Bryan Fischer
Men who have sex with men cause HIV spike even in Idaho
By Bryan Fischer
We wrote earlier this week about an alarming jump in HIV cases in southeastern Idaho, a state that most people around the country might think would be immune. Now the state's epidemiologist says that HIV infections appear to have taken an upward spike all across the Gem State, especially among young people.
Says Dr. Christine Hahn, "Some people are putting themselves at risk for a preventable infection which is lifelong and can cause serious illness and death."
So far, 37 people across the Gem State have been reported with HIV or AIDS this year, a 23% increase from last year, and 13 of the cases involve people under the age of 25.
How do people put themselves at risk for HIV/AIDS? Three ways, according to the Statesman's story:
Injection drug users account for another 12 percent, and heterosexuals 31 percent.
What the sidebar does not tell you is what the CDC will, that the heterosexual cohort largely consists of women who have sex with men who are intravenous drug abusers.
When the numbers are added up, an astonishing 96% of all HIV/AIDS infections can be traced back to homosexual behavior or IV drug abuse. This is clearly a behaviorally-induced epidemic.
As the Judeo-Christian tradition puts it, when men give up "natural relations with women" and commit "shameless acts with men" they "receiv(e) in themselves the due penalty for their error (Romans 1:27)." Perhaps the Bible has known what it is talking about all along.
The bottom line here is that men having sex with men is just as dangerous as intravenous drug abuse. The health risks involved in the homosexual lifestyle are just too great for any society who cares about its young men to ever send a signal that homosexual behavior is a normal and healthy alternative to heterosexuality. It plainly is not.
We should no more endorse homosexual behavior than we would endorse intravenous drug use. Can you imagine the Idaho legislature, or any state legislature for that matter, entertaining a proposal to give special workplace protections specifically to protect employees who inject themselves with illegal drugs?
No, we love people too much to tell them that self-destructive behavior is just fine and to provide special protections which encourage them to indulge in harmful lifestyles.
We warn our kids from elementary school on up about the dangers of drugs, the dangers of cigarette smoking, the dangers of drunk driving. Perhaps it's about time we started warning them about the dangers of homosexual behavior as well.
© Bryan Fischer
We wrote earlier this week about an alarming jump in HIV cases in southeastern Idaho, a state that most people around the country might think would be immune. Now the state's epidemiologist says that HIV infections appear to have taken an upward spike all across the Gem State, especially among young people.
Says Dr. Christine Hahn, "Some people are putting themselves at risk for a preventable infection which is lifelong and can cause serious illness and death."
So far, 37 people across the Gem State have been reported with HIV or AIDS this year, a 23% increase from last year, and 13 of the cases involve people under the age of 25.
How do people put themselves at risk for HIV/AIDS? Three ways, according to the Statesman's story:
- Unprotected sex with multiple partners (anonymous sex with numerous partners is a too-common reality in the homosexual community)
- Men having unprotected sex with other men
- People sharing injection drug paraphernalia, such as needles and syringes
Injection drug users account for another 12 percent, and heterosexuals 31 percent.
What the sidebar does not tell you is what the CDC will, that the heterosexual cohort largely consists of women who have sex with men who are intravenous drug abusers.
When the numbers are added up, an astonishing 96% of all HIV/AIDS infections can be traced back to homosexual behavior or IV drug abuse. This is clearly a behaviorally-induced epidemic.
As the Judeo-Christian tradition puts it, when men give up "natural relations with women" and commit "shameless acts with men" they "receiv(e) in themselves the due penalty for their error (Romans 1:27)." Perhaps the Bible has known what it is talking about all along.
The bottom line here is that men having sex with men is just as dangerous as intravenous drug abuse. The health risks involved in the homosexual lifestyle are just too great for any society who cares about its young men to ever send a signal that homosexual behavior is a normal and healthy alternative to heterosexuality. It plainly is not.
We should no more endorse homosexual behavior than we would endorse intravenous drug use. Can you imagine the Idaho legislature, or any state legislature for that matter, entertaining a proposal to give special workplace protections specifically to protect employees who inject themselves with illegal drugs?
No, we love people too much to tell them that self-destructive behavior is just fine and to provide special protections which encourage them to indulge in harmful lifestyles.
We warn our kids from elementary school on up about the dangers of drugs, the dangers of cigarette smoking, the dangers of drunk driving. Perhaps it's about time we started warning them about the dangers of homosexual behavior as well.
© Bryan Fischer
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