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Related: About this forumFormer AZ senator claims gays only live 42 years
Ron Gould, Mohave County Supervisor and former Arizona state senator, has come under fire for saying gay men only live 42 years due to their sinful lifestyle. Gould made the comments to the Kingman Daily Miner, a local newspaper. Gould proudly touted his anti-gay record and made the claim about gay life expectancy when asked about gay people dying young.
Thats why they die, Gould said, referring to the sinful gay lifestyle. We all have our sins, but we should try to suppress them. Alcohol is harmful, too, but we dont see groups promoting alcoholism. He also slammed marriage equality. It used to be tolerate us,; he said of same-sex marriage, now its accept us.'
In the same interview, Gould slammed signs written in Mexican.
The claim Gould makes about gay life expectancy likely comes from a widely-debunked study from the 1990s sponsored by the anti-gay Family Research Institute. Paul Cameron, the lead researcher on the study, came up with the 42-year number by counting obituaries of gay men in local newspapers and averaging the age of the deceased. Cameron had his membership in the American Psychological Association terminated over his shoddy methods and anti-gay agenda.
https://www.queerty.com/former-az-senator-claims-gays-live-42-years-20190813
Saviolo
(3,280 posts)Seriously, elected state senator (former, but still). Some people treat elections like they're still high school student council popularity contests.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)LW1977
(1,232 posts)...Ian McKellen...
keithbvadu2
(36,676 posts)right you are
Zambero
(8,962 posts)With a minor modification to the hair style and a few hours in a tanning booth he will have nailed it!
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Hate hate hate, all day long. It must be exhausting, to just spend your day full of hate and contempt for people who aren't just like you. I'd think being full to the rim of undiluted bile like this dude and his ilk would lead to an early death.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,817 posts)My friend Dennis is 70.
I do know too many gay men who died far too soon because of AIDS.
But of course religious bigotry like this makes a person impervious to facts.
Kali
(55,004 posts)blm
(113,019 posts)Give your love to a cowboy man, hes gonna love you hard as he can, can.
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