“And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error.” (Rom 1:27)
For this reason, and the statistics are startling, gay men have suffered greatly because they repeatedly opened themselves up to the deception of the devil: according to The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), gay men are 160X more likely to contract HIV than heterosexual men; the rate of syphilis infection among gay men is 46X greater than in heterosexual men, and 71X greater than in women; the rate of gonorrhea is twice as high as in the heterosexual population, and the rate of chlamydia is nearly 6X greater than in heterosexuals; gay men “are also at greater risk for other health threats that often occur in conjunction with mental health problems. These include greater use of illegal drugs and a greater risk for suicide.” Most frighteningly, of the pre-AIDS era, gay provocateur Camille Paglia said: “I’ve always felt that gay men were pushing the limits of the human body throughout that period, also keeping thin and trim at that period, eating very little and drinking a lot. I would see this manic lifestyle. And now we hear more and more -- people used to whisper this -- how they would get gonorrhea or whatever they might get, and they would go get penicillin month after month after month. These infections were signs that something was going wrong in their bodies.” Even Randy Shilts, in his AIDS opus “And the Band Played On,” revealed the truth about the dangers awaiting those in the gay conclaves of 1970s and 80s New York, LA, and San Francisco: “It was proven statistically that a gay man had one chance in five of being infected with the hepatitis B virus within twelve months of stepping off the bus into a typical urban gay scene. Within five years, infection was a virtual certainty.” This all oddly supports what was stated in “The Catechism of the Catholic Church:” “Sexuality affects all aspects of the human person in the unity of his body and soul.” (CCC #2332)
* Author’s note: In no way would I ever contend that AIDS was a punishment from God or that those who died from AIDS deserved their fate; for, on a very personal level, I lost far too many wonderful and beautiful friends to AIDS. Yet, what must be understood is that actions have consequences: and, when we surrender to the homosexual inclination – we are allowing an evil to enter our lives; this evil can be in the form of frantic promiscuity or of a senseless disease. I know, that the longer I staid in the gay lifestyle – the sicker my body and mind became. I eventually resorted to desperation, and took greater risks. When I walked into The Castro, at age 18, I was fresh and young – with bright shining eyes, rosy skin, and a body devoid of any ailments. Over a decade later, I reemerged as a monster.