Posted on 06/16/2004 1:54:28 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Activists in Canada are disputing statistics from the government in Ottawa released yesterday that show just 1 percent of the nation's population identify themselves as homosexual.
The figures from the Canadian Community Health Survey also indicate 0.7 percent of Canadians said they were bisexual, the Canadian Press news service reported.
Advocates for homosexual rights cast doubt on the government's numbers.
"What's clear is that there is under-reporting,'' Laurie Arron, director of advocacy for the "gay"-rights group Egale told the news service, claiming the number of homosexuals is somewhere between 5 and 10 percent.
"I think you can definitely count on under-reporting, there's no question of that,'' said Michael Botnick, a professor of anthropology and sociology at the University of British Columbia.
The survey found 1.3 percent of men considered themselves homosexual compared to 0.7 percent of women. Some 0.9 percent of women said they were bisexual, compared to 0.6 of men.
Homosexual activists claim there is reluctance among respondents to honestly report their sexual orientation on a government survey.
Botnick argued homosexuality is hard to define statistically.
"Sexuality is a very slippery and elusive issue that has little to do with gay, homosexual or queer, however anyone wants to describe it,'' he said.
"Somebody who has never had a same-sex experience, ever in their lives, but has fantasies, does that make them gay, or not? Maybe they are, but they don't qualify.''
According to the Canadian Press report, Quebec reported the highest number of homosexuals or bisexuals at 2.3 percent of the population. British Columbia followed at 1.9 percent, New Brunswick with 1.6 percent and Ontario at 1.5 percent.
The belief that 10 percent of the population is homosexual is based on discredited research done by Indiana University zoologist Dr. Alfred Kinsey in the mid-20th century. More recent research puts the number between 1 and 3 percent.
Yeah right. Like 90 percent of gays are so in-the-closet they can't even confess to an anonymous government survey.
Suuuure.
The true figure is 2%. If anything the Canadian survey shows gay boasts of being 10% of the population is a myth.
I wonder what the LA times reports as statistics...LOL...
Two countries, two separate survey groups, same results... looks good to me.
Now for the next question... why are we wasting our time listening to <2% of the population? Tell them to take a hike and leave our elementary/public schools and mass media alone.
Once upon a time it was reported that the sodomite population in the US was 1.5%. I have no reason to believe that number has changed.
lol!
My mind goes YUMMY when I see chocolate chip cookies...
COOOkie Monstah!!! ;-P
;->
Because a lot of straight people like the message that your nature is to do whatever you want with whomever you want, and that it is bad to deny your urges.
It's not about gays.
"reluctance" by 1000%?
This figure has remained consistent for decades, as best as can be determined. The 10% figure was an avowed lie, dreamed up and published by Kinsey.
Just plain warped. LOL
That comes under cats and dogs -- strange. If I had to choice between those two and sheep -- I'll take the sheep.
Kinsey was a monster who was responsible for a great deal more than just this "discredited research". He was a homosexual himself and a pedophile who sexually abused children in the name of this "research" and caused hundreds more children to suffer sexual molestation, rape and even forms of sexual torture to infants. Dr. Reisman uses Kinsey's own records in documenting his vile crimes, a man constantly applauded by the left.
http://www.drjudithreisman.org/books.htm#Kinseybook
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