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."
Well, yea, female liberals are in charge and shall remain so.
I’m old enough to remember that ‘’You Don’t Say’’ was an NBC daytime television program. For years since I have watched little TV and have no idea what is on, but I remember ‘’You Don’t Say’’, just don’t recall the host.
“Life’s tough. It’s tougher when you’re stupid”
If you’re stupid enough, life becomes a joy. Conclusion: there’s not enough stupidity in the world.
Those “marriages” are largely for income tax purposes, but the American people don’t see that.
They promote this sickness and now blame the results of their promotion on what is not for their agenda.
For crying out loud these people are just as nuts as the homosexuals they promote.
That’s been a known fact since homosexuality has been known to. The act of sodomy is unnatural, unhealthy and the behavior leads to early death. It is a psychological disorder. And that is a fact!!!
“primary hidden reason for Obamacare, was to provide coverage for HIV+ men”
How about coverage for numerous people that have chosen unhealthy ways of living. The lever has been moved toward the rest of us taking care of them rather than them living with the consequences.
bfl
Who knew that these sexually transmitted pathogens were so ‘homophobic?’
Ignorance is bliss.
Sodomized 'science' is bliss.
Sodomized 'science' is ignorance.
global warming has a lot to answer for, this and now ISIS.
Only in a lunatic liberal world
The immediate retort out of the sodomites' mouths is, "well, straight couples engage in sodomy all the time, too!"
This statement is obviously, provably false. If sexually normal ('straight') people engaged in exactly the same sexual conduct as homosexuals, then we could expect proportional incidences of sexually transmitted pathologies in the sexually normal population. The fact that homosexual men are ASTRONOMICALLY more prone to these pathologies is proof positive that normal people DO NOT engage in the same behavior to any significant degree.
“I’ve decided to avoid even being around Democrats anymore.”
The decision to avoid those who identify and practice the unholy is becoming increasingly difficult for the Christian in this day and time. I fully believe that such a time as this can be identified with Jesus’ saying that he who “hates” not his kin couldn’t follow Him. I don’t believe he meant “hate” in the literal sense, but simply the inability to turn away from loved ones and family when they insist on following evil practices. The misguided efforts of “do gooders” and family members to alleviate the consequences of abandoning Christian principles is not only making these problems worse in society but they are ignoring the responsibility to admonish and exhort for the purpose of saving souls. Most preachers and evangelists have followed this practice, leaving us with no one to tell us the truth about where all this (and we) will be going if we don’t heed the warnings, horrific though they may be, contained in The Word.
I did indeed enjoy the article. I’m encouraged that there are those who understand what’s happening. I’ve left two churches when they’ve decided to “have compassion” on those suffering from homosexuality and allow them to pretend that they are part of the body of the church while still openly practicing homosexuality. They seem to have lost sight the fact that repentance is necessary before obtaining forgiveness. “But...sin is sin” they say. Here’s my example of that fallacy as it pertains to the current homosexual revolution. It’s only a matter of time until LGBT demand that their unholy ceremonies be performed by ordained Christian ministers. If sin is sin; then compare them to an unrepentant murderer walking in to a Christian Church. “Hello,” he would cordially greet the pastor. “My name is Joe and I’m a murderer. I’ve come to join your congregation. No, I don’t ever intend to stop murdering. In fact, I might find some likely victims among your parishioners. I also want you to perform a ceremony for me in which you proclaim, before The Creator, that you both confirm and condone my right to keep right on killing people until I die. After all, sin is sin. I’m no different than those gay couples for which you’ve benevolently performed marriage ceremonies. Didn’t they swear “’til death do us part?” Besides, I was born to kill.”
The same thing happened during the “sexual revolution” pertaining to adultery. It’s a steady drip, drip of acquiescing to and ignoring the consequences of sin that began in the Garden. The difference today is that we’re coming to the end of it.
Glad you enjoyed the article. It clarified the situation for me in a way that I can use to explain to others why homosexuality cannot be accepted (the sin or the faith)and why unrepentant homosexuals are not Christian (as many claim to be - they always forget that Jesus said “go and sin no more”). I also had not thought of homosexuals as identifying themselves by their sin ... which they do. Also, those Christians who accept or embrace or condone homosexuality (I hear “love the sinner not the sin” a lot) are helping homosexuals to lose their souls.
Often lately, my thoughts tend to be “come, Lord Jesus”.
How do they explain the fact that back when homosexual behavior was universally, severely stigmatized, there was not anywhere NEAR the disease rates involved?
It seems that DEstigmatization has been the impetus to an increase in pathologies, beginning with the "de-pathologizing" of homosexuality by the APA in the early 70's, leading to the AIDS epidemic less than a decade later.
LOL When I see all the things going on I think I’m having a nightmare and want to wake up, I hope it’s not eternity.
Well, Hell is described as a place of eternal and ceaseless torment and I don’t see anything improving in our future so...
stick it in hot warm Shiite and wiggle it.....you gonna get sick.
LOL. That’s a fact.
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