heal emotional pain and for spiritual reasons rather than outside pressure.html</ref> In addition, as mentioned earlier proctitis significant risk factor in respect to there is [[HIVHomosexuality and Mental Health|other data that supports the above 2006 survey findings]] infection.<ref>[http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide - duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome]</ref><ref>[httpImage://wwwFacProfilemontoya.medscapejpg‎|right|150px|thumb|Dr.com/viewarticle/470936_4 Medscape - New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"]</ref> According to the Mayo Clinic, "proctitis in general mainly affects adult males".<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/proctitis/DS00705</ref> [[ProctitisAlex D. Montoya]], wrote:"The [[syphilisChristianity|Christian]], needs to befriend and witness to the homosexual with such [[gonorrhealove]], [[Lymphogranuloma Venereum|lymphogranuloma venereumcompassion]], and [[amebiasiswisdom]] are all maladies that are associated with such will respond to the saving [[Gay Bowel Syndrome|gay bowel syndromegrace]] which why John G. Bartlett, M.D. stated at the Johns Hopkins HIV Guide website and at of [[MedscapeGod]] that gay bowel syndrome is still currently an issue."<ref>[http://www.hopkins-hivguidetms.orgedu/literature_reviewtmsj/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrometmsj11h.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide - duplicate of Medscapepdf The Master's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome]<Seminary Journal (TMSJ), 11/ref><ref>http://www2 (Fall 2000), page 169, HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH, Alex D.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4Montoya (Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministries)]</ref>]]

==Homosexuality and the Bible==AIDS===={{Main|Teenage homosexuality|Teenage AIDS}}

In 2019, the [[Center for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) website declared:{{Cquote|Gay and bisexual mena are the population most affected by HIV in the United States. In 2016, gay and bisexual men accounted for 67% of the 40,324 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and 6 dependent areas. Approximately 492,000 sexually active gay and bisexual men are at high risk for HIV...<ref>HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men, Center for Disease Control and Prevention website, Accessed February 2, 2019, CDC website is at https://www.cdc.gov</ref>}} In September of 2010, [[Reuters]] reported: "Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it".<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/23/us-aids-usa-idUSTRE68M3H220100923</ref> A September 2010 report of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) reported : "Gay, [[bisexual]], and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent approximately 2% of the US population, yet are the population most severely affected by [[HIV]] and are the only risk group in which new HIV infections have been increasing steadily since the early 1990s. In 2006, MSM accounted for more than half (53%) of all new HIV infections in the United States..."<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htmA September 2010 report of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]</ref>

In 2004, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Robert Kohn, and Charlotte Kent reported in the journal ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'' the following: "[[Proctitis]], or inflammation of the rectum, is a condition that is not uncommon among men who have sex with men (MSM), and, in HIV-negative men, greatly increases the risk of acquiring [[HIV]] infection. With the recent increases in bacterial sexually transmitted diseases ([[STD]]s) among MSM in the [[United States]] and [[Europe]], there has been a concomitant increase in the number of cases of clinical proctitis."<ref>[http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/38/2/300.abstract Jeffrey D. Klausner, Robert Kohn, and Charlotte Kent, Etiology of Clinical Proctitis among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004;38:300-302]</ref> On March 15, 2004 [[Medscape]] published an article by the noted HIV/AIDS specialist [[John G. Bartlett]], M.D. entitled ''New Look at "[[Gay bowel syndrome|Gay Bowel Syndrome]]"'' in which they commented on the aforementioned 2004 journal article ''Etiology of clinical proctitis among men who have sex with men'' published by JD Klausner and C. Kent in the journal ''Clinical Infectious Diseases''. The article in Medscape stated the following:{{cquote|There were multiple studies of the newly recognized "[[Gay Bowel Syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]]" in the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, subsequent attention and study has been sparse, in part attributed to reduced frequency thought to reflect changing practices by gay men in response to the [[HIV]] epidemic. This study clearly indicates that it is still an issue, since the cases were studied in 2001-2002. Also, the etiology is about the same as previously, although [[HSV]] is newly recognized as an important component. This finding not only affects management but also has HIV prevention implications. The authors note that two thirds of the participants were HIV negative and that proctitis increases the risk of HIV by up to 9-fold.<ref>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4</ref>}}

The article in Medscape on gay bowel syndrome indicated:{{cquote|There were multiple studies of the newly recognized "[[Gay bowel syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]]" in the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, subsequent attention and study has been sparse, in part attributed to reduced frequency thought to reflect changing practices by gay men in response to the [[HIV]] epidemic. This study clearly indicates that it is still an issue, since the cases were studied in 2001-2002. Also, the etiology is about the same as previously, although [[HSV]] is newly recognized as an important component. This finding not only affects management but also has HIV prevention implications. The authors note that two thirds of the participants were HIV negative and that proctitis increases the risk of HIV by up to 9-fold.<ref>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4</ref>}} The [[Johns Hopkins Hospital|Johns Hopkins]] HIV Guide website has featured a duplicate of the aforementioned article by [[John G. Bartlett]], M.D. at Medscape which was entitled ''New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120130223/http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide , review of the literature - essentially duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome], 2004, Wayback machine</ref><ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/10/15/conservapedia-examines-gay-bowel-syndrome-homosexual-activists-lobby-against-term/ Johns Hopkins HIV Guide which was a duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome] cited by journalist [[Peter LaBarbera]] at [[Americans for Truth]]</ref><ref>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4</ref> In 2014, the medical journal ''Current Opinion in Infectious Disease'' published a journal article entitled '''Gay bowel syndrome': relic or real (and returning) phenomenon?'' whose abstract indicated:{{Cquote|Purpose of Review: This article aims to review the term 'gay bowel syndrome', including the recent research looking at increased rates of bowel infections in men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly in light of the recent Shigella outbreaks in MSM in London and New York, and considers whether 'gay bowel syndrome' is a syndrome that really exists and is worthy of further research and specific treatment, or whether the term continues to be obsolete and not useful. Recent findings: ...there seems to be a clustering of diseases in certain high-risk groups, especially those in urban areas with multiple sexual partners, recreational drug use, and possible concomitant HIV infection. Summary: All healthcare practitioners (including non-sexual health/HIV specialists) need to consider careful and thorough history taking (including sexual history) to identify those at risk.<ref>[https://journals.lww.com/co-infectiousdiseases/Abstract/2014/02000/_Gay_bowel_syndrome____relic_or_real__and.13.aspx 'Gay bowel syndrome': relic or real (and returning) phenomenon?] by Cooper F1, Barber T., ''Current Opinion in Infectious Disease'', 2014 Feb;27(1):84-9. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000032.</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24335755 'Gay bowel syndrome': relic or real (and returning) phenomenon?] by Cooper F1, Barber T., ''Current Opinion in Infectious Disease'', 2014 Feb;27(1):84-9. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000032., PubMed</ref>}}

