Here's another argument against homosexual unions: A recent study conducted in Sweden found out that married gay individuals are more likely to commit suicide compared to their heterosexual counterparts.
The research, entitled "Suicide in married couples in Sweden: Is the risk greater in same-sex couples?" used government data to compare a population of more than 6,000 gay couples to a larger population of heterosexual couples who got married between 1996 and 2009.
The study revealed that while Sweden is considered as a nation tolerant of homosexual behavior, married gay individuals still had an overall 2.7 times greater chance of ending their own lives compared to those in heterosexual marriages.
Homosexual men who entered into gay unions were also found to have a higher elevated risk (2.9) than women (2.5).
"Even in a country with a comparatively tolerant climate regarding homosexuality such as Sweden, same-sex married individuals evidence a higher risk for suicide than other married individuals," the authors of the study stated, as quoted by Life Site News.
The results of the study conducted in Sweden are very similar to those earlier done in other European nations, including The Netherlands, which indicate a strong relationship between homosexual behavior and a variety of negative psychological outcomes.
The earlier study showed that gay people are more prone to mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse disorders, suicide attempts, eating disorders, and panic attacks.
Aside from psychological disorders, the research in the Netherlands also found out that because of their higher levels of promiscuity and instability in interpersonal relationships, homosexual individuals are also 10 to 20 percent more prone to being infected by sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV infection.
Gay people living in urban areas were also more prone to elevated incidence of herpes and the cancer-causing Epstein-Barr virus, syphilis, anal cancer, and other diseases.
