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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 01:16 PM Feb 2014

Homophobes die younger!

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Homophobic-People-Die-Earlier-5252503.php

People who espouse anti-gay views die younger than those who don't, found a sure-to-be-controversial study in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

"Anti-gay prejudice is associated with elevated mortality risk among heterosexuals, over and above multiple established risk factors for mortality," wrote the researchers, led by Mark L. Hatzenbuehler of Columbia University....

Anger is an integral part of anti-gay prejudice, especially among heterosexual men. "Physiological changes associated with anger, such as increased cardiac responses, have been linked to the development of hypertension and to coronary heart disease," wrote the authors.

In other words: People who get angry every time they see a gay wedding in the newspaper or a same-sex couple at the grocery store may actually have a higher risk of heart disease.


And yet Pat Robertson and Fred Phelps are still among the quick.
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Homophobes die younger! (Original Post) KamaAina Feb 2014 OP
Sounds like Rushbo is a prime candidate pscot Feb 2014 #1
Actually makes a lot of sense... joeybee12 Feb 2014 #2
Good? Iggo Feb 2014 #3
The two you listed are entertainers and it is all just a show for more fucking money. madinmaryland Feb 2014 #4

pscot

(21,024 posts)
1. Sounds like Rushbo is a prime candidate
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 01:24 PM
Feb 2014

for an early demise. It can't come soon enough. I only hope it happens while he's on the air.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
4. The two you listed are entertainers and it is all just a show for more fucking money.
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 09:39 PM
Feb 2014

Christians?? Bullshit. They are amoral money grubbers.

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