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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:56 AM Original message |
Gallagher: Gay teens 3 times more likely to become pregnant |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Possible contributing factor? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. I note that she doesn't quote sources for any of her claims. N.T. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I'd be happy with just an explanation of how gay female teens are getting pregnant, |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. By having straight sex, of course. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. "but I'd be surprised if it were terribly statistically significant**." So, let's look at some |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. There are a multitude of references that confirm a lot of this |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Thank you for the sources! I didn't see the one listed where I got many of those stats I quoted, |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. What are the sources for those statistics, please? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I am putting together a resource on ALL homelessness, because it is vitally important |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Here ya go... Learn. These. |
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SouthernLiberal (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
74. I know one thing for certain |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Do gay teens have heterosexual sex three times more than straight teens? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. It seems highly unlikely, which is why I was questioning the claim quoted in the OP. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I am not surprised, but am appalled by the lack of awareness.... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. "They are 3 times more likely to resort to survival sex than their straight counterparts." |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. "Survival sex." I never heard that expression before, |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. HOMELESSNESS OFTEN =s SURVIVAL SEX |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Working in the MICU in a large inner-city hospital,i saw first-hand a lot of homeless youth who ... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. It's probably the guy who told her "2M4M" was a great name for her marriage initiative. n/t |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Did God tell her that? |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I most certainly did not. n/t |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. In fact, God said to her: |
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Uh, that would be a big "No" |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. And teenagers in Southern states with abstinece-only sex education is offered have the most. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. The religious right just can't wrap their minds around that "bearing false witness" thing, can they? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. What data is she using? Is there data about gay/lesbian teens and rape? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey is her claim |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'd love to see a study of the sex lives and reproductive habits |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Here you go. States that teach 'abstinence-only' education have way higher teen pregancies. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. Um...whut??? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. My Sentiments Exactly |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. all the more reason for gay marriage |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. .................. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Not only are we wrecking marriage, we're wrecking sex-before-marriage! Woohoo! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. See what happens when you cut your own hair? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. You made me laugh |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. Hey! I cut my own hair! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. I thought we couldn't we procreate? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder how much she got paid to write that |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Why are Gay teens having straight sex? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Are you familiar with the concept of ... RAPE? |
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Consider this scenario |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
72. Thank you. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. I know my best friend in high school |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Rape |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
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nykym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. Gay teens 3 times more likely to become pregnant |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. I thought you were quoting the comedian. |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Might as well be. Same level of credibility. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. This might actually be true, as odd as it sounds. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yep, I've known three gay men with kids, who got them just that way. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. There were a few guys like that from my high school |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. it goes both ways...see my post above. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. I agree. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
65. Exactly. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
77. K&R for truth. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
24. All that so that she does not have to feel a part of responsibility in these teens' suicide? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm betting her 'source' for this gem was the same person who said "2M4M" |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. I am amazed she was able to pull that out of her ass |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
41. Alrighty then |
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athenasatanjesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. If this actually were true wouldn't' gay bashing be to blame? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Oh, really? That is the ONLY way it could be true? Are you sure about that? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. If that is what the poll data says it only proves the poll data is wrong. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I have posted several FACTS here in this thread. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I've read and dismissed them. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Deleted message |
treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Do you always have to be hostile? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
58. girls can get girls pregnant? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sexuality is fluid, kiddos. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Did you read all of the above posts? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. I definitely agree with that, |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
63. Her double knit polyester jacket is so sexy. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
68. most oddly indeed. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
69. I don't believe that |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I Agree |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
73. Perhaps if they weren't pressured to appear hetero, this would not be a problem |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. excellent comeback! |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. I could kiss you |
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