Sodomy: A Public Health Risk

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[scripter]

MEN:

- A 1997 study in British Columbia found the life expectancy of men who engage in sodomy to be comparable to that of the average Canadian man in 1871.  Researchers estimate that nearly half of the 20 year old men currently engaging in sodomy will not reach their 65th birthday.1

- Ninety-five percent or more of the AIDS infections among gay men result from receptive anal intercourse.2

- The risk of anal cancer "soars" by nearly 4,000% for men who have sex with men. The rate doubles again for those who are HIV positive.  A Michigan homosexual newspaper admits there is no such thing as "safe sex" to prevent this "soaring" cancer risk. Condoms offer only limited protection.3

- Homosexual men face a significantly higher risk of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, anal cancer, gonorrhea and gastrointestinal infections as a result of their sexual practices.4  

- Men who engage in sodomy are 860% more likely to contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD), increasing up to 500% their risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Men who commit acts of sodomy with men have large numbers of anonymous partners, which can result in rapid, extensive transmission of STDs.  Control of STDs is a central component of HIV infection prevention in the United States; resurgence of bacterial STDs threatens national HIV infection prevention efforts.5 

- Anal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is nearly universal among HIV-positive homosexual or bisexual men and about 60% in HIV-negative men exhibiting the same sexual behavior.6

WOMEN:

- Many innocent victims suffer the health consequences associated with sodomy as a result of blood transfusions, rape and having normal sexual relations with those who have committed unnatural relations with others.  While men of all ages who commit sodomy with other men remain at an alarming risk, young bisexual men are said to be a significant "bridge" for HIV transmission to women.7  

- Women who commit sex acts with other women face a significantly higher risk of bacterial vaginosis, breast cancer and ovarian cancer than heterosexual women.8

- The spread of Human Papilomavirus (HPV) is not prevented by condoms.  The persons most susceptible to cancer associated with HPV are young women (under 20) and people who practice anal intercourse.9

- Women who engage in receptive anal sex are at a higher risk for contracting anal cancer.  In fact, in the U.S. general population, anal cancer is more prevalent among women than men — between 1.5 and 2 times more common, perhaps because more women than men engage in receptive anal sex.10

- The following chart provides a broad synopsis of medical problems related to sodomy:11

Sex Practice:	Potential Consequences:
1. Close Body Contact	1. Pubic lice 2. Scabies (mites) 3. Fungal Infections
2. Performer of Oral Sex	1. Oral gonorrhea 2. Oral lesions from herpes, HPV (warts), chancroid, lymhogranuloma venereum, or granuloma inguinale. 3. Nongonolococcal pharyngitis from chlamydia, other STD's 4. Syphilis 5. Hepatitis B 6. Enteric (intestinal) infections
3. Receptive Anal Intercourse	1. Traumatic proctitis 2. Rectal gonorrhea 3. Anal warts 4. HIV/AIDS 5. Nonspecific procitis (from chlamydia and other STDs) 6. Anorectal herpes 7. Anorectal syphilis 8. Hepatitis B 9. Rectal trichomoniasis 10. Lymphogranuloma venereum 11. Anorectal granuloma inguinale 12. Anorectal chancroid 13. Cytomegalovirus 14. Anorectal candidiasis
4. Receptive Manual-Anal Intercourse	1. Enteric (intestinal) infections
5. Receiver of Oral Sex	1. Physical abrasions 2. Bites 3. Herpes 4. Urethritis from various STDs
6. Insertive Anal Intercourse	1. Nongonococcal urethritis 2. Genital herpes 3. Molluscum contagiosum 4. Genital warts 5. Syphilis 6. Trichomoniasins 7. Epididymitis and/or proctitis 8. Fungal infections 9. Lymphogranuloma vencreum 10. Granuloma inguinale 11. Chancroid 12. Hepatitis B 13. HIV/AIDS
7. Oral-anal Intercourse	1. Enteric (intestinal) infections 2. Shigellosis 3. Campylobacter fetus (bacteria) 4. Enterogenic E. coli bacteria 5. Hepatitis (A, B, and others) 6. Amebiasis 7. Giardiasis 8. Salmonellosis 9. Enterobius vermicularis (parasite) 10. Oral warts 11. Oral gonorrhea 12. Syphilis 13. Lymphogranuloma venereum 14. Oral granuloma inguinale 15. Oral chancroid 16. HIV/AIDS 17. Herpes 18. Anorectal meningococcal infection

1. International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 26, 657-661, "Modelling the Impact of HIV Disease on Mortality in Gay and Bisexual Men."
2. Michael Fumento, "AIDS: Are heterosexuals at Risk?" Commentary 84, (November, 1987) pp. 22-23.
3. Between the Lines, "Anal Cancer and You," Sept. 29, 2000.
4. Medical Institute of Sexual Health, "Health Implications Associated with Homosexuality," 1999.
5. Centers for Disease Control, "Resurgent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease Among Men Who Have Sex With Men," September 10, 1999.
6. Infectious Disease News, "Because of HPV, anal cancer screening indicated for certain high-risk groups," October, 1997
7. Manila Bulletin (Philippines), "Bisexuals Serve as 'Bridge' Infecting Women With HIV," July 30, 2000 
8. Medical Institute of Sexual Health, "Health Implications Associated with Homosexuality," 1999.
9. WebMD Forum: "HPV and Cervical Cancer with John R. Diggs, Jr., M.D.," April 7, 2000.
10. Infectious Disease News, "Because of HPV, anal cancer screening indicated for certain high-risk groups," October, 1997
11. DG & Altman Ostrow, "Homosexual Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Diseases." New York: McGraw Hill, 1990. pp. 61-69.

