Posted on 04/29/2011 12:38:26 PM PDT by wagglebee
NEW YORK, April 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Teens who self-identify as homosexual are five times more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to attempt suicide, according to a study released last week.
The study, published in the journal Pediatrics online on April 18, was conducted in order to determine whether living in a gay friendly social environment affected the risk of a teen identifying as homosexual committing suicide. It found that teens in “unsupportive” social environments were 20 percent more at risk of attempting suicide than those in “supportive” environments.
“This study documents an association between an objective measure of the social environment and suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth,” concludes the study abstract, adding that the results “have important implications for the development of policies and interventions to reduce sexual orientation–related disparities in suicide attempts.”
But Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council pointed out that the takeaway finding from the study is not that gay teens are marginally less likely to commit suicide in a “supportive” environment, but that overall gay teens are so many times more likely to commit suicide than their non-gay peers – “a difference that far overwhelms any difference caused by the ‘social environment.’”
The study gathered self-report data from nearly 32,000 grade 11 students in Oregon. The findings also revealed that 21.5 percent of the gay teens surveyed reported suicidal tendencies, while only 4.2 percent of straight teens did the same.
The study author, Mark Hatzenbuehler of Columbia University, told Reuters, however, that no studies have been able to pinpoint the root cause of suicidal tendencies in gay teens.
From a psychological point of view, the study appears to leave open many questions: Cornell University psychologist Dr. Ritch Savin-Williams suggested to Reuters that gay teens may report as suicidal based on their own stereotype.
“We have given them the message that they are suicidal,” said Savin-Williams, who wasn’t involved in the study.
Sprigg, however, said that the “logical take-away” of the study might not suit the author’s original intention.
“The most effective way of reducing teen suicide attempts is not to create a ‘positive social environment’ for the affirmation of homosexuality. Instead, it would be to discourage teens from self-identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual,” he said.
For decades now, these frauds have always said, its not an issue whenever the liberals (for whom it is a huge issue) have fervently pushed these leftist social issues with the help of leftist academia, entertainment and newsmedia, with aggressive illegal legislation by judges.
When the liberals continue to do this the frauds on free republic say, move along, nothing to see here, its the conservative's fault.
What lying hypocrites.
These are people pushing a left-wing agenda, and "gay lifestyle" is one of those agendas. They really don't give a damn about the individual lives that this stuff affects.
But they have their “pride”!
The answer is simple. They are stuck with a mindset that they cannot do anything about and would have preferred to be straight. It must be a terrible thing to discover that you are not like regular people. There is a big difference between the truly born gay and those that are addicted to easy sex. Big difference. Hasn’t everyone seen a little boy that had very girlish tendancies, and thought he would turn out gay, and he did? I’ve seen it several times.
Guess these faggots aren’t so “gay” after all ...
“It’s just about love!”
Instead of suicide they should just go to the seminary like the rest of them.
I blame Bush.
The mentally ill in general are more likely to commit suicide, queer or not.
Most? Stats, please.
I vividly remember seeing the subject of gays being discussed on Donoughue when I was in High School and not even knowing what the heck it meant.
There is NO NEED AT ALL to flood kids with any of this crap, either from schools or from the media. And if they do, THEY should take responsibility for the carnage, not people trying to protect their kids.
Good thread.
Sorry. Most of the Catholic priests who have been involved with molesting young men have been homosexuals.
you’re a nut. %’s are (were) near same as general populace.
ur off ur nut.
infestation was designed and perpetrated by the commies - re ex agent Bella Dodd (she converted and confessed to Bishop Fulton J Sheen), was prophecized (roundly: that seminaries would become cesspools) through Our Lady of La Salette.
Disturbing, very disturbing.
Hate the sin; love the sinner. Is that what Christ would do?
So many have the “It’s all about me” attitude.
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