Agreed. About 1% of homosexuals are actually born with genetic predispositions inclining to a sexual identity opposite to their physical characteristics. That is a very small number considering the entire homosexual population of the U.S. is between 1-2%, but locally higher is some cities like San Francisco. The "born that way" argument is based on rare exceptions and blown out of proportion to satisfy a guilty conscience. Sexuality is subject to a high degree of conditioning, with most homosexuals engaging in promiscuous acts in early adolescence, then becoming conditioned into an identity that is reinforced by the gay agenda and peer pressure of their own choosing. I've seen this happen in my own family.
There is nothing wrong with being "gay". Doing gay things are immoral. Same with a heterosexual who cheats on their spouse. It's destructive. There are personal and/or social consequences to violating moral laws.
While the Church does recognize homosexuality as disordered, this does not mean that the Church is uncompassionate to those who suffer from the disorder. The
Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "Men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies . . . must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided."
Homosexuals of both sexes remain fourteen times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexuals1 and 3½ times more likely to commit suicide successfully.2 Thirty years ago, this propensity toward suicide was attributed to social rejection, but the numbers have remained largely stable since then despite far greater public acceptance than existed in 1973. Study after study shows that male and female homosexuals have much higher rates of interpersonal maladjustment, depression, conduct disorder, childhood abuse (both sexual and violent), domestic violence, alcohol or drug abuse, anxiety, and dependency on psychiatric care than heterosexuals.3 Life expectancy of homosexual men was only forty-eight years before the AIDS virus came on the scene, and it is now down to thirty-eight.50Only 2 percent of homosexual men live past age sixty-five.4
Male homosexuals are prone to cancer (especially anal cancer, which is almost unheard-of in male heterosexuals) and various sexually transmitted diseases, including urethritis, laryngitis, prostatitis, hepatitis A and B, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and genital warts (which are caused by the human papilloma virus, which also causes genital cancers).5 Lesbians are at lower risk for STDs but at high risk for breast cancer.6Homosexuals of both sexes have high rates of drug abuse, including cocaine, marijuana, LSD and other psychedelics, barbiturates, and amyl nitrate.7
Footnotes:
- C. Bagley and P. Tremblay, "Suicidal Behaviors in Homosexual and Bisexual Males," Crisis 18 (1997): 24-34.
- R. A. Garofalo et al., "The Associations Between Health Risk Behaviors and Sexual Orientation Among a School-Based Sample of Adolescents," Pediatrics 101 (1998): 895-902.
- R. Herrell et al., Archives of General Psychiatry 56 (1999): 867-74; D. M. Fergusson, J. Horwood, A. L. Beautrais, "Is Sexual Orientation Related to Mental Health Problems and Suicidality in Young People?" Archives of General Psychiatry 56 (1999): 876-80; M. J. Bailey, "Homosexuality and Mental Illness," Archives of General Psychiatry 56 (1999): 883-4.
- P. Cameron and K. Cameron, "Homosexual Parents," Adolescence 31 (1996): 757-76.
- Ibid.
- Laura Dean et al., "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health: Findings and Concerns," Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 4, no. 3 (2000): 101-51.
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
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