Posted on 02/22/2002 2:35:45 AM PST by kattracks
CNSNews.com) - Schools should let their students know that the differences between the homosexual and heterosexual cultures are many and profound, contrary to assertions by homosexual advocacy groups who seek to portray homosexuality as something innate and essentially without risk, a leading psychological group said.
Indeed, a same-sex male couple rarely stays together if the partners are not open to permitting each other to have outside sexual contacts, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) said in a recent mailing to 15,300 public school superintendents around the United States.
The mailing "seeks to correct the misinformation that is being promoted by these homosexual advocacy groups that have an incredible influence on the public education system," said Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, president of NARTH and a proponent of reparative therapy for homosexuals who want to change.
"What we're trying to say to school supervisors is, 'don't just rely on pro-gay information sources to make your decisions.' All our stuff is well grounded scientifically," he said. NARTH is a non-religious scientific organization whose 1,000 members include psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists.
Homosexual advocacy groups, however, denounced the mailing as a misinformation campaign that will destroy families and hurt children.
"It hurts families," said Wayne Besen, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign. "It keeps families separated, it confuses people who need to accept themselves, and it promotes misinformation and outdated theories that are against what every leading medical and mental health organization in the nation says."
The mailing goes out to the same school officials who were targeted in 1999 with a pamphlet entitled "Just the Facts," written by a coalition that included the American Psychological Association (APA).
The APA pamphlet encouraged schools not to inform students that therapy exists to diminish homosexuality and not to refer such students to counselors who will reflect their own family's deeply held values.
"NARTH was so incensed by the misinformation and untruths provided in the APA pamphlet that it immediately took on the task of raising the necessary funds required to compile, print and distribute" the mailing, Nicolosi said.
"Homosexual advocacy groups have been masterful in their ability to reframe what is essentially a health issue to a human rights issue, and when you talk human rights, everyone gets paranoid," he said.
"When you introduce the possibility of change, you introduce the possibility of freedom to choose, and when you do that, you undermine the foundation of the gay agenda," he added.
Homosexual high school students were more likely than non-homosexual students to have engaged in high health risk behaviors, including alcohol, cocaine and inhalant use.
By the age of 30, some 30 percent of homosexual men will be HIV positive or dead of AIDS; by the age of 50, about 50 percent of homosexual men will be HIV-positive, NARTH said.
NARTH estimates the homosexual population in the United States to be between 2 percent and 2.5 percent. Nicolosi said it was difficult to estimate the number of ex-homosexuals, people who once considered themselves homosexual and changed their orientation through reparative therapy and are now leading lives as heterosexuals.
"These are people who still are ashamed to come forward because our society doesn't understand or appreciate their struggle," he said. Ex-homosexuals should be encouraged to come forward and tell their stories, he said.
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Just stop and think for a moment - objectively not emotionally. Nature itself tells us that man was not created to receive another man. Woman was created to receive man. (I am speaking in the sexual sense without trying to be too graphic.) Anal intercourse is not natural. That area of the human body was made to expell material not receive it. The interior of the walls of the colon cannot withstand sexual action. However, the interior walls of the vagina are. Most diseases associated with man/man intercourse can be traced back to this very fact.
Study the facts and then begin to stury the Biblical issues.
Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight? NARTH!
SUMMARY: A San Francisco study reveals that crystal meth use combined with unsafe sex is a growing problem in the gay club scene.
A new San Francisco-based study reveals that methamphetamine use combined with unsafe sex is a growing problem among gay and transgender late-night club-goers.
The "Party and Play Study," conducted by the AIDS (news - web sites) Office of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (news - web sites), revealed preliminary results on Jan. 10 to the city's HIV (news - web sites) Prevention Planning Council that men who use crystal meth, or speed, a popular drug on the late-night dance scene, tend to be less cautious when it comes to practicing safe sex.
The six-month study examined the habits of 391 men and male-to-female transsexuals who had sex with men during the previous six months and who often partied between midnight and 4 a.m.
The study confirmed a correlation between drug use and a rise in HIV infection rates through both risky sex and injecting the drug, but some health officials view the risky sex as the larger culprit.
"There's a fair amount of evidence that people are aware of the importance of sharing clean needles," said Michael Siever, director of San Francisco's Stonewall Project, a group that works with men using or addicted to speed. "But it's quite common that people high on speed have high-risk sex. Sex and speed will happen regardless if people are injecting or not."
Of the 391 participants in the study, 84 percent reported non-injection drug use in the previous three months, and 64 percent of this group used crystal meth. Of the 35 percent who reported injection drug use during the three months, nearly all (94 percent) reported injecting speed.
A majority of those taking drugs during late-night partying admitted to having sex without a condom. Of the 81 percent who responded to having anal intercourse, nearly two-thirds did not use protection.
