December 5, 2008

Discovered: Mormons Hate Gays Because Mormons Produce So Many… Gays

Or at least gay boys. (Lesbians are always left out of the fun research, damn it!)

Or, as Dan Savage summarizes a most interesting new piece on the “fraternal birth order effect,” because “the Mormon ‘lifestyle’ pumps out more gay boys while the Mormon religion pumps those gay boys full of self-hatred.”

Or, as author Alice Dreger herself explains in “Womb Gay” (and if you don’t already know all about the fraternal birth order effect to begin with, she explains it for you):

Well, given the relatively large size of Mormon families, on average, it is highly likely that gay men are relatively more common among Mormons than among the general population, where family size is, on average, smaller. It’s not just that each Mormon family would have, on average, more sons than the average American family; it’s that the population of Mormons would include more gay men per capita than the general American population. Hmmm….

Put that fact together with a study that purported to show that men who are homophobic are more likely to be sexually aroused to homosexual stimuli….and another purporting to show that homophobic men are more likely to be aggressive towards gay men…and imagine, in turn, that gay (Mormon) men who are forced to be closeted are more likely to become homophobic….

Well, it’s just hard not to wonder if the Mormon declaration of war over Prop. 8 doesn’t have a little something to do with womb-gayness. …

More of a most interesting theory at the link.

And if it’s true, then the solution is simple: Stop overbreeding, Mormons! You’re not only making babies you end up driving to suicide, but you’re killing the planet. So keep those magic underpants laced up for a change — we’d all appreciate it.

Posted by: Sapphocrat

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