====SyphilisTeenage AIDS and Teenage homosexuality ==== See: [[Teenage homosexuality]] and [[Teenage AIDS]] === Homosexuality and proctitis === ''See also'': [[Homosexuality and proctitis]] According to the [[Mayo Clinic]], [[proctitis]] is an "inflammation of the lining of the rectum... Sexually transmitted diseases are the most common cause, but other causes include inflammatory bowel diseases, such as ulcerative colitis, and non-sexually transmitted infections."<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/proctitis/DS00705</ref> [[Sexually transmitted disease]]s that cause proctitis include [[gonorrhea]], [[syphilis]], cytomegalovirus, [[herpes]], [[chlamydia]], lymphogranuloma venereum, and [[amebiasis]].<ref>http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001139.htm</ref><ref>http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch130/ch130f.html</ref> According to the Mayo Clinic, "proctitis in general mainly affects adult males".<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/proctitis/DS00705</ref> In 2009, the abstract for the medical journal article ''Sexually transmitted infections as a cause of proctitis in men who have sex with men'' which was published in the medical journal ''Diseases of the Colon & Rectum'' declared: "Many men who have sex with men (MSM) present with complaints of bleeding, pain, and inflammation... Sexually transmitted infections are a common cause of proctitis and appropriate testing is imperative. Lymphogranuloma venereum is a common cause."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19333054 ''Sexually transmitted infections as a cause of proctitis in men who have sex with men''], Davis TW1, Goldstone SE., Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 Mar;52(3):507-12. doi: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819ad537.</ref> === Homosexuality and Syphilis ===

 ''See also'': [[Homosexuality and Syphilis|Homosexuality and syphilis]] [[Syphilis]] is an infection caused by the [[bacteria]] Treponema pallidum. An early publication to propose the link between homosexuality contributing to the spread of sexually transmitted disease was the [[England|English]] publication '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' in 1962. <ref>[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1896863 A.J. King, The Complications of Homosexuality, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 55 October 1962]</ref> The '' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine'' made the following statement: "The importance of homosexual practices in the spread of [[Venereal Disease|venereal disease]]s has attracted particular attention recently. It almost seems that these practices are keeping [[syphilis]] alive in this country." <ref>[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1896863 A.J. King, The Complications of Homosexuality, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 55 October 1962]</ref>  The [[Center for Disease Control and Prevention]] reported:{{Cquote|Between 2016 and 2017, the number of reported primary and secondary (P&S) cases in the United States increased by 10.5%, and there were 30,644 P&S syphilis cases reported in 2017. Most (58%) of these cases were among MSM.<ref>Syphilis & MSM (Men Who Have Sex With Men) - CDC Fact Sheet, taken from the CDC website on February 2, 2019</ref>}}

====Homosexuality and Gonorrhea====

===Homosexuality and Lymphogranuloma Venereum Outbreaks=Hepatitis== See: [[Homosexuality and lymphogranuloma venereum]] === Homosexuality and Parasites ===[[Image:Ehistolytica05.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Throughout the world, high rates of intestinal [[parasite|parasitism]] are found in men who have sex with men.]] Concerning the issue of [[Homosexuality and Parasites|homosexuality and parasites]], &#97;&#110;&#97;&#108; &#115;&#101;&#120; can be an important risk factor for [[Intestines|intestinal]] [[Parasite|parasitism]].<ref>[http://www.springerlink.com/content/jx13231641717w48/ Intestinal Parasitism among Homosexual Male], ''Sexuality and Disability'' by Viroj Wiwanitki, June 2006, Volume 24, Issue 2, pp 113–115</ref> The abstract for the 2017 ''[[Eurosurveillance]]'' journal article ''Outbreak of intestinal amoebiasis among men who have sex with men, Barcelona (Spain), October 2016 and January 2017'' indicates:{{Cquote|[[Entamoeba histolytica]] has been recently recognised as an emerging sexually transmissible pathogen in men who have sex with men (MSM), causing sporadic outbreaks in countries where it is not endemic.<ref>[https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.30.30581 'Outbreak of intestinal amoebiasis among men who have sex with men, Barcelona (Spain), October 2016 and January 2017''], ''[[Eurosurveillance]]'', 2017</ref>}} In 2006, the ''[[The Medical Journal of Australia]]'' reported the following:{{cquote|High rates of intestinal parasitism are found in MSM [men who have sex with men] throughout the world.  [[Amebiasis|Amoebiasis]] has become endemic in MSM in [[Japan]] and causes significant morbidity and mortality; complications such as colitis and liver abscesses occur more frequently in homosexual and bisexual men than in heterosexual men. Similar findings on amoebiasis are reported from [[Taiwan]], with MSM at increased risk for invasive amoebiasis and intestinal colonisation with [[Entamoeba Histolytica|E. histolytica]].<ref>[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/185_08_161006/sta10803_fm.html ''Letter to the editor - Locally acquired infection with Entamoeba histolytica in men who have sex with men in [[Australia]]'', Damien J Stark, Rashmi Fotedar, John T Ellis and John L Harkness, MJA 2006; 185 (8): 417]</ref>}} In 2001, The journal ''Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)'' published an article entitled ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome'' in which they stated the following the following:{{cquote|While the overall prevalence of [[amebiasis]] is approximately 4% in the [[United States]], certain high-risk groups have a much higher incidence of infection and [[disease]]. Prevalence of [[Entamoeba Histolytica|E. historylitica]] or [[Entamoeba Dispar|E. dispar]] in the gay population of [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]] approached 40-50% . Some Japanese literature also showed homosexual contact was an important risk factor for amebic infection.<ref>[http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/jnlpdf.php?cdjournal=internalmedicine1992&cdvol=40&noissue=7&startpage=563&lang=en&from=jnlabstract Amano K, Takeuchi T., ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome''. Intern Med. 2001 Jul;40(7):563-4]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=11506293&ordinalpos=11&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Amano K, Takeuchi T., ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome''. Intern Med. 2001 Jul;40(7):563-4]</ref>}} ===Higher Rates of Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, and Amebiases Elaborated=== [[Sexually transmitted disease]]s that cause [[proctitis]] include [[syphilis]], [[gonorrhea]], [[Lymphogranuloma Venereum|lymphogranuloma venereum]], and [[amebiasis]] and as noted earlier the homosexual community has significant problems in regards to these illnesses.<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/proctitis/basics/causes/con-20027855</ref> In addition, as mentioned earlier proctitis significant risk factor in respect to [[HIV]] infection.<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/10/15/conservapedia-examines-gay-bowel-syndrome-homosexual-activists-lobby-against-term/ Johns Hopkins HIV Guide which was a duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome] cited by journalist [[Peter LaBarbera]] at [[Americans for Truth]]</ref><ref>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4</ref> According to the Mayo Clinic, "proctitis in general mainly affects adult males".<ref>http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/proctitis/DS00705</ref> [[Proctitis]], [[syphilis]], [[gonorrhea]], [[Lymphogranuloma Venereum|lymphogranuloma venereum]], and [[amebiasis]] are all maladies that are associated with [[Gay bowel syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]] which why John G. Bartlett, M.D. stated at the Johns Hopkins HIV Guide website and at [[Medscape]] that gay bowel syndrome is still currently an issue.<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/10/15/conservapedia-examines-gay-bowel-syndrome-homosexual-activists-lobby-against-term/ Johns Hopkins HIV Guide which was a duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome] cited by journalist [[Peter LaBarbera]] at [[Americans for Truth]]</ref><ref>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4</ref> ===Homosexuality and Hepatitis===[[Image:Hepatitis-c(1).gif‎|thumbnail|225px205px|right|Hepatitis C Virus]]

