Sydney Archbishop re-ignites Australian Christian Lobby gay health controversy - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Though Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) chief Jim Wallace may not have found too much support for his controversial claim that smoking was healthier than the “gay lifestyle” it seems he has one reliable ally in Dr Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney. The remarks by Wallace last week during a debate on marriage equality in Tasmania were quickly and loudly criticised by a wide cross spectrum of the community, including doctors, mental health experts and politicians. The comments which many labelled offensive even resulted in Prime Minister Julia Gillard declaring Wallace to be “heartless and wrong” and deciding to pull out of a delivering the keynote address to the ACL’s national conference early next month. Appearing on ABC TV’s Q&A last night, Dr Jensen (pictured) however seemed to agree with Wallace’s views on gay health after he was asked by a studio audience member whether he supported the comments. Dr Jensen, like Wallace an opponent of marriage equality, said he was “generally supportive” of the ACL and that an “opportunity to talk about something significant” had been provided. “It’s very hard to get to the facts here because we don’t want to talk about it and in this country censorship is alive and well,” he said. “As far as I can see ... the lifespan of practicing gays is significantly shorter than the ordinary so-called heterosexual man. That seems to be the case. “What we need to do is to look at why this may be the case and we need to do it in a compassionate and objective way.” Dr Jensen then seemed to suggest he was aware that the views he held on sexuality could be a factor for some young queer people to attempt suicide. Australian Marriage Equality national convener, Alex Greenwich, said he would be contacting Dr Jensen to seek an apology. “Although we have come to expect extreme anti-gay statement from the Australian Christian Lobby, for a religious leader like Archbishop Jensen to make such cruel claims is a betrayal of his duty of care to his parishioners, especially those who are gay or have gay friends and family members,” Greenwich said. Labor Senator Trish Crossin, who is a co-sponsor of one of the four marriage equality bills currently before Federal Parliament, told reporters in Canberra today that she found Dr Jensen’s comments grossly insensitive. “Particularly for people who have smoked, who have developed cancer as a result of that, and (for) loved ones who have lost families,” she said.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/national/8706-sydney-archibishop-re-ignites-acl-gay-health-controversy.html[/URL]

“As far as I can see ... the lifespan of practicing gays is significantly shorter than the ordinary so-called heterosexual man. That seems to be the case." Meanwhile he doesn't give evidence and ignores the feelings of gay people. Excuse me for neither believing that shit.

[QUOTE]“It’s very hard to get to the facts here because we don’t want to talk about it and in this country censorship is alive and well,” he said. “As far as I can see ... the lifespan of practicing gays is significantly shorter than the ordinary so-called heterosexual man. That seems to be the case.[/QUOTE]So let me get this straight. You have just openly admitted you have no facts at all regarding this? So by your own logic, I can say that as far I as can see, you are a homophobic jackass? Because that certainly seems to be the case right here.

"no i used to be a practicing gay yes, but i recently found myself in a better and healthier state - i credit my conversion to dogs for that."

Magnificently stupid mother fuckers. [quote]he was aware that the views he held on sexuality could be a factor for some young queer people to attempt suicide.[/quote] Yes, because being told you're a disgusting, evil, sinful person every day by this pious holier-than-thou roll of cockcheese wouldn't make you want to commit suicide. Also, "young queer people?" Someone crucify this bastard.

[quote] “It’s very hard to get to the facts here because we don’t want to talk about it and in this country censorship is alive and well,” he said.[/quote] Old, white man; homophobic; complains about censorship when what he's saying is quite obviously hate speech. He's the average reader of the Daily Mail!

[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;37627091]Old, white man; homophobic; complains about censorship when what he's saying is quite obviously hate speech. He's the average reader of the Daily Mail![/QUOTE] Or the average republican.

[quote] “As far as I can see ... the lifespan of practicing gays is significantly shorter than the ordinary so-called heterosexual man. That seems to be the case. [/quote] The stupid. It hurts.

[quote]“It’s very hard to get to the facts here because we don’t want to talk about it and in this country censorship is alive and well,”[/quote] "There's no evidence backing up my opinion, therefore the government is suppressing that information." [I]Flawless logic[/I]

Even if the claim that the homosexual people have by average shorter lifetimes than heterosexual was true, I can easily see the fact that they are one of the most hated groups in the society play a role. I could imagine it can lead to stress which on it's own shortens lifespan, not to mention resulting liability to drug misuse and suicide. If this was true, the only thing it would signify would be that maybe we should try to see if gays don't get mishandled by rest of the society. [h2]FOR EXAMPLE BY PEOPLE LIKE THIS ASSHAT[/h2]