1. Widening the Aisle: Extending Marital Rights to Homosexuals
... begin to cause them to feel shame, lonliness, and rejection. The Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide discovered that "suicide is the leading cause of death among gay male, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual youth" (Blumenfeld, 88.) To ease their depression, they sometimes turn to suicide, and often turn to drugs, alcohol, and promiscuousness. A study found that ... deems it impossible for a homosexual to be unnatural (Hartinger, 61). Homosexuality is not comparable to other chosen courses of sexual action. Says Brent Hartinger, "Unlike specific behaviors of, say rape ...
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