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from Medical Issues
Canadian Gay Group Wants
Age Of Consent Lowered
February 17, 2006 - The recently elected conservative government in
Canada is working on legislation to raise the age of sexual consent for
heterosexual sex from 14 to 16. The gay group, Equality for Gays and Lesbians
Everywhere (EGALE) is lobbying to lower the age of consent for sodomy from 18 to
16. This effort was reported by LifeSiteNews.com on February 14.
According to EGALE director Laurie Arron, "There's no reason to treat anal sex
differently than other sexual acts except to stigmatize gay and bisexual men."
The National Post is backing EGALE's efforts. In an unsigned editorial on
February 11, the paper said that the criminal code that bans "anal intercourse
between unmarried people under 18" is "plainly discriminatory, a prohibition
intended to stigmatize homosexual or bisexual teenagers, suggesting that the
nature of their sexual relationship requires special added protection. This is
nonsense."
Jessica White West of Vancouver, B.C., wrote a letter of concern to the
Post about their support for the lowering of the age of sexual consent
for teens who engage in homosexual sex.
West observed: "If both vaginal and anal intercourse were in accordance with
natural law and did not discriminate in terms of consequences, this would be
true. However, this is not the case in homosexual sex, as two people of the same
sex do not have the required body parts to interact sexually and their
intercourse can never be fruitful."
West continued, "Furthermore, their sexual practices result in both physical and
emotional damage as is evidenced in numerous studies. More than 80% of AIDS
cases in Canada are among homosexual or bisexual males; other diseases suffered
either exclusively, or in larger percentages by the homosexual population,
include: anal cancer, chlamydia trachomatis, cryptosporidium, giardia lamblia,
herpes simplex virus, HPV, gonorrhea, viral hepatitis B and C, and syphilis."
Additional Reading: Medical Issues.
Updated: 8 February 2008
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