Yes I agree with you there Jade hepatitis is a big problem in this area due to the large number of heroin addicts in the small towns on the West Coast

I agree we need to concentrate on eradicating all disease, but this thread was specifically about homosexual marriage and while responding to another poster I stumbled upon the figures from the Centre for Disease Control, an independant body, who's data I can find no reason to distrust.

I had honestly never read any homosexual health figures before and what I read shocked and amazed me. I do not know why these figures are so bad, why so many homosexuals are affected,but I do know that answers must be sought.
To sit back and do nothing, to bury these figures and forget about them....or even worse deny them, is not an option.
I repeat, to deny these figures does not serve the interests of homosexuals or society at large...Ake