Gays try to take Human Rights to an absurd level....

I'll be following this case closely - unfortunately, I can see the Canadian Human Rights Commission falling for this one, hook, line and sinker...

But a new complaint filed earlier this year with the Canadian Human Rights Commission shows there's still new territory to explore in the country's human rights Neverland.

The complainants are six self-described gay, lesbian or bisexual (GLB) Canadians who allege that Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada discriminate against the country's GLBs by not providing "equitable levels of programming supports based on needs when compared with programming supports from the general population and other minority populations."

The complainants do not specifically say so, but their action appears to rely on two parts of the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA): The prohibition against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation found in Section 3, and the prohibition against denial of a good or service found in Section 5.

The complainants, headed by gay-rights activist Gens Hellquist, executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition, unveiled their action at a Toronto press conference. Their 10-page complaint claims the target health agencies have no dedicated funding to address "those health issues where GLB communities are disproportionately affected." This is a form of discrimination which, Hellquist asserted, is grounded in homophobia.

To recap, here's the logic propelling the complaint: Widespread homophobia leads to shoddy health care, which in turn amounts to discrimination. Even if one's analysis of the complaint ends at this level, there's still plenty to find that's objectionable -- the victim-group mentality, the lack of personal responsibility and the all-too-predictable blaming of others for one's problems.

But it is in the detailed evidence where the complaint truly spins down the rabbit hole. The complainants assert, in part, that: The life expectancy for gay and bisexual men is 20 years less than the average Canadian man; GLB people commit suicide at rates ranging from twice as often to almost 14 times more than the general population; GLBs have smoking rates ranging from 1.3 to three times higher than average; GLBs become alcoholics at a rate 1.4 to seven times higher than the general population; GLBs use illicit drugs at a rate from 1.6 to 19 times higher than other Canadians; GLBs experience depression at rates ranging from 1.8 to three times higher than average; gay men comprise 76% of AIDS cases and 45% of all new HIV infections; GLB populations are at a higher risk of lung and liver cancer; gay and bisexual men suffer a higher rate of anal cancer than heterosexual men; lesbians report a higher rate of breast cancer; and GLBs experience verbal and physical abuse at a greater rate than most Canadians.

Read the whole article to see how crazy this complaint is. But, let me comment on one statistic above. They say that gay men comprise 76% of AIDs cases - that may well be right, but look at the absolute numbers. In 2007, there were only 257 cases of AIDs in Canada, and the number is still going down. In the first half of 2008, there were only 108 cases. If you don't believe me, then check out the official data yourself.