Viral hepatitis is one of the illnesses of [[Gay Bowel Syndromebowel syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]].

===Homosexuality and Shigellosis =MRSA====[[Image:Mrsa_4.jpg‎|thumbnail|225px|right|In 2008, the ''Annals of Internal Medicine'' reported that infection with multidrug-resistant USA300 MRSA is common among men who have sex with men, and multidrug-resistant MRSA infection might be sexually transmitted in this population.]]In relation to [[Homosexuality and MRSA|homosexuality and MRSA]], on January 15, 2008 the newspaper [[San Francisco Chronicle]] had a news article entitled ''[[San Francisco]] gay community an epicenter for new strain of virulent staph.'' The [[San Francisco Chronicle]] news article stated the following in regards to homosexuality and [[MRSA]]:{{Cquote|A new variety of staph bacteria, highly resistant to antibiotics and possibly transmitted by sexual contact, is spreading among gay men in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles, researchers reported Monday.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/MNI5UE0L8.DTL</ref>}}

On February 19, 2008 the ''Annals of Internal MedicineSee also:'' published a study regarding antiobiotic resistant staph infection in relation to men who have sex with men [[Homosexuality and the abstract for the article states the following in relation to homosexuality and MRSA: {{Cquote|Infection with multidrug-resistant USA300 MRSA is common among men who have sex with men, and multidrug-resistant MRSA infection might be sexually transmitted in this population.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18283202?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref>}}shigellosis]]

====Lymphogranuloma Venereum Outbreaks====[[Lymphogranuloma VenereumImage:Gech 0001 0004 0 img0247.jpg|Lymphogranuloma venereumthumbnail|180px|right|[[Shigella]] is a [[sexually transmitted diseasebacteria]] that mainly infects the cause [[lymphatic system|lymphaticsshigellosis]]].<ref>http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic304.htm</ref> According to the recent medical literature, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Gay_Bowel_Syndrome#Lymphogranuloma_Venereum_Outbreaks_Among_Homosexuals_and_HIV_Infection there have been recent outbreaks of lymphogranuloma venereum in Europe and North America and the outbreaks have been limited to the homosexual community.]

===Parasites ===[[Image:Ehistolytica05.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Throughout the world, high rates of intestinal [[parasiteMSM (Medical term)|parasitismMSM]] are found in is a medical abbreviation for men who have sex with men.]] Concerning the issue of [[Homosexuality and Parasites|homosexuality and parasites]], &#97;&#110;&#97;&#108; &#115;&#101;&#120; can be an important risk factor for [[Intestines|intestinal]] [[Parasite|parasitism]].<ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/jx13231641717w48/</ref>

In 2006, the ''The [[The Medical Journal of AustraliaCenter for Disease Control and Prevention]]'' reported the following(CDC) indicates:{{cquoteCquote|High rates of intestinal parasitism are found in *Many shigellosis outbreaks among MSM [men who have sex with men] throughout been reported in the worldUnited States, Canada, Tokyo, and Europe since 1999.

[[Amebiasis|Amoebiasis]] has become endemic in *MSM in [[Japan]] and causes significant morbidity and mortality; complications such as colitis and liver abscesses occur are more frequently in homosexual and bisexual men likely than in heterosexual men. Similar findings on amoebiasis are reported from [[Taiwan]], others to get infected with MSM at increased risk for invasive amoebiasis and intestinal colonisation with [[Entamoeba Histolytica|E. histolytica]].<ref>[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/185_08_161006/sta10803_fm.html ''Letter Shigella that is resistant to two antibiotics commonly used to the editor - Locally acquired infection with Entamoeba histolytica in men treat adults who have sex with men in [[Australia]]'', Damien J Stark, Rashmi Fotedar, John T Ellis and John L Harkness, MJA 2006; 185 (8): 417]</ref>}} In 2001, The journal ''Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)'' published an article entitled ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome'' in which they stated the following the following:{{cquote|While the overall prevalence of [[amebiasis]] is approximately 4% in the [[United States]], certain high-risk groups have a much higher incidence of infection and [[disease]]. Prevalence of [[Entamoeba Histolytica|E. historylitica]] or [[Entamoeba Dispar|E. dispar]] in the gay population of [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]] approached 40-50% . Some Japanese literature also showed homosexual contact was an important risk factor for amebic infection.<ref>[http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/jnlpdfshigellosis.php?cdjournal=internalmedicine1992&cdvol=40&noissue=7&startpage=563&lang=en&from=jnlabstract Amano KTherefore, Takeuchi TMSM who get shigellosis may need to see their healthcare providers repeatedly before receiving treatments that will work.Additionally, ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome''. Intern Med. 2001 Jul;40(7):563-4]<br>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=11506293&ordinalpos=11&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Amano K, Takeuchi T., ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome''. Intern Medthey may require injectable antibiotics rather than antibiotics that can be taken by mouth. 2001 Jul;40(7):563-4]</ref>}}

