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Jun 8, 2009 | Posted by: Thomas Jackson

Study: Bans on gay marriage lead to rise in HIV infections

Full story: gay_blog.blogspot.com

GHugo Mialon, left, and Andrew Francis are applying economic theories to calculate how social attitudes and policies affect HIV transmission. Bans on same-sex marriage can be tied to a rise in the rate of HIV infection, a new study by two Emory economists has found. In the first study of the impact of social tolerance levels toward gays in the United States on the HIV transmission rate, the researchers estimated that a constitutional ban on gay marriage raises the rate by four cases per 100,000 people. "We found the effects of tolerance for gays on HIV to be statistically significant and robust – they hold up under a range of empirical models," says Hugo Mialon, an assistant professor of economics. "Laws on gay marriage are in flux and under debate," added Andrew Francis, also an assistant professor of economics, citing the recent decision by the California Supreme Court to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage. "It's a hot issue, and we are hoping that policymakers will take our findings into account." more

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Inquisitarian

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Blogs linking to other blogs...

I don't know where the original research is online, but you can at least avoid clicking through one blog to reach the other:

http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm...

Inquisitarian

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Plymouth, MI

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Ah, here it is:

http://www.emory.edu/home/news/releases/2009/...

Sergio23

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Chico, CA

"Grey"?? Just how many names does Wil of Pekin, IL use?

mixed

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Minneapolis

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WELL DUH! If peoples relationships are not honored and accepted, supported financially as hetero marriages are they are less likely to last. Let alone the weight of discrimination and bigotry pushes one to feel less than and therefore less likely to seek out healthy relationships. At the extreme being in the closet or on the down low works against healthy relationships and safe behavior.

mixed

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Minneapolis

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Here's a perfect line from the study:

"Intolerance is deadly," Mialon said. "Bans on gay marriage codify intolerance, causing more gay people to shift to underground sexual behaviors that carry more risk."

The Golem

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Los Angeles

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Sergio23 wrote:

"Grey"?? Just how many names does Wil of Pekin, IL use?

"The Giant Book of What to Name Your Baby" is the only book he owns. His Bible in enstallments was reposessed for non-payment.

tomas

Greensboro, NC

Doesn't this make clear sense? Marriage is all about regulating sexuality, channeling it so that it does not lead to disasterous results like AIDS. Yet, for years the religious right said we could not be accepted because we were so promicuous. When we decide to play the game their way, they want nothig to do with it. They are pathetic liars!

The Golem

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Los Angeles

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The Golem wrote:

<quoted text>
"The Giant Book of What to Name Your Baby" is the only book he owns. His Bible in enstallments was reposessed for non-payment.

Make that "installments." <blush>

hahaha

United States

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Just another ignorant person trying to 'prove' that there is a good thing to come of gay marriages= less HIV. What b.s.

Roisia

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Grey wrote:

This is all pathetic, since no significant percent of the homosexual population has 'married' in ANY country that allows it.
The 'study' really shows no valid connection between disenfranchising Americans on the definition of marriage and a rise in HIV. The only logical connection is that hate groups like the HRC try to suppress true information about HIV and other tragedies that follow a homosexual lifestyle choice and waste millions on the fraud of homosexual 'marriage' while young homosexuals remain the largest group of new infections in America.

And who is the group spending the most time and money fighting aids.... hmmm give you one guess.

jcofe

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Porterville, CA

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Sergio23 wrote:

"Grey"?? Just how many names does Wil of Pekin, IL use?

Who knows? I lost count at ...... oh G-d I forgot 20 something I think though the list keeps growing kind like weeds.

JohnInToronto

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Toronto, ON, Canada

Sergio23 wrote:

"Grey"?? Just how many names does Wil of Pekin, IL use?

Usually a new one every time he posts. He probably sits in his cell and thinks them up.

JohnInToronto

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I really must say I am somewhat skeptical of this study. The claim tolerance reduces risky behaviour, which does make sense. But even if gay people had full rights, would that necessarily increase social tolerance in and of itself? I can't see it changing the behaviour of African-American men on the "down low" until the black community learns tolerance of gays. That would need to be a sociological change, not a legal one.

I think there is a correlation here, but it is a sibling one, not cause and effect. In other words, increased tolerance leads to legal reform and it also leads to more people coming out and getting educated sexually. I cannot bring myself to believe that the existence of same-sex marriage in and of itself would reduce risky behaviour.

nhjeff

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JohnInToronto wrote:

I really must say I am somewhat skeptical of this study. The claim tolerance reduces risky behaviour, which does make sense. But even if gay people had full rights, would that necessarily increase social tolerance in and of itself? I can't see it changing the behaviour of African-American men on the "down low" until the black community learns tolerance of gays. That would need to be a sociological change, not a legal one.
I think there is a correlation here, but it is a sibling one, not cause and effect. In other words, increased tolerance leads to legal reform and it also leads to more people coming out and getting educated sexually. I cannot bring myself to believe that the existence of same-sex marriage in and of itself would reduce risky behaviour.

One of the problems with voter bans on marriage equality is the vitriol and lies spread by people like whats-his-name-at-the-moment from Pekin and hahaha. That misinformation is broadcast louder and more brazenly on even mainstream media outlets.

Guess what: Tell a young man just coming to terms with his sexuality that (1) everyone like him is promiscuous and(2) there is no such thing as a stable gay relationship, how do you expect him to react? By proving you wrong or by accepting your advice?

The other problem is that there are no role models and no access to helpful information to youths. And one more thing: Sending people back into the closet is a lousy strategy to diminish AIDS.

Ed D35

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Grey wrote:

This is all pathetic, since no significant percent of the homosexual population has 'married' in ANY country that allows it.
The 'study' really shows no valid connection between disenfranchising Americans on the definition of marriage and a rise in HIV. The only logical connection is that hate groups like the HRC try to suppress true information about HIV and other tragedies that follow a homosexual lifestyle choice and waste millions on the fraud of homosexual 'marriage' while young homosexuals remain the largest group of new infections in America.

Oh........I see Sybil has re-emerged again.....although still dumb and clueless as before.

Rocco

Montreal, Canada

I think that it's the campaign against gays and public denigration of gays that leads to stress in our population, even to the point of post-traumatic stress disorder. Finding out that most of your neighbors hate you does not bring peace of mind, nor does having the hetero majority vote on your civil rights. It's that pervasive feeling of danger, helplessness and marginalization that leads us to self-destructive behavior (promiscuous or unprotected sex, but also alcohol or drugs which lead to unprotected sex anyway). It could be a campaign against our marriages, or a campaign against employment rights or whatever.

Josh in New Orleans

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Joined: Apr 15, 2008

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New Orleans

ISP: United States

hahaha wrote:

Just another ignorant person trying to 'prove' that there is a good thing to come of gay marriages= less HIV. What b.s.

Oh, now that's interesting you say that because it's not like I went to Catholic School my whole life and wasn't taught that waiting until marriage to have sex is the safest sex of all! What b.s. you vomit forth! That is exactly what conservatives institutions teach kids! That waiting until marriage is the best way of preventing the spread of HIV.

Now, lets not leave LGBT youth out of the picture when we say "wait until marriage".

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