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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and is looking to buy land of approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas If you have land to sell, please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] or phone +91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This political interference by a religious organization with the public policy and constitution of secular country should be rejected by all secular-minded people. The spread of bigoted false information on homosexuals by the news service and priests of one particular religion because of their provincial faith-based beliefs, as is being done below, deserves nothing but the strongest condemnation. Cheers, Santosh --- On Sat, 7/25/09, isouza <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bishops Urge Constitutional Amendment to Protect Marriage > > > WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Administrative Committee of the > U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a > constitutional amendment to protect the unique social and > legal status of marriage. > ........................... > > -Catholic News Service > > > What does the scientific evidence show about > homosexuality? > > In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed > homosexuality from its list of diagnostic disorders. In > retrospect, this decision appears to have been inspired by > political pressure rather than medical evidence. > Homosexuals of both sexes remain fourteen times more likely > to attempt suicide than heterosexuals and 3½ times more > likely to commit suicide successfully. Thirty years ago, > this propensity toward suicide was attributed to social > rejection, but the numbers have remained largely stable > since then despite far greater public acceptance than > existed in 1973. Study after study shows that male and > female homosexuals have much higher rates of interpersonal > maladjustment, depression, conduct disorder, childhood abuse > (both sexual and violent), domestic violence, alcohol or > drug abuse, anxiety, and dependency on psychiatric care than > heterosexuals. Life expectancy of homosexual men was only > forty-eight years before the AIDS virus came on the scene, > and it is now down to thirty-eight. Only 2 percent of > homosexual men live past age sixty-five. > Male homosexuals are prone to cancer (especially anal > cancer, which is almost unheard-of in male heterosexuals) > and various sexually transmitted diseases, including > urethritis, laryngitis, prostatitis, hepatitis A and B, > syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and genital warts > (which are caused by the human papilloma virus, which also > causes genital cancers). Lesbians are at lower risk for STDs > but at high risk for breast cancer. Homosexuals of both > sexes have high rates of drug abuse, including cocaine, > marijuana, LSD and other psychedelics, barbiturates, and > amyl nitrate.