===Shigellosis===[[Image:Gech 0001 0004 0 img0247*HIV-infected persons can have more severe and prolonged shigellosis, including having the infection spread into the blood, which can be life-threatening.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|<ref>[[Shigella]] [[bacteria]] cause [[shigellosis]]]]Men who have sex with men (MSM) [httphttps://www.conservapediacdc.comgov/Gay_Bowel_Syndrome#Shigellosisshigella/msm.2C_Proctitis.2C_and_HIV_Infection appear to have a greater incidences of the malady shigellosis]. Shigellosis is a condition associated with [[html Shigella Infections among Gay Bowel Syndrome|gay bowel syndrome& Bisexual Men]]., excerpt from PDF downloaded on February 2, 2019</ref>}}

===Homosexuality and MRSA===[[Image:Mrsa_4.jpg‎|thumbnail|205px|right|In 2008, the ''Annals of Internal Medicine'' reported that infection with multidrug-resistant USA300 MRSA is common among men who have sex with men, and multidrug-resistant MRSA infection might be sexually transmitted in this population.]]In relation to [[Homosexuality and MRSA|homosexuality and MRSA]], on January 15, 2008 the newspaper [[San Francisco Chronicle]] had a news article entitled ''[[San Francisco]] gay community an epicenter for new strain of virulent staph.''<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/MNI5UE0L8.DTL</ref> The [[San Francisco Chronicle]] news article stated the following in regards to homosexuality and [[MRSA]]:"A new variety of staph bacteria, highly resistant to antibiotics and possibly transmitted by sexual contact, is spreading among gay men in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles, researchers reported Monday."<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/MNI5UE0L8.DTL</ref> On February 19, 2008 the ''Annals of Internal Medicine'' published a study regarding antiobiotic resistant staph infection in relation to men who have sex with men and the abstract for the article states the following in relation to homosexuality and MRSA: "Infection with multidrug-resistant USA300 MRSA is common among men who have sex with men, and multidrug-resistant MRSA infection might be sexually transmitted in this population."<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18283202?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref> === Homosexuality and Mental Health ===[[Image:Desperation_man.jpg‎|thumb|225px205px|right|Studies have long indicated that homosexuals have a substantially greater risk of suffering from psychiatric problems ([[suicide]], [[depression]], [[bulimia]], antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse).<ref>http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/Gender/Site/depression/mental_problems.htm</ref> ]]

The [[It Gets Better project]] is was a misguided liberal poorly designed project to prevent young homosexuals from committing suicide and it does that did not encourage young people to become [[ex-homosexuals]].  In January of 2012, the two gay teens who had made videos for the teen homosexuality anti-[[Vox Daysuicide]] reported that two homosexual males who promoted the project [[It Gets Better project committed Project]] died by suicide. (see also: [[Mental Health and Homosexuality]]).<ref>http[https://voxday.blogspot.comnet/2012/01/19/it-really-doesnt-get-better.html/ It really doesn't get better]</ref>Advocates of the [[homosexual agenda]] promote a a deviant lifestyle that is unhealthy and has higher substance abuse problems (See: [[Homosexuality and health]]).

===Homosexuality and Cigarette Smoking===

===Homosexuality and Anal Cancer===

=== Obesity Homosexuality and penile cancer ===

[[File''See also:Stephen-Fry.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Stephen Fry is a '' [[homosexual]] Homosexuality and an [[atheist]]. penile cancer]]

''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and obesityAIDS]] and is a risk factor for penile cancer.<ref>[[Atheism and obesity]https://www.cancer.org/cancer/penile-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/risk-factors.html Risk Factors for Penile Cancer]</ref>

AIDS/[[Peter LaBarberaHIV]] wrote:{{cquote|The National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys are given to high schoolers, and the [[Centers for Disease Control]] looked at the data from 2001 to 2009 in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin and the cities of Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City, San Francisco and San Diego, locales where the schools permitted questions about homosexual identity/behavior, which isn’t always the case in less “progressive” areasis more common among men who have sex with men (MSM).

Teens who called themselves “gayIn 2017, the [[Centers for Disease Control]] reported:{{Cquote|Gay, lesbian or bisexual,” or who were unsure, as well as those and other men who didn’t use those labels but had sexual contact only with same-have sex people or with both sexes, were found to be more likely than heterosexually identified students to engage mena are the population most affected by HIV in seven out of the 10 risk behavior categoriesUnited States. These were: 1) behaviors that contribute to violence; 2) behaviors related to attempted suicide; 3) tobacco use; 4) alcohol use; 5) other drug use; 6) sexual behaviors; In 2017, adult and''' 7adolescent gay and bisexual menb made up 70% (27,000) weight management.''' of the 38,739 new HIV diagnosesc in the United States (emphasis addedUS)and dependent areas.d Approximately 492,000 sexually active gay and bisexual men are at high risk for HIV; however, we have more tools to prevent HIV than ever before.<ref>http[https://americansfortruthwww.comcdc.gov/2011hiv/06group/24msm/wrong-diagnosis-wrong-cure-harvey-assails-cdcs-pro-gay-youth-spin/#more-9505index.html HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men]</ref>}}

Peter LaBarbera also wrote: "Anyone who has researched the subject of homosexuality knows that many of the most staunch advocates of homosexuality are those who hold a decidedly secular outlook." (For more information please see: [[Atheism === Homosexuality and obesity]]).<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2008/05/03/homosexuality-and-atheism/ Homosexuality and atheism]</ref>===

==== Lesbianism and its correlation to higher obesity ====[[File:11834504 3cc3c49559.jpg|255px205px|right|thumbnail|In April of 2007, the ''American Journal of Public Health'' analyzed data from 2002 National Survey of Family Growth and the data suggested that [[United States|American]] lesbian women were 2.69 times more likely to be overweight and 2.47 times more likely to be obese than all other female sexual orientation groups.<ref name="ajph">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17463369&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data, Ulrike Boehmer, Deborah J. Bowen, Greta R. Bauer, American Journal of Public Health, 2007 Jun;97(6):1134-40. E pub 2007 Apr 26.]</ref><br /><br /><small>(photo obtained from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/wader/11834504/ Flickr], see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en license agreement])</small> ]]