[scripter]

Why do you care? Are you gay?

Part of my personal philosophy is: life's too short to respond to someone who asks such a question. If it takes 10 seconds to respond they've wasted 10 seconds of my life. Appreciate you two stepping in, though.

[Tauzero]

Well sure. But as health risks go, it's one of the best.

[yendu bwam]

I will always refute the "findings" of the politically correct - that Homosexuality is "normal"....those poor souls are in fact NOT normal... They should be tolerated (barely), but certainly not hailed as "special" or thrust in front of our children as an alternative "lifestyle"... Semper Fi

When they get near my children in any way, they will have a ferocious fight on their hands.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Why do you care? Are you gay?

Hehehe…why do you care, are you “gay”?

Ring, Ring!
Hello kettle, this is pot…you’re black.

[Clint N. Suhks]

oral and anal sex is not all that uncommon among heterosexuals putting them at risk as well.

OK, what do you think the percentage for sodomy between homosexuals and heterosexuals is? Homosexuals 100% and heterosexuals…what?

Comparing man/woman relationships (right behavior) with perversion (wrong behavior) is ludicrous.

[oyez]

to deny that it's not only unhealthy, but wrong

Hey, we can't offend a minority by telling the truth. This kind of thinking has had a tragic impact on the nation. Because a certain fact is unpopular dosn't make it untrue.

[sheik yerbouty]

"..and a partridge in a pear tree!"

[Jorge]

Comparing man/woman relationships (right behavior) with perversion (wrong behavior) is ludicrous.

You missed the point.
The idea that anal and oral sex are risky for homosexuals and not risky for heterosexuals is ludicrous.

[EdReform]

Missed this one yesterday bump

Back later to read and reply...

[EdReform]

Why Isn't Homosexuality Considered A Disorder On The Basis Of Its Medical Consequences?

Is This Gay Behavior Sick?

The International Organization of Heterosexual Rights

[ArGee]

A Michigan homosexual newspaper admits there is no such thing as "safe sex" to prevent this "soaring" cancer risk. Condoms offer only limited protection.

Someone should have asked Colin Powell if he would have sex with someone whom he knew had AIDS as long as he used a condom.

IMHO: Using a condom to make sex "safe" is like buckling a seatbelt before driving a car over a cliff to make the activity "safe".

Shalom.

[ArGee]

I know what you mean ... according to the table of problems in the above article it sounds like you shouldn't do anything with your wife except stick it in, pull it out, take a shower and go sleep in separate beds ala Lucy and Dezi.

Is it your custom to misread what is posted or do you have a particular agenda here?

Shalom.

[ArGee]

I been trying to tell people that homosexuals are a danger to themselves and others but do they listen? Nooooo!

There is none so blind as him who will not see.

If I start suggesting that some sexual behaviors are deviant then I might have to ask if my own preferences are deviant. I don't want to ask because I don't want to give them up. Therefore, to protect my own potential perversion I must protect the actual perversions of others. Shalom.

[ArGee]

It isn't very safe either.

The way I do it is very safe.

Safe sex means only with your spouse.

Shalom.

[montag813]

This is all well and good, except that they want your son to join the ranks of the sodomists as well. That is why radical Homosexuals are a mortal threat to the fabric of American society.

[Khepera]

If I start suggesting that some sexual behaviors are deviant then I might have to ask if my own preferences are deviant. I don't want to ask because I don't want to give them up. Therefore, to protect my own potential perversion I must protect the actual perversions of others.

I would like to point out that the sexual activities you participate in with your husband or wife (as the case may be) are blessed by God and not deviant unless performed outside the bonds of your marriage. Marriage being defined as 1 man and 1 woman. The traditional bond defined by God. Acts outside of that bond are not permitted.

[ArGee]

I would like to point out that the sexual activities you participate in with your husband or wife (as the case may be) are blessed by God and not deviant unless performed outside the bonds of your marriage.

I would generally concur. However, one should never put one's spouse at risk just for the sake of sexual pleasure. That said, I think sodomy would be out as would oral-anal activity. The potential price is too high and the reward is too low.

Shalom.

[Khepera]

Ewwwwwww!

[Clint N. Suhks]

Should people stop being gay? I personally believe they can't for one thing.

Of course you pro-sodomy cheerleaders need to believe that, how else can you live with yourself? I’ll bet you don’t know the first thing about paraphilic disorder, you probably believe what ever you are told in the media. People are capable of changing disordered behavior from a variety of mental illnesses, accepting wrong behavior as unchangeable is immoral, lazy and pathetic.

so WHO CARES?? …there's more important things to worry about.

For someone who lives in a country where there’s no Freedom of Speech I’ll trust your apathy is symptomatic of all your countrymen. Sitting around watching the moral fabric of ones country decay with drug abuse, the deconstruction of the family unit, children having children, social engineering and indoctrination in public schools and the acceptance of perversion as normal is something I care about, too bad you Canucks have “more important things to do.” We’re in a culture war here, only those who actually CARE need apply.