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Greater chance homosexual and bisexual students will participate in risky activities, CDC study finds
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larsenl1
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This is ridiculous. Look at Arnold Schwartzenager, Senator, Weiner, Senator Edwards, President Bill Clinton, President John Kennedy, all of the female teachers on trial for having sex AND babies with under age students.Greater chance homosexual and bisexual students will participate in risky activities, CDC study finds
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Heterosexuals are just as prone to be stupid as a homosexual or bisexual. It is a matter of integrity not a matter of sexual preference.
There are many homosexual couples that are monogamous. I still do not approve of the intimacy in their relationship, but let’s call a spade a spade.
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PerfectTiming
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I would disagree. Naming heterosexuals who have done similar things doesn’t make what the study demonstrates any less pertinent. It’s like if I did research that found women are more likely to smoke than men, presenting me with men that smoke doesn’t affect the validity of that finding.This is ridiculous. Look at Arnold Schwartzenager, Senator, Weiner, Senator Edwards, President Bill Clinton, President John Kennedy, all of the female teachers on trial for having sex AND babies with under age students.
Heterosexuals are just as prone to be stupid as a homosexual or bisexual. It is a matter of integrity not a matter of sexual preference.
There are many homosexual couples that are monogamous. I still do not approve of the intimacy in their relationship, but let’s call a spade a spade.
It’s not to do with sexuality per se but homosexual/bisexual students are often targeted for bullying or ostracised by peers. They struggle with an identity that is not normative and have to cope with revealing that identity to others, then to be at risk of the aforementioned bulling. Some of the categories noted in this article are self-medicating behaviours: alcohol abuse, drug abuse, tobacco usage. Others are indicators of psychological distress: suicidal behaviours, self-harming behaviours (such as alcohol and drug abuse).
And it is true that homosexual relations often are more sexually risky because they tend to be less inclined to use contraceptives such as condoms to prevent disease - the risk of pregnancy is taken out so it is easy for individuals to forget the other risks.
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TimothyH
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The CDC staff members quoted do seem to focus on societies reaction to homosexual behavior and unwillingness to accept homosexuality in general, rather than the risks caused by homosexual behavior itself.
*"This report should be a wake-up call for families, schools and communities that we need to do a much better job of supporting these young people. Any effort to promote adolescent health and safety must take into account the additional stressors these youth experience because of their sexual orientation, such as stigma, discrimination, and victimization," said Howell Wechsler, Ed.D, M.P.H, director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH). *
*For youth to thrive in their schools and communities, they need to feel socially, emotionally, and physically safe and supported," said Laura Kann, Ph.D., chief, Surveillance and Evaluation Research Branch, DASH. "Schools and communities should take concrete steps to promote healthy environments for all students, such as prohibiting violence and bullying, creating safe spaces where young people can receive support from caring adults, and improving health education and health services to meet the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth." *
In so far as we are commanded by Christ to never accept violence and persecution of anyone, and in light ot Catholic catechesis about those who experience homosexual tendencies, I agree with the premise of the comments, that we must be very supportive of homosexual teens. I disagree with the stance of the commentors that the focus of that effort should be on the environment external to homosexuality itself, rather than addressing homosexual behavior directly.
The very best support anyone can ever give a homosexual is to be crystal clear that they, like all unmarried people, are called to self control and holiness and that the best, if not the only way to achieve that on a lasting basis is through Jesus Christ.
When efforts to stop bullying of homosexuals and reduce other risks to homosexuals are not united to the absolute unaccepability of homosexual behavior itself, they are little more than tacid acceptance of homosexual behavior. Some would argue that the line is crossed into promoting sin.
We measured the effectiveness of “Just say no” and absinence campaigns as opposed to programs which teach the proper way to use a condom. I don’t see why programs which promote abstinence among homosexuals could not be measurable.
I personally wonder how much of the risk would go away if those with a tendency toward homosexual behavior engaged in celebacy. I think for some of these kids, they probably never had anyone in their life who was willing or able to say to them, “No, you don’t have to act out.”
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*"This report should be a wake-up call for families, schools and communities that we need to do a much better job of supporting these young people. Any effort to promote adolescent health and safety must take into account the additional stressors these youth experience because of their sexual orientation, such as stigma, discrimination, and victimization," said Howell Wechsler, Ed.D, M.P.H, director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH). *
*For youth to thrive in their schools and communities, they need to feel socially, emotionally, and physically safe and supported," said Laura Kann, Ph.D., chief, Surveillance and Evaluation Research Branch, DASH. "Schools and communities should take concrete steps to promote healthy environments for all students, such as prohibiting violence and bullying, creating safe spaces where young people can receive support from caring adults, and improving health education and health services to meet the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth." *
In so far as we are commanded by Christ to never accept violence and persecution of anyone, and in light ot Catholic catechesis about those who experience homosexual tendencies, I agree with the premise of the comments, that we must be very supportive of homosexual teens. I disagree with the stance of the commentors that the focus of that effort should be on the environment external to homosexuality itself, rather than addressing homosexual behavior directly.
The very best support anyone can ever give a homosexual is to be crystal clear that they, like all unmarried people, are called to self control and holiness and that the best, if not the only way to achieve that on a lasting basis is through Jesus Christ.
When efforts to stop bullying of homosexuals and reduce other risks to homosexuals are not united to the absolute unaccepability of homosexual behavior itself, they are little more than tacid acceptance of homosexual behavior. Some would argue that the line is crossed into promoting sin.
We measured the effectiveness of “Just say no” and absinence campaigns as opposed to programs which teach the proper way to use a condom. I don’t see why programs which promote abstinence among homosexuals could not be measurable.
I personally wonder how much of the risk would go away if those with a tendency toward homosexual behavior engaged in celebacy. I think for some of these kids, they probably never had anyone in their life who was willing or able to say to them, “No, you don’t have to act out.”
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