In 2013, the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) reported that 75% of American [[lesbianism|lesbians]] are [[obese]].<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/feds-spend-15-million-study-why-lesbians-are-fat Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat - CNS News]</ref> In addition, in April of 2007 the'' American Journal of Public Health'' analyzed data from 2002 National Survey of Family Growth and the data suggested that [[United States|American]] lesbian women were 2.69 times more likely to be overweight and 2.47 times more likely to be obese than all other female sexual orientation groups. <ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17463369&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data, Ulrike Boehmer, Deborah J. Bowen, Greta R. Bauer, American Journal of Public Health, 2007 Jun;97(6):1134-40. E pub 2007 Apr 26.]</ref> The abstract for this study indicated that "lesbians are at greater risk for morbidity and mortality linked to overweight and obesity." <ref name>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=ajphpubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17463369&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data, Ulrike Boehmer, Deborah J. Bowen, Greta R. Bauer, American Journal of Public Health, 2007 Jun;97(6):1134-40. E pub 2007 Apr 26.]</ref>

{{Cquote|And - oh heck, I'll admit it - aesthetics have value, too! As a woman, I may not be as focused on looks as men are predisposed to be, but I sure am tired of seeing so many queer ladies out there who are way past 200 pounds. Way, way past. Sorry, but no amount of "fat acceptance" is going to make that a pleasant sight - gay, straight, butch, femme, male or female.<ref>[http://andrewsullivanwww.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dishdaily-dish/archive/2007/05/obesity_and_les.htmlobesity-and-lesbians/228917/ Obesity and Lesbians], Andrew Sullivan, ''Daily Dish'', May of 2007</ref>}}

===Bible Prohibition Against Homosexuality , coronavirus infections and Sound Health Practicesmedical complications ===Given the [[Homosexuality and Health|many diseases associated with homosexuality]], the [[Bible|biblical]] prohibition against homosexuality is arguably one of the many examples where the [http://www.creationwiki.org/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible exhibited knowledge that was ahead of its time.]

==Negative Behaviors=====Promiscuity==={{Main|See: [[Homosexuality , coronavirus infections and promiscuity|Homosexuality Statistics}}medical complications]]

A 2004 article by Michael Foust states: {{cquote|A new study by a group of [[University of Chicago]] researchers reveals a high level of promiscuity and unhealthy behavior among that city's homosexual male population. According to the researchers, 42.9 percent of homosexual men in [[Chicago]]'s Shoreland area have had more than 60 sexual partners, while an additional 18.4 percent have had between 31 and 60 partners. All total, 61.3 percent of the area's homosexual men have had more than 30 partners, and 87.8 percent have had more than 15, the research found. As a result, 55.1 percent of homosexual males in Shoreland -- known as Chicago's "gay center" -- have at least one [[Sexually Transmitted Disease|sexually transmitted disease]], researchers said. The three-year study on the sexual habits of Chicago's citizens will appear in the upcoming book, "The Sexual Organization of The City" (University of Chicago Press), due out this spring.<ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17458 Baptist Press, MARRIAGE DIGEST: New study: Homosexual men prone to promiscuity by Michael Foust (Posted on Jan 16, 2004)]</ref><ref>[http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/470318chap2.html An excerpt from The Sexual Organization of the City - Chapter 2 - The Chicago Health and Social Life Survey Design - concerning Chicago's "Shoreland" area]</ref>}} ===Domestic Violence=== [[Image:Cycle.gif|thumbnail|170px|left|A recent study by the [[Canada|Canadian]] government states that "violence was twice as common among homosexual couples compared with [[heterosexual]] couples".]]For more information please see: [[Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence]] Studies report that homosexual couples have significantly higher incidences of violent behavior. For example, a recent study by the [[Canada|Canadian]] government states that "violence was twice as common among homosexual couples compared with [[heterosexual]] couples".<ref>2004 General Social Survey], Statistics Canada, Canada's National Statistical Agency, July 7, 2005</ref> According the [[American College of Pediatricians]] who cite several studies, "Violence among homosexual partners is two to three times more common than among married heterosexual couples." In addition, the [[American College of Pediatricians]] states the following: "Homosexual partnerships are significantly more prone to dissolution than heterosexual marriages with the average homosexual relationship lasting only two to three years."<ref>http://www.acpeds.org/?CONTEXT=art&cat=22&art=50</ref>  In June of 2004, the journal ''Nursing Clinics of North America'' reported the following regarding homosexuality and domestic violence:{{cquote|Domestic abuse is under-reported in the gay community... Male-on-male same-sex domestic violence also has been reported in couples where one or both persons are [[HIV]]-positive. Intimate partner abuse and violence include humilation, threatening to disclose HIV status, withholding HIV therapy, and harming family members or pets.<ref name=nursing>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15159188 ''Nursing Clinics of North America'' 2004 Jun;39(2):403]</ref>}} ===Murders==={{Main|Bible Prohibition Against Homosexuality and Murders}} Vernon J. Geberth, M.S., M.P.S. who is a former commander of Bronx homicide for the New York City Police Department stated in 1995 concerning [[Homosexuality and Murders|homosexuality and murders]] that homosexual murders are relatively common and these murders may involve male victims murdered by other males or may involve female victims who are in some type of [[lesbianism|lesbian]] relationship and they are murdered by another female.<ref>[http://www.practicalhomicide.com/Research/homoserial.htm Homosexual Serial Murder Investigation By Vernon J. Geberth, M.S., M.P.S. Former Commander, Bronx Homicide, NYPD]</ref> In 2005, Dr. Harnam Singh, Dr. Luv Sharma, and Dr. Dhattarwal reported in the ''Journal of [[India|Indian]] Academy of Forensic Medicine'' in respect to homosexuality and murders that homosexual murders are quite common and that these murders may involve both sexes either as victims or as assailants.<ref name=singh>[http://medind.nic.in/jal/t05/i3/jalt05i3p184.pdf SEX RELATED HOMICIDES AND OFFENDERS -A MEDICO-LEGALISTS VIEW, Dr. Harnam Singh, Dr. Luv Sharma, Dr. S.K.Dhattarwal, ''Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine'', 2005 ; 27 (3). ISSN 0971 -0973]</ref> ===Homosexual Murders and Brutality=== [[File:11943452 115b299206.jpg|thumbnail|275px|right|The eminent pathologist Dr. [[William Eckert]] wrote concerning homosexual homicides: "Equally high is the number of homicides, many probably related to transient attachments, which often lead to suspicion, jealousy, and murder. When murder does occur it is exceptionally brutal with an overkill appearance... Overkill, as it is seen in homosexual and [[Lesbianism|lesbian]] murders, is certainly a form of [[sadism|sadistic]] crime."]]There have been a number of forensic journal articles on the issue of homosexual homicides and overkill.<ref name=tedeschi>Tedeschi CG, Eckert W, Tedeschi LG, eds. Forensic medicine; vol 2. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1977:962</ref><ref name=singh/><ref name=8838474>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8838474?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9430297?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8947366?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref>In 1996, the forensic journal [[The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology]] published an article entitled ''Homicide in homosexual victims: a study of 67 cases from the Broward County, Florida, Medical Examiner's office (1982-1992), with special emphasis on "overkill"''. The abstract for the journal article states: {{Cquote|Forensic pathologists often state that homosexual homicides are more violent than those with heterosexual victims. Overkill or wounding far beyond that required to cause death is a frequently used descriptor of these deaths. We quantified the number and extent of injuries between homosexual and heterosexual homicide victims to determine whether one group suffered more violence than the other...Homosexual homicides are more violent than heterosexual homicides when one compares the mean number of injuries (fatal sharp, blunt, and total)/case and the extent of injuries on the body.<ref name=8838474/>}} According to the [[New York Times]], Dr. [[William Eckert]] was a world-renowned authority in the field of pathology and he worked on major murder cases including the assassination of Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and the [[Charles Manson]] murders. Dr. Eckert founded the ''American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology''.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E2DE123FF937A1575AC0A96F958260 ''New York Times'', William Eckert, 73, Medical Sleuth in Major Cases By WILLIAM H. HONAN, September 24, 1999]</ref> According to ''[[Time]]'' magazine, Dr. Eckert was a pioneer who encouraged collaborative effort between law-enforcement and [[Forensic Science|forensics]] teams.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,992160,00.html Time Magazine, Milestones by By VAL CASTRONOVO, MATTHEW COOPER, AUTUMN DE LEON, DANIEL S. LEVY, LINA LOFARO, CHRIS TAYLOR AND DAVID E. THIGPEN, October 9, 1999]</ref> [[Image:0-picture.jpg‎|thumbnail|180px|right|The eminent [[Pathology|pathologists]] [[Bernard Knight]] and [[Pekka Saukko]] stated that it is a fact that some of the most violent homicides seen by pathologists are among male homosexuals.<ref>Knight's Forensic Pathology',(3rd Ed) Saukko P. and B. Knight (2004) Arnold Publishers, London, page 428</ref>]] Dr. Eckert wrote concerning homosexual murders:{{cquote|Equally high is the number of homicides, many probably related to transient attachments, which often lead to suspicion, jealousy, and murder. When murder does occur it is exceptionally brutal with an overkill appearance... Overkill, as it is seen in homosexual and [[Lesbianism|lesbian]] murders, is certainly a form of sadistic crime. In these instances multiple stabbing and other brutal injuries...are common findings...<ref name=tedeschi>}} ''The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers'' by Michael Newton reports:{{cquote|Homosexual slayers clearly have no monopoly on violence, but it is true that their crimes often display extremes of "overkill" and mutilation... On balance, it seems fair to say that while homosexuals sometimes fall prey to "gay bashing" violence by bigoted "straights," they are far more likely to be murdered by another homosexual than in a random [[Hate crime|hate crime]].<ref>The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Michael Newton, page 103</ref>}} The previously cited pathology textbook by Knight and Saukko stated the following: "In addition, quite a number of fatal altercations arise because a heterosexual man becomes violent when importuned by a homosexual."<ref>Knight's Forensic Pathology',(3rd Ed) Saukko P. and B. Knight (2004) Arnold Publishers, London, page 428-429</ref> ===Homosexuality and bestialitySound Health Practices===

