Recent study on suicide merely 'gay-affirmation'
Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow - 1/6/2009 8:15:00 AM
According to The Associated Press, the study was conducted by researchers at San Francisco State University, and the results appeared in a recent publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The study found that young homosexuals were more likely to suffer depression or commit suicide if their parents or guardians reacted negatively to their sexual orientation.
Regina Griggs, the executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, says the study involved homosexual activists who are attempting to promote "gay affirmation."
"So what we're doing is we're telling young people and we're telling their parents, 'You must accept those feelings. Who cares where they come from? It's a gay lifestyle -- endorse it!' ....and [then] they threaten parents and frighten them by saying, 'If you don't, then your child may commit suicide,'" she points out.
Griggs was then asked what a proper response would be to finding out that your child is homosexual -- something Griggs has dealt with herself.
"I have made the statement that, you know, we love our kids, we love our family members and friends who struggle with this issue. But...rather than having someone impose [the idea that they were] born that way, cannot change, and denying them any rights -- they have a right to know ex-gays exist [and that] change is possible," she shares. "There is absolutely no science out there that says you are born gay. There's no gay gene; there's no [gay] DNA. It is merely self-affirmation."
Studies in the Netherlands -- where there is an "extremely open society," notes Griggs -- found that although the homosexual lifestyle is affirmed through the culture, the suicide rates have remained steady or increased.
