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Yes and no Roland00 Send a noteboard - 13/10/2010 06:53:26 PM
While their is data on people that attempted suicide and the connection with bullying, to my knowledge their is no rigorous scientific study that asked a person before they committed suicide if they are gay/bi/queer/questioning/whatever and whether they were bullied. I bet you can understand why the later is hard to prove ;)

As for studies right in front of me, do I have the studies and links in front of me that I can add to the discussion, no I do not. I ain't going to waste my time looking for them, for while they do exist, I don't believe they really add to the discussion. There are multiple problems with these social science studies, for example on the wikipedia link different studies had the gay male suicide rates with different results by a factor six. Furthermore as the wikipedia link I posted in response to nossy showed what is applicable to the general population is not applicable to specific groups for black gay men have a suicide rate that increases when they get older instead of decreases (in other words culture matters.) Finally there is no definite answer on how much the population is gay, bi, trans, etc.

Thus in sum these social science studies prove nothing. They may introduce what is possible a casual link, but they prove nothing. That said I think it is safe to say both sides of the discussion probably assume bullying of gay people or people perceived as different leads to a greater risk of suicide.

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Another thing most young teenagers aren't a 100% sure of their sexuality and how to define it, even if they are 100% sure about all the details doesn't mean they want to communicate it to the survey taker (or even know how to translate the thoughts into words) and most social science studies address this.
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Good enough answer Legolas?
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Love the Sinner Roland00 - 13/10/2010 04:07:28 PM 1252 Views
I have to think about that for a while. nossy - 13/10/2010 04:30:56 PM 781 Views
Suicide is significantly higher in young gay populations Roland00 - 13/10/2010 05:36:01 PM 720 Views
That is not what I think requires thought nossy - 13/10/2010 05:56:06 PM 733 Views
Nossy I ain't a mind reader, no matter how I try or how much I would do Jean Grey Roland00 - 13/10/2010 06:06:42 PM 856 Views
for ze record nossy - 14/10/2010 02:54:07 AM 751 Views
ok now show that it caused by what Christian beliefs *NM* random thoughts - 13/10/2010 06:50:32 PM 367 Views
I don't think it's the belief's themselves LadyLorraine - 14/10/2010 12:20:01 AM 767 Views
The churches who encourage people to bully gays should be condemned random thoughts - 14/10/2010 06:43:06 PM 758 Views
Re: I have to think about that for a while. Rebekah - 13/10/2010 06:29:09 PM 758 Views
He was very frank but completely founded Fox and Ravens - 13/10/2010 04:34:46 PM 824 Views
Ah, that Ghandi quote sure does get around. (which is funny, since he wasn't a Christian) Zalis - 13/10/2010 05:07:42 PM 837 Views
I'm not sure that is true snoopcester - 13/10/2010 05:16:30 PM 723 Views
When's the last time you heard the quote attributed to anyone else? Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:34:10 PM 703 Views
That many people don't know the correct origin doesn't change it though snoopcester - 13/10/2010 09:31:13 PM 849 Views
I think you are missing his point Roland00 - 13/10/2010 05:45:45 PM 807 Views
Question (and this one actually is asking for information )... Legolas - 13/10/2010 06:42:17 PM 650 Views
Yes and no Roland00 - 13/10/2010 06:53:26 PM 911 Views
Okay, fair enough. *NM* Legolas - 13/10/2010 07:48:21 PM 324 Views
I would think... damookster - 14/10/2010 04:35:31 AM 799 Views
I have seen gays be bullied before random thoughts - 13/10/2010 07:02:35 PM 851 Views
You just didn't listen to a thing I said *NM* Roland00 - 13/10/2010 07:09:29 PM 329 Views
why do you believe that? Because I don't agree with what you said? random thoughts - 13/10/2010 07:30:27 PM 757 Views
I said you aren't listening to a thing I said, for you didn't respond to anything that I wrote Roland00 - 13/10/2010 07:52:50 PM 737 Views
you are not interested in talking to anyone who doesn't agree with you random thoughts - 13/10/2010 09:01:03 PM 730 Views
