Here are just some of the shocking details. Gay and lesbian teens are:
* More than three times as likely (23.7% to 7.2%) as heterosexual students to have been forced to have sexual intercourse;
* Three times more likely to have had sexual intercourse with four or more persons (29.9% to 11.1%);
* Four times more likely to have had sexual intercourse before age 13 (19.8% to 4.8%);
* Half as likely to use a condom during sexual intercourse (35.8% to 65.5%);
* Almost three times more likely to have experienced dating violence (27.5% to 10.2%);
* One-and-a-half times more likely to have felt sad or hopeless (41.3% to 24.8%);
* Three times more likely to have seriously considered suicide (29.6% to 11.7%);
* Four times more likely to have actually attempted suicide (25.8% to 6.4%);
* Three times more likely to smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day (27.8% to 9.1%);
* One-and-a-half times more likely to use marijuana (34.5% to 21.8%);
* A staggering eight times more likely to use cocaine (16.6% to 1.8%);
* Three-and-a-half times more likely to use inhalants (26.1% to 7.6%);
* Five times more likely to have used ecstasy (22.9% to 4.6%);
* A mind-blowing nine times more likely to have used heroin (17.7% to 1.8%);
* Six times more likely to have used meth (21.5% to 3.4%);
* A catastrophic 10 times more likely to have injected illegal drugs (14.9% to 1.5%).
In my nomination for the understatement of the year, the CDC concludes its own report, "Compared with students who are not sexual minorities, a disproportionate number of sexual minority students engage in a wide range of health-risk behaviors."
This is true with regard to sexual practices, intimate partner violence, suicidal ideation, depression and substance abuse of all kinds. In other words, this is not a normal, healthy alternative to heterosexuality.
There are catastrophic pathologies associated with homosexual behavior among teenagers, and any society that cares about its youth will do everything in its power to steer them away from this self-destructive lifestyle. We spend billions urging teens not to take up cigarette smoking. Let's start spending billions to urge them not to take up gay sex.