The HIV status of participants: 69 percent reported being HIV-negative, with 31 percent positive.
The study also reveals a greater need, health advocates say, for outreach to gay men and transsexuals who frequent late-night clubs with a message relaying both the dangers of drug use and the imperative need to use condoms during sex.
"HIV is still killing people," said Dr. Ron Falcon, board member of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. "We need better education that's more focused. Both drugs and HIV need attention. People tend to know more about HIV than drugs. Now, unfortunately, drug use is associated with the spread of this disease that's killing off our community."
While speed use and HIV now seem to be receiving more attention, Siever said he's seen it as a problem for 10 years. The study confirmed his fears.
"(Crystal Meth) is the No. 1 drug of choice behind alcohol," he said. "The numbers (revealed in the study) are higher than I expected. Many more people inject speed than we realized. It's of great concern."
When it comes to the bad, society must draw the line between that which will not be tolerated and that which will be tolerated but discouraged. Never should the bad be tolerated and not discouraged. Toleration alone is tacit approval. And with approval comes peaceful or forceful expansion of the bad. Homosexuality is far from being an ideal for all of society to strive towards, therefore society must choose not to tolerate or to tolerate but discourage. The compasionate thing (but not necessarily the best for society) is to tolerate but discourage homosexuality.
The minds of the youth are often the battleground. Homosexuals will encourage, society must discourage.
On a parallel note: I have never understood why it is assumed that a man can get counseling and hormone therapy to become a "woman", but that same man could not get counseling and hormone therapy to become a real man. Indeed that later is more true than the former.
I'll leave you with a question to ponder. Who do you think abducts all those children and young adults that go missing in the U.S. ever year? There is not nearly enough pedophiles and childless parents to account for the large numbers. Homosexuality is not self sustaining. It requires a large number of new "recruits" each year, especially when AIDS is factored into the equation.
Homosexuality Kills. Period.
Of course this is why there is such a rush to come up with a cure for AIDS. When the homosexual population (yes, and drug users to some extent too) spread a deadly, killer, disease like wildfire, of course they need to find a cure. Not simply to cure themselves but to stop homosexuality from bing a deadly, murderous, lifestyle. Some day reality might catch up to people and we might stop traeting the spread of HIV/AIDS as if it simply drops from the sky on all men, women, and children. If/when that happens the "gay" lobby is in deep trouble.
When you introduce the possibility of change, you introduce the possibility of freedom to choose, and when you do that, you undermine the foundation of the gay agenda.
The freedom of choice NARTH speaks of is behavioral choice. It is possible for homosexual men or women to choose to behave as heterosexuals. This does not change their sexual orientation. It is possible to reduce homosexual desire through therapy. In fact it is possible to reduce heterosexual desire using the same techniques as Catholic priests have done for centuries.
NARTH therapy creates psychological eunuchs, not heterosexuals.
Homosexual high school students were more likely than non-homosexual students to have engaged in high health risk behaviors, including alcohol, cocaine and inhalant use.
I wouldn’t doubt this. Gay high school students are subject to additional pressures that other students don’t have. It isn’t surprising that substance abuse is common.
By the age of 30, some 30 percent of homosexual men will be HIV positive or dead of AIDS; by the age of 50, about 50 percent of homosexual men will be HIV-positive, NARTH said.
HIV is caused mostly by promiscuous behavior and sexual practices that involve the transfer of bodily fluids. Gay men have a high incidence of both. Safe sex techniques can reduce, but not eliminate the possibility of infection. There are a number of factors that influence homosexuals to engage in high risk behaviors.
NARTH estimates the homosexual population in the United States to be between 2 percent and 2.5 percent.
It is very difficult to estimate the number of homosexual individuals because many people lie about their orientation. There are a great many closeted homosexuals in this country. Even at 2%, that would still mean there are over five million homosexual Americans.
Nicolosi said it was difficult to estimate the number of ex-homosexuals, people who once considered themselves homosexual and changed their orientation through reparative therapy and are now leading lives as heterosexuals.
The key phrase is “leading lives”. They are not heterosexuals; they are homosexuals pretending to be heterosexuals. It is very difficult to acquire an accurate count of ex-gays, as many are unable to maintain the charade for long and seek out same sex companionship.
These are people who still are ashamed to come forward because our society doesn't understand or appreciate their struggle," he said. Ex-homosexuals should be encouraged to come forward and tell their stories, he said.
I respect the decisions of those who choose to be ex-gay. They trade their sexuality for the acceptance of their –often-religious – peers. Unfortunately, they usually end up with neither.
That is what I always say. In normal life and society, impersonation is a crime, but somehow gays are immune from that.
And of course we are to love all men (and women, which was implied). We are not to love and endorse sin.
This has got to cease.
It really isn't anyting to be proud of, except perhaps in a bizarre side-show spectacle sense.
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