I think there's truth in this as well. Legolas - 13/10/2010 07:55:00 PM 778 Views
churches tend to refelect society as much if not more then they influence it random thoughts - 14/10/2010 07:15:35 PM 752 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:30:42 PM 809 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point Roland00 - 13/10/2010 09:55:52 PM 811 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point Zalis - 14/10/2010 03:49:14 PM 816 Views
Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level Roland00 - 14/10/2010 05:49:22 PM 849 Views
Re: Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level Zalis - 14/10/2010 08:52:24 PM 850 Views
Do you know greek or hebrew? Roland00 - 14/10/2010 08:57:32 PM 710 Views
I know a few words here and there, but not really. Do you? Zalis - 14/10/2010 10:46:36 PM 833 Views
There's a good case on both sides (try Strong's Concordance, if you haven't, btw. ) Joel - 15/10/2010 05:09:21 AM 1259 Views
I don't look to Christianity for my answers Roland00 - 15/10/2010 03:02:16 PM 813 Views
Re: I don't look to Christianity for my answers Zalis - 15/10/2010 04:27:25 PM 843 Views
You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point Rowland - 13/10/2010 05:51:53 PM 850 Views
so should Christians abandon other religious conviction to stop bullying? random thoughts - 13/10/2010 07:39:54 PM 748 Views
Re: You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:23:07 PM 776 Views
That seems a little myopic to me. Joel - 14/10/2010 09:16:27 AM 757 Views
Many good points there; I think I'll let you play Defender of the Faith for a bit. Joel - 14/10/2010 08:50:23 AM 856 Views
I think he is jackass that does not believe other's can have apoint of view random thoughts - 13/10/2010 06:48:12 PM 748 Views
That's right, bullying would go away if we didn't have Christians to make moral judgements on things ßelals Girl - 13/10/2010 08:11:27 PM 828 Views
I mostly agree ironclad - 13/10/2010 08:19:00 PM 906 Views
most of the bullies I remember from school were not known for their regular church attendance random thoughts - 14/10/2010 07:24:06 PM 733 Views
I thought I pretty much agreed with you on that point ironclad - 14/10/2010 07:44:07 PM 782 Views
Let me see if I can understand where we agree, it is hard to do with all the Sarcasm Roland00 - 13/10/2010 08:48:38 PM 780 Views
Meh. He's not entirely incorrect. But not all Christians are anti-gay. Ghavrel - 13/10/2010 08:43:04 PM 805 Views
It is better to be a Tolkein than a Token Roland00 - 13/10/2010 08:52:09 PM 775 Views
If I were a Tolkien liberal Christian, wouldn't that make me an American Roman Catholic? *NM* Ghavrel - 13/10/2010 09:18:57 PM 304 Views
Interesting scalius - 13/10/2010 08:56:46 PM 1069 Views
Sometime rants do work and change people's mind Roland00 - 13/10/2010 09:23:39 PM 655 Views
and sometoimes they are just rants *NM* random thoughts - 13/10/2010 10:01:55 PM 305 Views
Okay my response now Roland00 - 14/10/2010 06:04:02 PM 807 Views
His first three sentences were totally unecessary. The rest is conspiracy-laden nonsense. everynametaken - 14/10/2010 12:37:06 AM 839 Views
He becomes what he hates. eucatastrophe - 14/10/2010 02:40:19 AM 936 Views
Good stuff. *NM* Aeryn - 14/10/2010 02:56:44 AM 329 Views
Re: Gaps - 14/10/2010 03:06:36 AM 818 Views
I think Chora has dibs on that bumper sticker. Joel - 14/10/2010 09:35:02 AM 890 Views
Re: Gaps - 14/10/2010 11:50:04 PM 855 Views
It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. Joel - 15/10/2010 01:16:10 AM 737 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. Gaps - 16/10/2010 05:20:56 AM 837 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. Joel - 16/10/2010 07:16:21 AM 755 Views
I don't think there is any question... damookster - 14/10/2010 04:42:45 AM 781 Views
If I may quibble: Ghavrel - 14/10/2010 05:22:22 AM 631 Views
A lot of Christian doctrine states that people cannot know who is worthy of God and it's not up to Helene - 14/10/2010 05:41:19 AM 778 Views
And a lot of Christians who should know better forget this. Joel - 14/10/2010 10:16:51 AM 820 Views
He's bullying Christians Helene - 14/10/2010 04:47:13 AM 761 Views
I agree BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 04:09:23 PM 860 Views
I think he's reading a lot of things into that letter that aren't there. Joel - 14/10/2010 08:22:13 AM 732 Views
Two seperate things are mingled here Bramhodoulos - 14/10/2010 09:50:42 AM 956 Views
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