Newsday.com: Gay Sex Called Key to Rise in Syphilis:

"Men engaged in risky homosexual activity are fueling a sharp increase in the incidence of syphilis and a smaller but worrisome rise in gonorrhea resistant to common antibiotics, federal researchers said Tuesday.

The increases are seen at a time when sexually transmitted disease rates among historically important risk groups, especially women and minorities, have been declining, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

If this is true (and I'm mindful that somehow the data might be manipulated for political purposes although I have no reason to believe it is), then wouldn't it indicate that promiscuity is more widespread among homosexuals than heterosexuals? And if so, why is that true? Can it be argued that gay men are not being encouraged to commit to monogamy thanks to the lack of marriage/civil union laws? Or is the society so prejudiced against them that any attempt at a "normal" life is impossible? It's not like monogamous relationships are such a "hit" in the heterosexual world! Yes, people continue to get married, but they also continue to get divorced at an alarming 50%. Meanwhile, even the ones who've married engage in adultery. So I'm not sure what this all means.