''See also:'' Given the [[Homosexuality and bestialityhealth|many diseases associated with homosexuality]] and , the [[Atheism and bestialityBible|biblical]] prohibition against homosexuality is arguably one of the many examples where the [http://www.creationwiki.org/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge Bible exhibited knowledge that was ahead of its time.]

Homosexual activist Frank Kameny is a fervent [[Atheism|atheist]].<ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2006/11/15/gay-hero-frank-kameny-calls-believers-christianofascists-says-gay-is-moral-and-virtuous-at-task-force-conference/ ‘Gay’ Hero Frank Kameny Calls Believers “Christianofascists”; Library of Congress Honors “Gay Is Godly” Atheist]</ref><ref>Leaders from the 1960s: a biographical sourcebook of American activism By David De Leon, page 253</ref> On Jun 04, 2008, [[LifeSiteNews]] wrote:{{cquote|Long-time homosexual activist Frank Kameny’s claim to fame is successfully manipulating the American Psychiatric Association into declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder, and today the Smithsonian honoree is now busily advocating [[bestiality]] "as long as the animal doesn’t mind." Kameny, 83, has had a long career advocating the removal of any restrictions on human acts long considered by sane societies as obscene, dangerous, and disordered... Kameny describes his mission as "Americanism in action" by advocating bestiality and encouraging the saturation of American culture with what he calls "more and better and harder-core pornography." According to [[Americans For Truth|Americans for Truth about Homosexuality]] (AFTAH), Kameny wrote an e-mail to them saying that while he was personally opposed to bestiality, he found it an otherwise "harmless" quirk, so long as it was consensual with the animal involved. "Bestiality is not my thing," Kameny wrote. "But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as the animal doesn’t mind (and the animal rarely does), I don’t mind, and I don’t see why anyone else should."<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2008/jun/08060403 Prominent Homosexual Activist Says Bestiality OK “As Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind”]</ref>}} ====Homosexuals March in Madrid Cheering Bestiality==== ''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and bestiality]] On July 14, 2009, in a story entitled ''Homosexuals March in Madrid Cheering Bestiality and Demanding “Affective-Sexual Diversity” in School'', [[LifeSiteNews]] reported concerning a homosexual parade in Spain:{{cquote|"I like dogs, I like apples, in my bed I sleep with whomever I want," was one of the principal chants in the Gay Pride Parade last week in Madrid, where hundreds of thousands marched through the streets to advocate "gay rights" and homosexualist ideology, according to local media reports.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/homosexuals-march-in-madrid-cheering-bestiality-and-demanding-affective-sex Homosexuals March in Madrid Cheering Bestiality and Demanding “Affective-Sexual Diversity” in School]</ref>}} ===Illegal Drug Use===

[[Image:Powder meth foil small.jpg|thumb|right|255px205px|In 2007, the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported the frequency of [[methamphetamine]] use is twenty times greater among homosexuals than in the general population.]]

