Anti-gay people die earlier

NOM President Brian Brown may want to consider his health when campaigning against rights of gays

A study in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health shows that people who have anti-gay animus tend to live shorter lives.

The study included the responses of 20,226 heterosexuals who participated in General Social Survey interviews between 1988 and 2008, 4,216 of whom had died by the end of the study period.

From Business Insider:

People who espouse anti-gay views die younger than those who don't, found a sure-to-be-controversial study in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

"Anti-gay prejudice is associated with elevated mortality risk among heterosexuals, over and above multiple established risk factors for mortality," wrote the researchers, led by Mark L. Hatzenbuehler of Columbia University.

In fact, those who were not highly prejudiced against gay people lived an average of 2.5 years longer than those who were.

Researchers hypothesize that the increased anger and stress of anti-gay prejudice could lead to risk of higher heart disease.

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