Prop 8 Protest in Long Beach

By paul "truth"speaker... all research shows the exact opposite of the statistics you just threw out. Would you mind pointing us to your sources?

If you wish to refute my statements then it is on you to prove that you are not ignorant, and provide your statistics.

Alcoholism is a fatal chronic illness affecting the lives of 20 to 30% of the homosexual population (Ziebold & Mongeon, 1982). Studies have found that 35% of lesbians had a history of excessive drinking, compared to only 5% of the heterosexual women in the sample (Saghir, 1970; Lewis, 1982). Approximately 30% of lesbians and gay men are addicted to drugs (Rofes, 1983). The facts show that the homosexual community constitutes a high-risk population with regard to alcoholism and drug abuse.

The process of recovery allows you to heal by working through those feelings you have pushed down with alcohol and/or drugs. It is often said that when you have a substance abuse problem, your emotional development stops when you start abusing. When you medicate your feelings, you numb yourself from conflicts and reality. Once you decide to no longer abuse, those feelings and emotions will surface and may be overwhelming. Self-help groups offer a safe and supportive environment where people share common experience, strength and hope.

This article was written by Dot Wojakowski as part of a Challenge Grant, produced and distributed by McGill Student Health Services:

It is commonly believed that factors such as stigma, denial, alienation, discrimination, and the cultural importance of bars place lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals at higher risk of developing problems with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD). We do know one thing: many issues need to be understood and addressed by prevention professionals working with lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities before they can deal with the destructive consequences of ATOD.

I guess my facts are not baseless and are supported by my academic scholarships to UCLA and USC, my research papers, and my 147 IQ.

Since peopl like you, always try to visit ignorance upon religion, his more vidence for you. It maybe hard for you, since on a good day your IQ is likely 114 or less. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt, so need to write and tell me that it is less.

The highest principles fo rour aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian relgious tradition. Though religion may be that which determines the goal, it has nevertheless, learned from science, in the broadest sense, what means will contribute to the attainment of the goals it has set up. While it is true that scientific results are entirely independent from religious or moral considerations, those individuals to whom we owe the great creative achievements of science were ALL OF THEM imbued with the truly RELIGIOUS CONVICITON that this universe of ours is omething perfect and susceptible to the rational striving for knowledge.-Albert Einstein

I suspect that gay or straight, without religion will finding themselves lacking in wisdom, knowledge, and creative thought. However, it is necessary to preserve a sense of dignity for many gays, when they hold onto primitive notions of a gay gene. It would prosper their recover to sing the songs of pedophiles, "We are what we are, and that's that." We have rendered ourselves unto vile afflictions and we seek the unnatural use of the body. We enjoy not God's design and find no comfort in normality, since we are afflicted."

So, bring on your baselss prejudices.