"It has gone from questioning the antics of some fundamentalist bigots in influencing a government all the way to questioning the statistics on homosexuality itself."

This is a phenomenon which I have also observed on other threads that you may need to get used to.

"Perhaps a thread to allow people to use statistics to back up their prejudice or otherwise about Gay lifestyles would be a better place to have that discussion."

I have learned that such an expectation is unrealistic.