(1:35 PM) | Anonymous:

UWC and loyal Weblog readers, let us rise up and flood the zone.

I apologize for taking so long to respond to your e-mail from March 3rd. I have
been swamped with some new administrative responsibilities (Division Chair) to go
along with all of my classroom teaching. The result has been that I've fallen far
behind in my e-mail correspondence. Thanks for your interests in the ongoing
homosexual debate that seems to be capturing the attention of everyone in our
society today. We definitely need to be interested in the FACTS on this whole
topic.

I'm going to take the liberty to copy a message I sent to another former student who
was asking similar questions. Then I will respond specifically to your questions.

Here's the copied segment:

Yes, this whole issue of "gay marriage" is incredible. First of all, it is an
oxymoron . . . the two concepts don't even fit together, so it's hard to imagine
that we are now considering this question as a nation. May God have mercy on us as
a nation for distorting His design and truth about these matters.

Here are some observations:

1. You are correct to note that the norm for gay relationships is that they are
very promiscuous. Some studies report that those in the lifestyle for a number of
years have hundreds of sexual partners. A 1992 study by the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control said that 50% of male homosexuals had over 500 sexual partners. And
a recent study from the Netherlands (the first country to approve gay marriages)
indicates that the average "gay marriage" lasted only 1 and ½ years, and the
partners averaged 8 additional sexual partners during that time period. Is that
what we want to see happen in our country as we redefine marriage? Whoare we trying
to kid? This is indeed a promiscuous lifestyle.

2. It's also a diseased and deadly lifestyle. Not only is it normal for
promiscuous gay men to have STDs, but on average they die 20 to 30 years younger
than the average citizen. Today Americans, on average, live to be 77 years old . .
. unless they are gay, and then they live to be 40 or 50 (on average). How and why
would we want to endorse a lifestyle like that?

3. My understanding (I've actually read some reports from the U.S. Department of
Justice) is that the gay community also experiences quite a bit of violence. Most
people assume that violence comes primarily from outsiders who beat up gay men, but
that's not what the reports indicate. In fact, the reports say that violence is
more prevalent among gays (one homosexual practicing violence against another) than
it is among heterosexuals beating up homosexuals.

4. Further, research tells us that children, on average, are more likely to
experience sexual abuse, and more likely to experiment with the gay lifestyle
themselves when they grow up in a home with a gay parent (or two). Is this what we
want to subject our children to?

Having said all these things, it is completely amazing to me that the media
completely ignore these facts that are available in the research literature. We are
getting a very BIASED and tragic view of this situation. If you want further data,
a good resource is the following website:

www.familydatabase.org

Then click on "Human Sexuality" and go to "Homosexuality." You will find lots of
additional tidbits in terms of research findings.

Other great resources are Focus on the Family (www.family.org) and it Love Won Out
Conference sight (www.lovewonout.com). Also, Exodus International has a wonderful
website with lots of information and personal testimonies of those who have come out
of the gay lifestyle (www.exodus-international.org).

I hope this information is helpful. To be honest, there are so many resources and
books available today on this topic. But the problem is that the media only give
their slant to the whole issue. Therefore the facts get squelched.

Now regarding your two questions:
1. 300 partners in a lifetime? Yes, for some. More than that for others (see the
above comments). It often depends how long one is active in the gay community.
Clearly, promiscuity is the norm.
2. 60% have relationships with children under the age of 8?
I'm not sure where that statistic came from, and it seems rather high to me.
However, I have read over and over that adult-child sex appears to be commonly
reported among gay men.

I suggest you contact Focus on the Family and ask for their small booklet entitled:
Straight Answers: Exposing the Myths and Facts about Homosexuality. Also ask them
for a resource sheet on other literature pertaining to the issue of homosexuality.
As you begin reading these materials you will find lots of studies that generally go
unreported by the news media.

I hope this has been helpful in some way. Again, I apologize for taking so long to
respond . . . and for being so lengthy once I did respond!

God bless you.

Kent Olney, Ph.D.
Chair of Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology
Olivet Nazarene University
kolney@olivet.edu [courtesy of Heather]

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