Posted on 12/05/2004 2:00:09 PM PST by Coleus
AIDS rate for homosexuals climbs; data called 'astonishing'
Dec 2, 2004
By Michael Foust
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--New statistics showing that homosexual men make up 44 percent of all new HIV and AIDS cases underscore the fact that homosexuality itself is unnatural, a prominent leader in the ex-homosexual community says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data Dec. 2 showing that the number of newly diagnosed HIV and AIDS cases has increased 11 percent among homosexual men. The data spanned a four-year period ending in 2003.
Despite the fact that homosexual men make up only 1 to 2 percent of the population, they nonetheless made up more than 40 percent of the new cases, the data showed.
Tim Wilkins, head of Cross Ministry, Inc. -- a Christian outreach to homosexuals -- called the data "astonishing."
"If homosexuality was normal and natural, you would not have a disease that spreads as ravenously as this does," said Wilkins, who is married now but once was involved in homosexuality.
Homosexual activists responded to the news by calling for better education and prevention -- for instance, the promotion of condom usage. But Wilkins said the problem can be found in homosexual sex itself. Men were not made to have sex with men, he said.
"All of mankind is physiologically heterosexual -- that's just a fact," Wilkins said. "One hundred percent of the homosexual community is physiologically heterosexual.
"We can throw more and more money, bigger budgets, bigger programs, more education [at the problem]. And we see that education is not correcting the problem at all."
For years, studies have shown that homosexual men are prone to promiscuity. A University of Chicago study released in 2003 found that 61 percent of homosexuals in Chicago’s Shoreland area had more than 30 sexual partners. Perhaps just as telling, some two-thirds of same-sex "marriages" in Massachusetts have involved lesbians -- underscoring, pro-family leaders say, the notion that homosexual men are less prone to commitment.
"[The CDC] statistic obviously shows a pathology that indicates an abnormality," Wilkins said. "From a Christian perspective we would call it sin."
Such statistics should result in the scientific community re-evaluating its position on homosexuality, Wilkins said.
The Christian church, though, should not respond by saying, "I told you so," Wilkins said. Instead, the church should respond with compassion.
"We can't allow sin in any form to repulse us from reaching out to people who are hurting," he said. "As horrible as AIDS is, it can be -- and I believe it is -- an opportunity for the church to reach people who are broken."
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According to Gay former coworkers of mine, the new Protease drugs, which greatly mitigate the effects of the virus, are viewed as a "cure" and therefore a ticket to f-ck everything that comes along at the gym or the bar.
It seems like once a year, the same story comes out: the AIDS rate is rising, and gays are to blame. And then a few weeks later, we learn that the study was based on bad data or was in some other way flawed. But the damage is done once the article is published.
I just knew I was gonna' get that. :^)
bump!
Having aids a "badge of courage". I read an article maybe a year or so ago that absolutely floored me. The article discussed something called "barebacking" that was occuring among some homosexual males.Barebacking is when an aids free homosexual knowingly(!) has unprotected sex with an hiv positive partner! How's that for sick. Not only will this idiot probably get aids, but we(taxpayers)will end up paying for his aids medication.
It seems like once a year, the same story comes out: the AIDS rate is rising, and gays are to blame. And then a few weeks later, we learn that the study was based on bad data or was in some other way flawed. But the damage is done once the article is published. >>
The "story" came from a public announcement by the US Centers for Disease Control, (CDC) on Dec. 2, 2004. I think their statistics are pretty accurate.
and gays are to blame >>>
who else do you blame? dogs, mice, children, married heterosexual couples, lesbians???
It's still classified as a sexually transmitted disease. Most states now have clean needle exchanges for the drug addicts which still does not prevent them to sell their bodies for drugs.
It would be safe to say that AIDS in America is primarily spread by homosexual males who still enjoy multiple partners. End sodomy and I bet AIDS will end.
An incurable, deadly disease is loose. and not only do we not quarantine, we allow it to be a crime for medical people to say who has it? Does that indicate some power held by the deviates, or what?
Of course gays are to blame for most new AIDS cases. But......... is there reason to panic now? Is the there a rapid increase in the rate at which gays are getting AIDS? I doubt it.
I think the AIDS cocktail costs $1800/mo/person. We have hundreds of thousands of illegal Haitians here in Florida who came to get thisx treatment. Some also carry drug resistant TB, which is epidemic--1200 cases/yr.
But the disease spreads through heterosexual intercourse, as well.
My only issue with the folks who harp on the homosexual thing is that they draw attention away from the dangers that normal people face. Everyone needs to use protection, not just queers.
This sounds like a much lower percentage of new HIV cases among homosexuals than one would expect. From your Washington Times link:
The CDC reported that homosexuals account for 48 percent of adult AIDS cases, 27 percent involve intravenous-drug users and 7 percent involve people who fit both categories. In 15 percent of AIDS cases, the risk factor was heterosexual intercourse. In the other cases, the cause was such factors as receiving tainted blood or tissues, or it remains unidentified. Homosexual and bisexual men are thought to account for a majority of the estimated 850,000 to 950,000 Americans living with HIV, the virus that causes the disease.
That's 48% exclusively homosexual, plus another 7% homosexual I.V. drug users, for a total of 55%, which still sounds low. The 15% figure for exclusively heterosexuals seems high, and I'll bet it is. People often lie about how they were infected with HIV, and it's a lot easier to explain to your friends that you got it from a hooker (hello, Magic Johnson) than that you got it from another man. Follow up studies often flush out those who misrepresent their pathway of infection.
I'd peg the homosexual proportion of HIV and AIDS cases at over 60% once the inaccurate answers are corrected, which is about how this disease has trended since the 1980s.
AIDS hits is selective who it hits. The point of the article is that the behavior of certain groups causes them to get AIDS. Do you know any behavior which results in SARS? If so, I'd avoid it.
Big deal.
Maybe, Darwin had a point.
You've hit the other nail on the head! With other deadly contagious diseases, doctors are REQUIRED by law to report those infected to authorities, and even contacts are traced to stop the spread. Not with AIDS - the only epidemic whose spread is a civil right!
And it would be considered hate mongering to shut down the bath houses.
Seriously now, at what point do we say enough is enough and we need to start quarantining people.
Good comparison!
I've heard of this recently and cannot begin to grasp the idea of intentionally getting a terminal illness.
This is true. And you can also get the disease from your dentist if the dentist is infected and does not use gloves; babies get AIDS by breastfeeding from a mother with the disease, and rape victims can get the disease.
This article, though, is about gays and why the disease is skyrocketing in the gay community.
As long as "treatment" does not include NON-VOLUNTARY measures to stop the infected from infecting others, the "use of protection" merely improves your odds but does not eliminate all risks. And as the epidemic spreads in a society even that "reduced" risk rises unacceptably.
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