The Top Ten Myths About Homosexuality
“And those who,when they have committed Fashihah (illegal sexual intercourse etc)or wronged themselves with evil,remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins ; - and none can forgive sins but Allah – And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done,while they know.For such,the reward is Forgiveness from their Lord,and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath(paradis),wherein they shall abide forever.How excellent is this reward for the doers (who do righteous deeds according to Allah`s orders).” [Al-Quran : 3 : 135 – 136]
Myth No 1 :
People are born gay
Fact :
Man in created as male and female.The research does not show that anyone is “born gay,”and suggests instead that homosexuality results from a complex mix of developmental factors.
Myth No 2 :
Sexual orientation can never change.
Fact :
Thousands of men and women have testified to experiencing a change in their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual.Research confirms that such change does occer-sometimes spontaneously,and sometimes as a result of therapeutic interventions.
Myth No 3 :
Efforts to change someone`s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual are harmful and unethical.
Fact :
There is no scientific evidence that change efforts create greater harm than the homosexual lifestyle itself.The real ethical violation is when clients are denied the opportunity to set their own goals for therapy.
Myth No 4 :
Ten percent of the population is gay.
Fact :
America is believed to have highest gay population.Less than three percent of American adults identifu themselves as homosexual or bisexual.
“And those who,when they have committed Fashihah (illegal sexual intercourse etc)or wronged themselves with evil,remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins ; - and none can forgive sins but Allah – And do not persist in what (wrong) they have done,while they know.For such,the reward is Forgiveness from their Lord,and Gardens with rivers flowing underneath(paradis),wherein they shall abide forever.How excellent is this reward for the doers (who do righteous deeds according to Allah`s orders).” [Al-Quran : 3 : 135 – 136]
Myth No 1 :
People are born gay
Fact :
Man in created as male and female.The research does not show that anyone is “born gay,”and suggests instead that homosexuality results from a complex mix of developmental factors.
Myth No 2 :
Sexual orientation can never change.
Fact :
Thousands of men and women have testified to experiencing a change in their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual.Research confirms that such change does occer-sometimes spontaneously,and sometimes as a result of therapeutic interventions.
Myth No 3 :
Efforts to change someone`s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual are harmful and unethical.
Fact :
There is no scientific evidence that change efforts create greater harm than the homosexual lifestyle itself.The real ethical violation is when clients are denied the opportunity to set their own goals for therapy.
Myth No 4 :
Ten percent of the population is gay.
Fact :
America is believed to have highest gay population.Less than three percent of American adults identifu themselves as homosexual or bisexual.
Myth No 5 :
Homosexuality is a Civil Right
Fact :
Protection against private “discrimination” has historically been offerend only for characteristics that are inborn,involuntary,immutable,innocuous,and/or in the constitution-yet none of these describe homosexual behavior.
Myth No 6 :
Homosexuals do not experience a highter level of psychological disorders than heterosexuals.
Fact:
Homosexual experience considerably highter levels of mental illness and substance abuse than heterosexuals.A detailed review of the research has shown that “no other group of comparable size in society experiences such intense and widespred pathology.
Myth No 7 :
Homosexual conduct is not harmful to one`s physical health
Fact :
Both because of high-risk behavior patterns,such as sexual promiscuity,and because of the harm to the body from speciful sexual acts,homosexuals are at greater risk than heterosexuals for sexually transmitted diseases and other forms of illness and injury.
Myth No 8 :
Children raised by homosexuals are no different from children raised by heterosexuals,nor do they suffer harm.
Fact :
An overwhelming body of social science research shows that children do best when raised by their own biological mother and father who are committed to one another in a lifelong marriage.Research specifically on children of homosexuals has major methodological problems,but does show specific differences.
Myth No 9 :
Homosexuals are seriously disadvantages by discrimination.
Fact:
Research shows that homosexuals actually have significantly higher levels of educational attainment than then general public,while the findings on homosexual incomes are ,at worst,mixed.
Myth No 10 :
Homosexual relationship are just the same as heterosexual ones,except for the gender of the partners.
Fact:
Homosexuals are less likely to enter into a committed relationship,less likely to be sexually faithful to a partner,even if they have one,and are less likely to remain committed for a lifetime,than are heterosexuals.They also experience highter rates of domestic violence than heterosexual married couples.
Homosexuality is a Civil Right
Fact :
Protection against private “discrimination” has historically been offerend only for characteristics that are inborn,involuntary,immutable,innocuous,and/or in the constitution-yet none of these describe homosexual behavior.
Myth No 6 :
Homosexuals do not experience a highter level of psychological disorders than heterosexuals.
Fact:
Homosexual experience considerably highter levels of mental illness and substance abuse than heterosexuals.A detailed review of the research has shown that “no other group of comparable size in society experiences such intense and widespred pathology.
Myth No 7 :
Homosexual conduct is not harmful to one`s physical health
Fact :
Both because of high-risk behavior patterns,such as sexual promiscuity,and because of the harm to the body from speciful sexual acts,homosexuals are at greater risk than heterosexuals for sexually transmitted diseases and other forms of illness and injury.
Myth No 8 :
Children raised by homosexuals are no different from children raised by heterosexuals,nor do they suffer harm.
Fact :
An overwhelming body of social science research shows that children do best when raised by their own biological mother and father who are committed to one another in a lifelong marriage.Research specifically on children of homosexuals has major methodological problems,but does show specific differences.
Myth No 9 :
Homosexuals are seriously disadvantages by discrimination.
Fact:
Research shows that homosexuals actually have significantly higher levels of educational attainment than then general public,while the findings on homosexual incomes are ,at worst,mixed.
Myth No 10 :
Homosexual relationship are just the same as heterosexual ones,except for the gender of the partners.
Fact:
Homosexuals are less likely to enter into a committed relationship,less likely to be sexually faithful to a partner,even if they have one,and are less likely to remain committed for a lifetime,than are heterosexuals.They also experience highter rates of domestic violence than heterosexual married couples.
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