16 ISSUE 8 1997 mu nonkiinmjiuk m wai at m nmoujuiood mm jood adm Hate propaganda against the colour, the race, the sexual preference, the religious beliefs, etc., has infected our society for centuries. This article discusses anti-homosexual pamphlets which were displayed for years at Ave-Maria in Prince George before they were removed from the shelves. This store offers a friendly atmosphere, health food, religious items among other things. It is friendly that is, until you take the time to check out the pamphlets displayed there. "You are 15 times more apt to be killed by a gay than a heterosexual during a sexual murder spree" Murder, Violence and Homosexuality Pamphlet at Ave Maria There are books available through various resources explaining the sexual behaviour of homosexuals. These are written in a fairly scientific manner, unlike the propaganda displayed at Ave-Maria. The stats alone in these pamphlets are somewhat of a farce. For example: "70 of gays estimated that they had sex only once with over half of their partners, and gays average somewhere between 10 and 110 different partners per year." Finding this disturbing, I decided to surf the net. It turns out that 25 of the individuals used in this survey were prison inmates who couldn't have heterosexual contact due to their confinement. Some which only experienced homosexual contact while in prison. One paragraph entitled with "The Gay Legacy" opens with "homosexuals rode into the dawn of sexual freedom and returned with a plague that gives every indication of destroying most of them." The writer is talking about AIDS. First off, AIDS is not "just" a homosexual disease. The Center for Disease Control last year reported that over 90 of all AIDS suffer ers are homosexuals, bisexu-als, or intravenous drug users. The remaining 10 is made up of heterosexuals and those receiving the virus via secondary infections, such as blood transfusions. Basically, this propaganda lacks dealing with the most important evidence when writing about such a touchy subject and that evidence is the facts. This article only touches lightly on the ideas published in the pamphlets due to censorship. Also, we do not wish to subject our readers to such offensive material. I leave you with one final quote from the pamphlets: "We must...provide incentives for those tempted by homosexuality to not act upon their desire. Our compassion for drug addicts does not lead us to promote and legalize drug use...Likewise, the nation has begun to treat tobacco use as self-destructive and anti-social. Recently, however, we have...passed laws restricting smoking...we must adopt the same approach to sexual behaviour." Sources: -http: www.forerunner.comfore-runnerx0230-Exposing-the- Myths.html -Murder, Violence and Homosexuality. -What Causes Homosexual Desire and Can It Be Changed? -Medical Consequences of What Homosexuals Do. "Smokers don't live as long as non-smokers, so we consider smoking harmful. The lifespan of homosexuals suggests that their activities are far more than smoking." Medical Consequences ofWhat Homosexuals Do Pamplet at Ave Maria