New Study Shows Homosexuals Live 20 Fewer Years

Dakota Voice ^ | 6/6/2005 | Dr. Paul Cameron

[scripter]

Dr. Paul Cameron, President of Family Research Institute, a Colorado-based think tank, announced today that a new study on the life span of homosexuals will appear in a 2005 issue of the refereed scientific journal Psychological Reports (Volume 96: pp. 693-697).

This study provides additional evidence that the practice of homosexuality, with its attendant lifestyle, shortens the life of practitioners by about 20 years.

"Obituaries have indicated that gays seldom reach old age," Cameron said. "Indeed, gay obituaries suggest that engaging in homosexuality costs participants between 15 to 25 years of life, suggesting that homosexuality is more dangerous than smoking or being fat.

"Over 10,000 gay obituaries have been collected from homosexual publications. Are the obituaries listed in the gay press representative of gay deaths in general?" Cameron asks.

A new study that compared them with Centers for Disease Control data indicates they are.

The Washington Blade, a homosexual newspaper, has been the major homosexual paper used to track homosexual obituaries. So its obituaries for death due to AIDS were compared to AIDS deaths among males who had sex with males from the CDC for 1994 through 2000. Surprisingly, there was almost perfect correspondence. The effects of the new drug cocktails for AIDS were evident in both datasets. In 1994 the CDC put the average age of death by AIDS for homosexuals at 39, the Blade at 40. By 2000, the CDC reported the median age of death at 43 and the Blade at 42. Similar correspondences were noted for the 25th and 75th centiles of deaths.

The CDC reported that 9% of heterosexuals who died of AIDS were at least 65 years of age. But less than 4% of homosexuals and IV drug abusers who died of AIDS reached 65.

"These findings add substantial support to our previous findings," said Cameron, who headed the study. "While no one has all the facts on this issue, the CDC data is about as good as it gets. These data indicate that considerable progress in medically combating HIV is being made – its even affecting deaths from other medical causes. Right now, the median age of death for gays in the obituaries is running near 60 – about tied with the median age of death for lesbians. Of course, the median age of death for adults is about 80 – so the 20 year hit for engaging in homosexuality that we reported 15 years ago continues to hold."

The new study "Gay obituaries closely track officially reported deaths from AIDS" can be read in the scientific journal, Psychological Reports (2005;96:693-697).

[little jeremiah]

Your personal attacks on Scripter are 100% unwarranted. If you disagree with his statements (which are backed up by voluminous research and articles galore), why not post some findings that support your POV? All you've done so far is quote your husband and make angry, childish statements including personal attacks.

It doesn't do your side any good, and makes you look petty and ignorant.

[Selkie]

I have a problem with homosexuals (GLSEN) telling children, "How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tried it?" >>>>>> I have never personally met a gay person who has said that to a child.

Unless they were a flipping PEDOPHILE and then that's a whole 'nother ball of wax.

I have two gay 'work' friends (both male, i don't get along with lesbians at all)

And both of them said they wouldnt wish the frustration, depression and pain of being different on anyone.

[scripter]

Sheesh - those are low numbers that I haven't seen from the CDC. Do you have a link?

[Selkie]

Yeah I know this.

I was on the debate team in high school, so I guess I love arguing for sport. ;-)

[little jeremiah]

I find it amusing that people accuse scripter and others who are disseminating the truth about the "gay" life as being obsessed with "gay" people.

What I wonder is why people like you are so obsessed with people who speak the truth about the "gay" life.

If you disagree, why not post some facts to prove your opinion?

[scripter]

Thanks, CatQuilt.

[scripter]

See post 123.

[GSWarrior]

These people hang out these threads...they have their little ping lists...they get together and try to out-gay bash each other. There's nothing wrong with that I guess. It makes them feel good about themselves.

I side with Bush on this issue...no one really knows why people become homosexuals.

[Tribune7]

I took it from the article posted. (Fourth paragraph from the bottom)

[Selkie]

scripter wrote:

The fruit fly research has been discredited. Clint - did you find that article you were looking for?>>>>>>>>>>>>>

No, you complete and utter LIAR it just came out last Friday in CELL and Nature, two of the most respected journals of scientific research.

::rolls eyes::

References Demir E., Dickson B. J., et al. Cell, 121. 785 - 794 (2005). | Article |

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050531/full/050531-9.html

Copyright © 2005 Cell Press. All rights reserved. Cell, Vol 121, 785-794, 3 June 2005

fruitless Splicing Specifies Male Courtship Behavior in Drosophila Ebru Demir and Barry J. Dickson*

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3–5, A-1030 Vienna, Austria

Correspondence: Barry J. Dickson Ph: 011-43-1-797-30-455; F: 011-43-797-30-459 barry.dickson@imba.oeaw.ac.at

[Clint N. Suhks]

"This is a first - a superb demonstration that a single gene can serve as a switch for complex behaviors," said Dr. Gero Miesenboeck, a professor of cell biology at Yale.

Yawn...this is nothing new. There have been many "gay" fruit fly studies.

The first one was done in 1963 by Kulbir Gill, AND another in 1995 study by Zhang and Odenwald, and a more current one Balakireva et al, 1998 that ALL found the same thing, when the altered flies were also put in with opposite sex flies, they also attempted to copulate with each other. Every other test until this one found that they were "bisexual" when genetically altered. Funny this one doesn't mention that or even attempts to measure for so called "bisexuality". And as we all know, now say it with me, if science is valid, it's R-E-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E.

Apparently it causes a hyper sexual response similar to a dog humping a leg...any port in a storm so to speak. THIS IS HARDLY A SMOKING GUN, it's a simple rehashing of an old experiment that doesn't replicate the many others that came before it.

Now if anyone wants to read the study I linked to and have a discussion about it I'd be happy to, but to discuss the merits of this one through "news" reporting and without at least the abstract is futile.

[Selkie]

I post current published scientific research.

Thanks for playing

[little jeremiah]

I haven't seen any.

People who get off on arguing for fun are like little dogs who like to yap at everything.

Not my sport.

[Selkie]

Now if anyone wants to read the study I linked to and have a discussion about it I'd be happy to, but to discuss the merits of this one through "news" reporting and without at least the abstract is futile.>>>

The abstract was ALREADY posted.

Teaching Special Ed would be easier........

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1417935/posts?page=121#123

[Clint N. Suhks]

Forgot to hypertext the link.

Balakireva et al, 1998

[Clint N. Suhks]

Teaching Special Ed would be easier........

Reading comprehension is an art apparently.

[WKUHilltopper]

Well, Blow Me Down!

[Selkie]

Arguing is only 'fun' if it's with a worthy opponent

With uneducated twits its more like shooting fish in a barrel.

The article abstract is posted on here.

[little jeremiah]

If you mean the fruit fly article, LOL.

[scripter]

Please stop the personal attacks.

Folks at FR discussed the fruit fly article here, here and here.