FRC: being gay reduces lifespan, drain on society
David on Jul 7th 2007
A Family Research Council study says that being gay reduces your lifespan by 24 years. According to the study, this alleged shortened life span is due to AIDS, drug use and poor driving. But it doesn’t stop there. Apparently, gays also contribute less to society. That’s because we bear children less frequently and drain the medical system due to AIDS and drug problems.
The study’s running commentary points out that disproportionate spending on AIDS and HIV research seems unfair because “no one has to… engage in homosexual sex.”
Is this some kind of tasteless joke? No. It’s note a joke, but it sure is tasteless. Perhaps the researchers should read up on the largely heterosexual AIDS epidemic in Africa.
The commentary also attacks LGBTQ parented families. Why? Gay parenting is a bad idea because gays don’t live as long. “‘Gay adoption’ is ill-advised since, on average, a homosexual couple aged 35 yr. would be about as close to demise as a man-woman couple aged 55 yr.”
Just when you think it can’t get worse, the study states: “…gay rights reduces the constitutional rights of assembly, free speech, and parental control of non-homosexuals.” Surprisingly, the authors couldn’t dream up any justification for this statement.
It’s not without surprise that this “study” was funded by the vehemently homophobic Family Research Council. I seriously doubt that legitimacy of the conclusion that gays live, on average, 24 years less than their non-gay counterparts. But even if LGBTQ individuals have a shorter lifespan, so what? That’s justification for making us second-class citizens? That’s reason to let the AIDS epidemics in this country and abroad spin out of control? Perhaps all the gays should be carted away to prison camps where our impact on society can be minimized. Or did history already teach us that lesson?
The level of hate that this group channels never ceases to amaze me. If you’re interested in reading the study for yourself, click here.
What do you make of all this?
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This insidious “study” is yet another example of the ignorance of people like Tony Perkins. When will these people realize that their remarks harm society, and most importantly - our children?
Why are we surprised by the sheer bigotry and vitriol that these lying bastards propagate? They are the remnants of a religion with its worldview originating in the pre-Dark Ages and that uses power and oppression to support its institutions. FRC and similar weirdos will do anything to convince themselves that they and their religion are still relevant. The fact is, the less religious and more secular a society in the modern civil world, the more likely it is to be open, inclusive, and humane.
I guess they forgot about all the income and property tax we pay so that their kids can go to school and they can have all those government services. Since they use the social benefits and we pay for them, THEY are the real drain on society. And what about overpopulation being the real cause of global warming, environmental destruction, war, crime, unemployment. Since they are having the kids, they are directly responsible for these problems. I don’t know of any gay couples that have more than 2 kids; the vast majority have none.
He’s quoting from a study that the discredited Paul Cameron tried to get published in the mid-80s. It was rejected by all of the psychiatric journals. Cameron got his numbers by taking data only from the Washington, DC Blade obituaries. This was when the first aids cases were dying from Gay Related Immune Disorder. He did not compare his data to un-infected gays or to the non-AIDS deaths of the population. Cameron has been kicked out of his professional association for this mis-leading data. THe FRC has been called on this repeatedly over the years. It seems they believe that if they tell a lie often enough people other than the consumers of their Kool-Aid might begin to believe it.
Actually, the whole reason for the report is the coffers need to be replenished.
Bye the bye, I’m gay and just two months short of 72 years. I’ve outlived many of my hetero peers. How does the FRC justify this?
A Family Research Council study
The study is not from the Family Research Council but the Family Research Institute.
Here’s a link to some good info. about the “Family Research Institute”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Research_Institute
I also learned that the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified the Family Research Institute as a hate group:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=872