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Shrunk wrote:Another of my posts got binned. It'd be nice if they gave the opportunity to find out why posts are deleted. I'd love to hear the rationale for this one.

It was in response to this post:

It is hoped that during the Synod on the Family that will
take place in October 2015, the discussion of homosexual unions will take into account the serious risk factors inherent in the homosexual lifestyle that were overlooked in this interview.

Today, numerous peer-reviewed published studies report serious psychological and medical risks associated
with same sex unions.

http://catholiceducation.org/en/controv ... nions.html

My reply:

Typical antigay hate propaganda.

Are any other groups of people banned from marrying if they have an increased risk of some forms of cancer? Smokers, say, or people who eat a lot of red meat?

The study showing higher rates of physical abuse experienced by men in same sex relationships vs opposite sex relationships could just as easily reflect that men are more likely to be physically abusive, or that heterosexual men are less willing to report that they are being abused even to a researcher. If it was demonstrated that women in lesbian relationships are less likely to be abused than women in heterosexual relationships, would you consider that evidence against heterosexual marriages?

The transmission rate for many sexually transmitted diseases for lesbian couples is much lower than for straight couples. For HIV, it is almost non-existent. Strange how your "education" site failed to mention that very pertinent fact.

Similarly, the page mentions higher suicide rates among gay men. But the suicide rate for men in general is much higher than that for women. Another argument in favour of lesbian marriages!

And so on.

Not to deny that homosexual people, like any other group of people, experience health problems particular to their group. But it seems only for homsexuals are these problems used as a pretext for hatred and discrimination.

The CWR moderation policy:

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I wonder which of those guidelines a violated.

Typical antigay hate propaganda.

as a pretext for hatred and discrimination.