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Government: STD rates among homosexuals ‘alarming,’ ‘troubling’
Lifesite ^ | 11/23/15 | FR Mark Hodges

Posted on 11/23/2015 5:13:05 AM PST by markomalley

The recent report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows an "alarming" rate of STDs among homosexuals.

The government report admits, "While anyone can become infected with an STD, young people and gay and bisexual men are at greatest risk." 

In fact, syphilis infections among homosexual men have seen such a massive increase that the government report calls the gay syphilis statistics "troubling."

"Men account for more than 90 percent of all primary and secondary syphilis cases," the report states. "Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for 83 percent of male cases where the sex of the sex partner is known."

The official government report explains that it uses the acronym MSM, "men who have sex with men," because that phrase "indicates the behaviors that transmit infection."

"It's time for policymakers and pundits to acknowledge and deal with the elephant in the room: engaging in homosexual behavior can be very dangerous to one's health," Peter LaBarbera, founder of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), told LifeSiteNews.

The CDC says fully half of MSM who have syphilis are also infected with HIV. If not treated, syphilis causes visual impairment and stroke and increases the chance of catching or transmitting HIV. 

"If such overwhelming evidence pointed to any aberrant behavior other than homosexuality as so extremely high-risk, there would be a full-scale government-corporate mobilization urging people not to practice that behavior – or even leveling sanctions against it," LaBarbera pointed out. "Yet homosexualism is celebrated, and promoted – even to young children.

"How tragic and ironic that politically correct politicians and cultural elites are aggressively promoting LGBT agendas, when it is the very living out of those immoral lifestyles that is linked to disease," LaBarbera concluded.

Syphilis rates are concentrated primarily in the gay community, with homosexual men constituting nearly 83 percent of the syphilis cases reported in 2014.

"The fact that 83% of new male syphilis cases are found in the tiny segment of the population (probably less than 4% of all males), who are men who have sex with men, should be setting off major alarm bells," Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies for the Family Research Council, told LifeSiteNews.

"High rates of STDs among men who have sex with men are not a surprise, given the fact that many of them have large numbers of sex partners and engage in the particularly dangerous act of anal intercourse," Sprigg said. 

"Unfortunately, the mainstream media appears to be ignoring this finding, because they cannot figure out a way to spin it without reflecting negatively on homosexual conduct itself," Sprigg commented.

Sprigg noted, "The sudden jump in syphilis rates in the last few years, however, demands an explanation. Mark Joseph Stern of Slate may have offered one with the theory that the effectiveness and increased use of PrEP medications for HIV may be having the unintended consequence of reducing condom use in this population, thus increasing their vulnerability to other STDs such as syphilis."

"PrEP," or "pre-exposure prophylaxis," refers to the use before sex of antibiotics and other medications that make the transmission of HIV less likely.

Sprigg concluded, "The latest data only reinforce what pro-family groups have been saying for decades – the only 'safe sex' is sex that is saved for a monogamous, sexually exclusive lifelong marriage."

The government explains the high rate of STDs among homosexuals by attributing it to "individual risk factors," including "higher numbers of lifetime sex partners" and "higher prevalence of STDs."

The government report additionally attributes high STD rates among homosexuals to "homophobia and stigma."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda
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To: Gaffer

Drug abuse is another contributing factor to their shortened lifespan and may lower their immune system.

But they are all so happy and gay...


41 posted on 11/23/2015 6:08:38 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: markomalley

All of this was supposed to be “remedied” by “marriage equality.”

Still waiting.


42 posted on 11/23/2015 6:11:07 AM PST by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: markomalley

43 posted on 11/23/2015 6:12:30 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: Norm Lenhart

Well this is not fair. Individual actions do not lead to consequences so these LGBT guys are victims of discrimination./s


44 posted on 11/23/2015 6:14:35 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: markomalley

Homosexuals are less than 2%, but at least this report “starts” going in the right direction by noting that they are less than 4%. It’s only a doubling.


45 posted on 11/23/2015 6:14:57 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: DungeonMaster
I've decided to avoid even being around Democrats anymore.

Easier said than done, but yes, I am doing the same thing...

46 posted on 11/23/2015 6:16:34 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: Aleya2Fairlie; DungeonMaster
I agree with your comments - an excellent article you might find interesting.

Just Christians (On Homosexuality & Christian Identity)

47 posted on 11/23/2015 6:20:38 AM PST by Qiviut
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To: markomalley

Liberals here used to argue to me that if only gays (men) could marry that they would stop their promiscuous lifestyle.

Well now they can marry in every state.

Lets see the statistics in a year or so,


48 posted on 11/23/2015 6:26:00 AM PST by sickoflibs (Donald Trump : 'It will be wonderful. It will be glorious., You will be amazed, Just wait"')
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To: skeeter

Seriesly. This should be in Breaking News! /s


49 posted on 11/23/2015 6:27:53 AM PST by To Hell With Poverty (All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
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To: markomalley

I have a hard time caring as long as they stay homo.


50 posted on 11/23/2015 6:27:56 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Rusty0604

I’m thinking that at some point there was some kind of particle accelerator mishap at CERN or a Star Trekian spacetime rift that flung some people from the real world into this Spock’s Beard universe. Because it is a strange place where actions no longer have consequence, indeed.

the other possibility is the Apocalypse/Rapture happened and we are all actually in hell.


51 posted on 11/23/2015 6:36:03 AM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it and survive the liberal menace)
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To: skeeter

Yeah, what’s troubling about it? Are they giving it to normal people?


52 posted on 11/23/2015 6:40:31 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: skeeter

Exactly. Are they really that stupid?


53 posted on 11/23/2015 6:40:31 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: Resolute Conservative

The STD rate for monogamous married heterosexuals remains very low. It is almost as if morality was healthy and better for society.


54 posted on 11/23/2015 6:45:48 AM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: markomalley

It has been this way since the early 70s and nothing changes, except now these degenerates are marketing to kids and normal adults, many of which are convinced the sodomite life is a good one. If homowood promotes it, the weak minded will follow it. Ellen Degenerate is quite popular among progs.


55 posted on 11/23/2015 6:57:07 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: FrankR

Basic sanitation is a rejected concept by the males obsessed with fecal matter. This is the queer aphrodisiac. This is why they are attracted to filthy public restrooms for sex and stimulation.


56 posted on 11/23/2015 7:00:10 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: DaveyB

Go figure.


57 posted on 11/23/2015 7:00:51 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: billyboy15

Indeed, this is the male homo lifestyle. They are all coprophiliacs—it is what makes them gay.


58 posted on 11/23/2015 7:02:14 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: markomalley

Just the male homosexuals. Males really want variety and mass quantities in their sex lives, and man on man has no female to counter or control the sheer numbers of conquests.


59 posted on 11/23/2015 7:02:20 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: markomalley
It's official: 'Homophobia' now a mental disorder!
60 posted on 11/23/2015 7:05:40 AM PST by Gritty (The Barbarians Are Inside, And There Are No Gates. So screw the candlelight vigil. - Mark Steyn)
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