Is the Christian Right Driving Gays to Drink?

The Family Research Institute, via the Christian Communication Network (CCN) is "reporting" that gays and lesbians are twice as apt to drive under the influence, hence, more auto accidents:

"Driving is a serious responsibility," said Dr. Paul Cameron, Chairman of the Colorado-based Family Research Institute, who just published the report in the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Reports. "Everybody on the road, not just the driver, is endangered by this self-centered and caviler behavior. This is further evidence that gays' devil-may-care attitude toward sex spills into other areas as well. As Shakespeare's Pericles warned, one sin 'another doth provoke.' In light of the many social harms of homosexuality, many documented in our analysis of this Centers for Disease Control study, the coming U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Lawrence v Texas, which gave constitutional protection to homosexual conduct. "

Of course, there is no mention about how the research data was obtained. I mean, how did they know a gay man was driving the car? Was it the type of car he drives (a sissy Beetle as opposed to a manly SUV?) Did they survey police reports to find more women in jean jackets with short haircuts pulled over for DUI? What's the deal? Last time I looked there was no government agency (state or federal) asking someone is the were gay or lesbian.

These silly Christians, where do they get their information? Do you think God told them? Who did they survey?

25% of homosexuals as compared to 14% of straights said that they drove under the influence of drugs or alcohol last year. Gays were more apt to drive impaired than straight men - 32% to 19%, and lesbians than straight women - 17% to 8%.

If it was a survey, maybe the homosexuals were just more truthful than the straights, did they think about that? What was their survey group, 10 homosexuals and 1 straight man or 2 lesbians and one straight woman? Inquiring minds want to know!

Trying to do my best impression of Buddy from Kids in the Hall:

Driving under the influence, oh come on, I'm gay. When you're gay it doesn't matter what you do because you're GAY. Saved the Pentagon by helping take down the plane, who cares because he's gay. I heard on Iraqi TV there were showing insurgents who were beheading people, it was awful, however, the gay sex was worse! I mean THEY were GAY!