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Old 12-02-2011, 04:31 AM
 
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Why is it every time a nation on the planet decides to make laws that strengthen the relationship between males and females, by not allowing same sex relationships to be validated
So criminalizing homosexuality and imprisoning and killing gay people is just making 'laws that strengthen the relationship between males and females"? Are you serious?
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Old 12-02-2011, 04:33 AM
 
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So criminalizing homosexuality and imprisoning and killing gay people is just making 'laws that strengthen the relationship between males and females"? Are you serious?
If crimes against society have no penalties, what use are laws?
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:17 AM
 
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Well! Hmph...we can't have this! How dare they?! Who do they think they are? a sovereign nation or something?

I know! Let's send our most militant gays there. I mean the ones that chanted while throwing condoms around in churches. That'll teach 'em.

Seriously, I wonder what the rate of AIDS infection is in Nigeria. I wonder if that has a lot to do with their agenda.
How is HIV transmitted in Nigeria?

There are three main HIV transmission routes in Nigeria:

Heterosexual sex. Approximately 80-95 percent of HIV infections in Nigeria are a result of heterosexual sex.15 Factors contributing to this include a lack of information about sexual health and HIV, low levels of condom use, and high levels of sexually transmitted diseases. Women are particularly affected by HIV; in 2009 women accounted for 56 percent of all adults aged 15 and above living with the virus.16

Blood transfusions. HIV transmission through unsafe blood accounts for the second largest source of HIV infection in Nigeria.17 Not all Nigerian hospitals have the technology to effectively screen blood and therefore there is a risk of using contaminated blood. The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health have responded by backing legislation that requires hospitals to only use blood from the National Blood Transfusion Service, which has far more advanced blood-screening technology.18

Mother-to-child transmission. Each year around 57,000 babies in Nigeria are born with HIV.19 It is estimated that 360,000 children are living with HIV in the country, most of whom became infected from their mothers.20 This has increased from 220,000 in 2007.21

Attempts at providing sex education for young people have been hampered by religious and cultural objections.28

HIV and AIDS in Nigeria
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:26 AM
 
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Does 80-95% of HIV transmission being heterosexual hold any significance if 80-95% of all sexual relations are heterosexual??

80-95%??? 15% is a pretty wide gap... when you factor in the margin of error... These become totally trivial..
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:30 AM
 
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You realize that at one time in the United States before it went worldwide, before women and heterosexuals were affected, before the drug users succumbed to it, and the hemophiliacs -- it was a plague among homosexual men and they didn't have a name for it.

I don't care what it morphed into because it spread to the rest of the world and heterosexuals, it didn't begin that way at all.

The Origin of AIDS and HIV and the First Cases of AIDS
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:34 AM
 
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Gay people are more promiscuous but it has more to do with the fact that in many places, the only way gay people have to meet other gay people is in bars or online, which both encourage promiscuity. The heterosexual bar scene is just as promiscuous, but straights have it easier as there are many venues other than bars/clubs to meet people. The fact gay people are marginalized is the reason they are so much more promiscuous, especially the younger ones. Most gay couples that have been together 20+ years are people you won't find at your local gay dance club.
Some gay people are promiscuous. Many aren't. Some heterosexual men are incredibly promiscuous as well.

You are negative stereotyping.

Gay men:
"In a study of sexual behavior in homosexuals and heterosexuals, the researchers found that of gay and bisexual men, 24% had one male partner in their lifetime, 45% had 2-4 male partners, 13% had 5-9 male partners, and 18% had 10 or more sexual partners, which produces a mean of less than 6 partners."

John O. G. Billy, Koray Tanfer, William R. Grady, and Daniel H. Klepinger (1993). The Sexual Behavior of Men in the United States. Family Planning Perspectives, 25, pp. 52-60.

Another study showed that gay men had an average of 6.5 sexual partners in the past 5 years. The study also showed that "homosexual and bisexual men are much more likely than heterosexual men to be celibate".

Diane Binson et. al. (1995). Prevalence and Social Distribution of Men Who Have Sex with Men: United States and Its Urban Centers. The Journal of Sex Research, 32, pp. 245-254.


Straight men:
A random sample of primarily straight men (n=3111 males who had had vaginal intercourse), the mean number of sexual partners was 7.3, with 28.2% having 1-3 partners, and 23.3% having greater than 19 partners.

Robert E. Fay, Charles F. Turner, Albert D. Klassen, and John H. Gagnon (1989). Prevalence and Patterns of Same-Gender Sexual Contact among Men. Science, 243, pp. 338-348.

Margaret Dolcini et. al. (1993). Demographic Characteristics of Heterosexuals with Multiple Partners: The National AIDS Behavioral Surveys. Family Planning Perspectives, 25, pp. 208-214.
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:40 AM
 
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If crimes against society have no penalties, what use are laws?
How is being gay or lesbian a "crime against society"?
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:43 AM
 
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Does 80-95% of HIV transmission being heterosexual hold any significance if 80-95% of all sexual relations are heterosexual??

80-95%??? 15% is a pretty wide gap... when you factor in the margin of error... These become totally trivial..
You could always read the whole information page....
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Old 12-02-2011, 05:58 AM
 
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We can cede that HIV is not the reason they disagree with homosexuality....
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Old 12-02-2011, 06:08 AM
 
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We can cede that HIV is not the reason they disagree with homosexuality....
Can I ask how someone can "disagree" with homosexuality?

It's like saying I "disagree" with lefthandedness.

It doesn't really make sense.
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