Folks . . . arguing health figures with Akenaton allows him to conduct the discussion on his terms. As most of us know, health concerns are not the issue when it comes to civil rights. There are other questions that Akenaton needs to answer before his health statistics become pertinent:

How do you logically get from risky behavior to denying civil rights?

If you are going to deny civil rights because of risky behavior, why not deny them to skydivers, police officers, and drivers?

Even if risky behavior were a reason to deny civil rights, can you prove that all homosexuals engage in risky behavior?

I agree that we shouldn't let hate speech stand, especially on a forum we care about. But confronting it with Akenaton can be accomplished by simply asking him to answer the above questions every time he types one of his hate screeds. His inability to answer these questions is all the proof we or any casual reader needs to show that he's just a garden-variety hate-monger rather than a person who cares about health. Arguing with him about health statistics allows him to put a veneer of respectability on it.