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Homosexuals have option to choose life
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Jan. 1, 2011 11:45 pm
I would like to add some information from the website, www.unaids.org, the United Nations AIDS website - a source that I believe no one can accuse of being homophobic.
The website's statistics indicates that fewer than 1 percent of people ages 15 to 49 who are infected with HIV reach the age of 50. The website also indicates that in the United States, homosexuals are one of the main groups infected with HIV.
If these facts do not bother you and you feel that homosexual behavior is worth giving up 25 or more years of life, you may do as you please. If you feel that you do not want to give up 25 or more years of life and you want to change, there is hope.
I know what some people say. Homosexual behavior is genetic and that change is impossible. That is not true. I have a friend who is homosexual and, when faced with these statistics, decided to become celibate and has been so for many years.
Also, there are groups like Sexaholics Anonymous and Exodus International and others that have helped many change their behavior.
You have a choice. You can choose life or you can choose death. I hope that you choose life.
George W. Kunzman Jr.
Marion
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