{{Cquote|...the increased use of recreational or party drugs such as ectasy, "poppers", and [[methamphetamine]] ("crystal meth") influence unsafe sexual behaviors in gay men. Many of these illicit drugs are used during "circuit parties," in which gay men from various geographical locales congregrate in one large metropolitan community over an extended 2- or 3-day period for the purposes of intense partying and sexual activity.<ref name>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=nursing15159188 Nursing Clinics of North America North Am. 2004 Jun;39(2):403</ref>}}

===Homosexuality and the Suppression of Religious Liberty===

[[Image:Wicked.jpg|thumb|leftright|150px|The book ''When the Wicked Seize a City'' recounts how Pastor [[Chuck McIlhenny]] and his church were terrorized by homosexual activists.]]

*Dr. [[Chuck McIlhenny]] served as pastor of San Francisco's First Orthodox [[Presbyterian]] Church for numerous years. <ref>[http://www.opc.org/nh.html?article_id=123 Fighting the good fight in San Francisco]</ref> In 1978 Dr. McIlhenny co-authored a book which recounted how he was threatened and his church and home firebombed by homosexual activists subsequent to a lawsuit he won regarding the church's right to fire its organist who was homosexual.<ref>[https://world.wng.org/2015/05/in_the_beginning In the beginning] by Chuck McIlhenny, Donna McIlhenny & Frank York</ref>Dr. McIlhenny's home was firebombed while his family was sleeping inside.<ref>[http://www.opc.org/nh.html?article_id=123 Fighting the good fight in San Francisco]<br>http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/printerfriendly.asp?ID=10262</ref>

*The [[documentary film]] [[A Nation Adrift]] chronicles some of the events that took place during the [[Hamilton Square Baptist Church Riot|Hamilton Square Baptist Church riot]] in [[San Francisco]] in which a angry group of male homosexuals and [[lesbian]]s vandalized church property, assaulted church members, terrorized church congregates, screamed profanity, threw rocks, harassed and scared children, and disrupted a church service.<ref>[[Christianity Today]], November 8, 1993, v37, page 57</ref><ref>[http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiotsSep1993.htm The Homosexual and Lesbian Riots of September 19, 1993], David C. Innes, News Release. </ref><ref>[http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiots_Barko_Account.htm The Homosexual and Lesbian Riots], A Member's Perspective, Hap Barko, October 28, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41037 'Finest video ever produced' about U.S.A.], 'Upbeat, unforgettable evening of entertainment. Feel good about America again', ''WorldNetDaily.com'', January 4, 2007.</ref> See also: [[Homosexual Public Indecency Tolerated in San Francisco]]

*In 2005, [[David Parker]] was arrested and put in handcuffs at his child's school in relation to a lesson promoting homosexuality called the "King & King" being taught to first graders in the [[ Massachusetts]] school. <ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/09/28/david-parker-enda-and-the-battle-for-our-childrens-hearts/ David Parker, ‘King and King,’ and the Battle for Our Children’s Hearts and Minds]</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46431 Dad on trial over homosexual book]</ref> David Parker desired parental rights but the principal at Esterbrook Elementary School in Lexington defended the “King & King” lesson and denied parents the right to be informed about it and to opt their kids out. <ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/09/28/david-parker-enda-and-the-battle-for-our-childrens-hearts/ David Parker, ‘King and King,’ and the Battle for Our Children’s Hearts and Minds]</ref> The "King and King" violated David Parker and his wife's religious beliefs regarding homosexuality.<ref name=davidparker>[http://americansfortruth.com/2007/09/28/david-parker-enda-and-the-battle-for-our-childrens-hearts/ David Parker, ‘King and King,’ and the Battle for Our Children’s Hearts and Minds]<br>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46431 Dad on trial over homosexual book]</ref> The Massachusetts anti-[[Homosexual Agenda|homosexual agenda]] organization MassResistance has a webpage devoted to the events surrounding the David Parker issue and the ongoing legal battle associated with the matter.<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/parker/ David Parker -- his arrest, court appearances, abuse by school officials, harassment by pro-gay activists in town, and federal civil rights lawsuit!]</ref>

*In 2004, eleven Christians, who have been dubbed the "[[Philly 11]]", were arrested at a [[Philadelphia]] event promoting homosexual-rights and some of the charges were felonies.<ref name=philly11>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40929<br/ref><ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50409</ref> Among those who were arrested were Arlene Elshinnawy, a 75-year-old grandmother of three, and Linda Beckman, a 70-year-old grandmother of 10 who were arrested for sharing their faith on the public sidewalk.<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56702</ref> In 2005, after national publicity led to widespread criticism of the arrests (especially the heavy penalties being threatened) a judge dismissed all criminal charges. <ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50409</ref> In 2006, a United States federal judge ruled the group of homosexuals could not dismiss a lawsuit against the homosexual activist group Philly Pride Presents which was brought against them by the Christian protestors.<ref name=philly11/>[[Image:HamSquare.jpg|thumbnail|100px|left|[[Hamilton Square Baptist Church Riot|Hamilton Square Baptist Church]]]]*In October of 2001, a 69 year old street preacher named [[Harry Hammond]] from Bournemouth, [[England]] was subjected to assault by an angry crowd of 40 people while he proclaimed his Christian views in the town center which included a call to repentance in respect to homosexuality. Mr. Hammond was arrested, prosecuted and fined but no arrests were made in respect to those who assaulted him. Appeals to overturn the verdict, which included an appeal to the [[European Court of Human Rights]], were dismissed. <ref>http://www.christianwnd.org.ukcom/rel_libertiesnews/cases/harry_hammondarticle.htmasp?ARTICLE_ID=50409</ref>

