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Gay Lifestyle should not be encouraged

BRUCE BAUER, M.D. and RICHARD J. LOMAS, D.D.S., Guest columnists May 10, 2001

GUEST COLUMN


Given the scientifically documented hazards of homosexuality, should a truly enlightened, compassionate society encourage and enable such behavior? These men say our laws should discourage, not enable, such behavior.

Royal Oak voters will decide May 15 whether to adopt an ordinance granting special class status to persons involved in homosexual behavior. Proposal 2, if adopted, will legitimize homosexuality as deserving of special protection. Given the scientifically documented hazards of homosexuality, should a truly enlightened, compassionate society encourage and enable such behavior?

For individuals involved in homosexuality, the likelihood of being attacked by their own homosexual lovers is a staggering 50,000 percent greater than the risk than the risk of so-called "hate crimes."

"We believe as many as 650,000 gay men may be victims of domestic violence each year in the U.S.," wrote David Island and Patrick

Letellier, co-editors of the National Gay & Lesbian Domestic Network Newsletter. "The probability of violence occurring in a gay couple is mathematically double the probably of that in a heterosexual couple."

"Lesbians reported as much abuse as gay men did," The New York Times wrote last November, citing a national study.

Homosexual domestic violence among men alone dwarfs 500 to one the 1,317 hate crimes nationwide last year allegedly motivated, by disapproval of homosexuality, the FBI reported.

Between the Lines, Detroit's homosexual newsmagazine, reported the risk of anal cancer soars by nearly 4,000 percent among men involved in homosexuality.

The Medical Institute of Sexual Health reports "homosexual men are at significantly increased risk of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, anal cancer, gonorrhea and gastrointestinal infections as a result of their sexual practices," while "women who have sex with women are at significantly higher risk of bacterial, breast cancer and ovarian cancer than are heterosexual women."

The Center for Disease Control reports men involved in homosexuality are 860 percent more likely to contract sexually sexually transmitted diseases, partially because they "have large numbers of anonymous partners, which can result in rapid, extensive transmission of STDs ... threaten(ing) national HIV infection prevention efforts."

"Gay men of all ages remain at an alarming risk," the CDC warns, while "young bisexual men are a 'bridge' to women," threatening not only their own lives but the general population.

"People with same-sex sexual behavior are at greater risk for psychiatric disorders," the Journal of the American Medical Association reported in January, citing Dutch findings that males involved in homosexuality are 727 percent more likely to suffer a bipolar disorder, with greater risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (718 percent higher), panic disorder (421 percent), mood disorders (311 percent), and major depression (234 percent).

Anticipating homosexual activists' typical victimhood claim - that health risks associated with homosexuality are somehow "caused" by organizations that publicly oppose their political agenda - the study noted that "the Dutch social climate toward homosexuality has long been and remains considerably more tolerant" than other counties.

Oxford University's International Journal of Epidemiology reports "life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is eight to 20 years less than for all men. If the same pattern of mortality continues, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 will not reach their 65th birthday."

Judging the years of life put at risk, homosexual behavior is up to three times deadlier than smoking. Society nonetheless condemns, restricts and spends millions of tax dollars to discourage the lesser threat (tobacco), while irrationally contemplating Proposal 2-type laws to protect and force social acceptance of the greater (homosexuality).

Our laws should discourage, not enable such deadly behavior. On May 15, please vote no on Proposal 2.

Dr. Bauer practiced medicine in Berkley and was on staff at Beaumont Hospital until his retirement. Dr. Lomas is a 36-year resident of Royal Oak and is a retired dentist.

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