"...The rates of drug use, sexually transmitted disease and of...

"...The rates of drug use, sexually transmitted disease and of coarse clinical mental illness has been a major problem for the lifestyle since forever,.....'

I'm not convinced on that statement. If correct that would mean that just about all the drug crazed, unbalanced 'alleged criminals' before the courts must be gay.

On the issue of STDs. Who recalls what AIDS was originally called? GRID- Gay Related Immune Deficiency. That was until it was evident that heterosexuals were swinging both ways and were prolific with unprotected sex and it certainly wasn't a gay disease.

Let's face it. Gay, straight, pretzel or whatever. It's all here to stay. I defend all because at the end of the day we all bleed red.