Drink Shy- it’s American and not in favor of the reconquest of the west for Mexico.

Background here: Absolut’s ad campaign featuring a reconquista Mexico seizing back the entire Western United States. Heh: Skyy Vodka responds by celebrating the treaty that makes western America America. I don’t drink vodka (um… except for Val-U-Ri…

Ick!

1] First, the links. One from Exodus, of “ex-gay movement” fame. The second from the “International Organization of Heterosexual Rights.” Hmmm, certainly no reason to question their credibility on the subject. Since, you know, Christians never lie [Well, except for this guy].

2] Second, the studies study they cite. They both refer to the same study from 1978 [Bell, A. and Weinberg, M. Homosexualities: a Study of Diversity Among Men and Women. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.]. Not exactly “study after study for the past 3 or 4 decades.” Just one. From 3 decades ago.

Anyway, here’s an interpretation of that very same study, from a different perspective:

“The culminating study from this era was Alan Bell and Martin Weinberg’s Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women (1978), which revealed the tremendous range of behaviors, lifestyles, and attitudes evident in gay men and lesbians. One of the more influential findings was that psychological problems were no more prevalent among homosexual men and women than in the population as a whole.”

Guess the interpretation depends on what you want to prove. Oh, and did I mention it’s 30 years old?

Here’s an article from TIME from a few years ago that cites a few studies that are less than 30 years old. Question: “Are gay relationships different?” Answer: Yes, but probably not for the reasons you think.

I would like Rusty to find a study that actually provides factual refutation of the noted studies rather than “I don’t believe it so it must not be so” claims. So far, he has been mute when it comes to studies, statistics, analysis, facts, logic and even common sense. In my book, that makes him the classic liberal.

TheOtherSide said:

Michelle Malkin is heroically leading the charge in the boycotting of Absolut vodak in response to their Islamohomomexicofascist identity politics. She’s like the Rosa Parks of the disproportional outrage movement

If you’re trying to be snarky you’ve succeeded. Let me see if I got this straight:

1. When liberals criticize or question something it’s “critical analysis.”

2. When conservatives/anyone else criticize or question something, it’s “disproportional outrage?”

And some folks get their “serious news” from Comedy Central, too.

Now, all they seem to be about is ‘being an agent for change.’

They’re marketing, that’s all. Budweiser, Volkswagen, American Airlines… they’ve all produced adverts aimed at the gay market. It’s nothing new. Abercrombie & Fitch have directed their entire marketing campaign at teh gayz for over a decade now. I’d hardly call them an agent for change.

Michelle Malkin is heroically leading the charge in the boycotting of Absolut vodak in response to their Islamohomomexicofascist identity politics. She’s like the Rosa Parks of the disproportional outrage movement

I get emails all the time now that we have a large audience here at Bilerico (thanks!) asking me to push people’s products. A lot of times it’s a company that started a new ad campaign that they think would be of interest to gay men, even if it’s no…

Who at Absolut signed off on this offensive “Absolut World” campaign anyway, Mark Penn?

McMahon and Tate would not approve.

Can we get back to the Absolut boycott? I, for one, took the bottle of Absolut Mandarin sitting in the freezer and poured it down the drain. It’s crappy vodka anyway.

“I too can find some fault with some of the studies that Publius links to, but not everything he says should be dismissed out of hand simply because you consider him to be some kind of “Christian Nutjob”.”

I agree. It is entirely possible to support homosexuals, as our brothers and sisters in Christ, without supporting or condoning homosexuality.

My problem is that he’s touting bogus studies. Studies that are so ridiculously and obviously flawed that no objective news source would ever mention them. All cherry-picked to support his ideas on what homosexuality is like. Ideas that make it perfectly clear that he doesn’t know many homosexuals.

Aids (I don’t brook that HIV positive nonsense) hepatitis B, and rectal cancer from HPV are huge killers in the gay male world.

AIDS, Hep B, and cervical cancer from HPV are huge killers in the heterosexual world.

Obviously promiscuous sex is dangerous no matter what. Homosexuals on societal fringes were forced to resort to it because they were unable to live an out and open life.

Is there any doubt that if Senator Craig was able to have a same-sex partner that he wouldn’t have to look for anonymous sex in an airport?

The more accepting people are of homosexuality, the “healthier” it becomes. The dangers surrounding homosexuality aren’t because of homosexuality, but because of the stigma that many, including “down low” or closeted gays, bestow upon it.