*In October of 2001, a 69 year old street preacher named [[Harry Hammond]] from Bournemouth, [[England]] was subjected to assault by an angry crowd of 40 people while he proclaimed his Christian views in the town center which included a call to repentance in respect to homosexuality.<ref>http://www.christian.org.uk/rel_liberties/cases/harry_hammond.htm</ref> Mr. Hammond was arrested, prosecuted and fined but no arrests were made in respect to those who assaulted him.<ref>http://www.christian.org.uk/rel_liberties/cases/harry_hammond.htm</ref> Appeals to overturn the verdict, which included an appeal to the [[European Court of Human Rights]], were dismissed. <ref>http://www.christian.org.uk/rel_liberties/cases/harry_hammond.htm</ref> *[[WorldNetDaily]] reported the following regarding the famous St. Patrick's Cathedral Incident involving homosexual and [[abortion]] activists:{{cquote|"One infamous incident was the assault on New York’s famed St. Patrick's Cathedral on December 10, 1989. While [[Cardinal John O'Connor]] presided over the 10:15 Sunday morning Mass, a multitude of "pro-choice" and "gay rights" activists protested angrily outside. Some, wearing gold-colored robes similar to clerical vestments, hoisted a large portrait of a pornographically altered frontal nude portrait of [[Jesus]].<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46887</ref>}}

[[File:Hamilton Square Baptist Church.jpg|thumbnail|301px|right|Hamilton Square Baptist Church<br /><br />During the [[Hamilton Square Baptist Church Riot|Hamilton Square Baptist Church riot]] an angry group of male [[homosexuals]] and [[lesbian]]s vandalized church property, assaulted church members, terrorized church congregants, screamed profanity, threw rocks, harassed and scared children, and disrupted a church service.<ref name = "ctoday">[[Christianity Today]], November 8, 1993, v37, page 57</ref><ref name = "hamsquaresep1993">http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiotsSep1993.htm</ref><ref name = "hamsquarebarko">http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiots_Barko_Account.htm</ref><ref>https://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41037</ref>]]See also: [[Homosexuality and pederastypedophilia]]

==PedophiliaHIV Infected Young People and Infection by Older Men ==''For related information please see'': [[Teenager Homosexuality]] and [[Homosexuality and pederastypedophilia]][[Image:AIDS_virus.jpg‎|thumbnail|right|225px205px|Stylized rendering of a cross-section of the [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]]]In 2006, the noted pediatric journal entitled ''Journal of Adolescent Health'' published a position paper entitled ''[[HIV]] infection and [[AIDS]] in adolescents: An update of the position of the Society for Adolescent Medicine''. <ref>Position Paper: ''[[HIV]] infection and [[AIDS]] in adolescents: An update of the position of the Society for Adolescent Medicine''Journal of Adolescent Health 38 (2006) 88–91</ref> The aforementioned 2006 position paper of the Journal of Adolescent Health stated the following: "Among adolescents and young adults with HIV or AIDS, most infections are acquired by having sex with HIV-infected men." <ref>Position Paper: ''[[HIV]] infection and [[AIDS]] in adolescents: An update of the position of the Society for Adolescent Medicine''Journal of Adolescent Health 38 (2006) 88–91]</ref> In addition, the ''Journal of Adolecent Health'' stated the following:

''Please see:'' [[Teenage AIDS]] and [[Homosexuality and pederastypedophilia]]

See also: [[Homosexuality and pederastypedophilia]]

===Journal of Homosexuality, International Lesbian and Gay Federation (ILGA) and NAMBLA pedophilia studies ===

''see alsoSee:'' [[Homosexuality and pederastypedophilia studies]]

===Homosexuality and Pedophilia - Journal of Homosexuality, International Lesbian and Gay Federation (ILGA) and NAMBLA === ''see also:'' [[Homosexuality and pedophilia]] There are notable instances of prominent homosexual organizations being permissive towards pedophilia or condoning/promoting pedophilia. For example, the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' is a academic journal which has featured material that looks upon pedophilia in a generally approvingly manner.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/pedophNEW.html</ref><ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/arguecase.html</ref> For example, an article by Dr. Brongersma stated that parents should not view a pedophile "as a rival or competitor, not as a thief of their property, but as a partner in the boy's upbringing, someone to be welcomed into their home..."<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/arguecase.html</ref>

===Homosexuality and , Pedophilia - Other Ties of , NAMBLA to and the Homosexual CommunityMedia ===

''See also:'' [[Homosexuality and pederastypedophilia]]

''see also:'' [[Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA]] and [[Homosexuality and pederastypedophilia]]

2. '''[[Harry Hay]]''' (1912 - 2002) was an [[liberal]] advocate of [[statutory rape]] and the widely acknowledged founder and progenitor of the activist [[homosexual agenda]] in the [[United States]]. Hay joined the [[Communist Party of the United States]] (CPUSA) in 1934. <ref>''The Boston Phoenix'', [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511115.htm The real Harry Hay], Michael Bronski, October 31 - November 7, 2002. </ref> Harry Hay was an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/ss_politics0010_01_07.asp</ref> He was a vociferous advocate of man/boy love. <ref>The American Spectator Special Report, [http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10450 articles/46366/when-nancy-met-harry When Nancy Met Harry], Jeffrey Lord, 10/5/2006.</ref><ref>http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/ss_politics0010_01_07.asp</ref> In 1986, Hay marched in a [[homosexual|gay]] parade wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words "[[NAMBLA]] walks with me."<ref>http://www.mega.nu/ampp/baldwin_pedophilia_homosexuality.pdf</ref>

There were publications in 1987 and 1989 by homosexual activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen which outlined a strategy to change America's perception of homosexuality and it included the following six strategies:<ref>[http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3520.html Book Review of The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing The Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten]</ref>

# Talk about homosexuals and homosexuality as loudly and often as possible. (Through sheer perseverance the opposition will be worn down).<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1152960/posts Book Review of The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing The Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten]</ref># Portray homosexuals as victims, not aggressive challengers..<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1152960/posts Book Review of The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing The Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten]</ref># Give homosexual protectors a “just” cause..<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1152960/posts Book Review of The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing The Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten]</ref># Make homosexuals look good. .<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1152960/posts Book Review of The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing The Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten]</ref> #Make the "victimizers" look bad. .<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1152960/posts Book Review of The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing The Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten]</ref> #Solicit funds. For example, get corporate America and major foundations to financially support the homosexual cause.<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1152960/posts Book Review of The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing The Principal Threat To Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten]</ref>

*[[Atheism and the persecution suppression of homosexualshomosexuality]]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUW-AvGnhf0 ExOvercoming homosexuality by the ex-homosexual Pastor DL Foster]

*[http://www.rsmncbi.acnlm.uknih.gov/mediapubmed/downloads/std0703brody.pdf 12869220 Assessing the role of anal intercourse in the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa] - cites material concerning [[Gay Bowel Syndromebowel syndrome]]