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June 15, 2005
Why Self-Proclaimed "Fundamentalists" Scare Me:
"We put warning labels on cigarette packs because we know that smoking takes one to two years off the average life span, yet we 'celebrate' a lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease and takes at least 20 years off the average life span according to the 2005 issue of the revered scientific journal Psychological Reports," Rev. Bill Banuchi, executive director of the New York Christian Coalition told the Mid Hudson News.
Even if we take him metaphorically (IE, assume that he doesn't actually want to employ the same labeling system pioneered by the German NAZI party), we are still left with a fairy silly statement...
To whit: Rev. Banuchi is claiming that we "celebrate" gay sex, rather than try to forget that gays actually have sex. He further postulates that gay men and gay women are equally likely to suffer all sorts of diseases-- something which is patently untrue. Indeed, I think Girl on Girl sex is* probably the single safest sex 2 or more humans can engage in. Men, on the other hand, can transmit germs around quite nicely...
Also, why are Psychological Reports being revered? And why exactly is a Psychological Journal making points about life expectancy and STD rates? Shouldn�t it be concentrating on the, um, psychology?
Anyway, this man seriously needs to loose some followers. Alas, he'll probably be able to determine the direction of at least one congressional seat...
*no, not going there. Get your mind out of the gutter!
Posted by Andrew at June 15, 2005 04:27 PM
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Couldn't agree with you more...
Rand.
Posted by: Rand. at June 16, 2005 10:21 AM