Bush’s Nominee For Surgeon General Wrote Study On The ‘Dangers’ Of ‘Anal Eroticism’
Bush’s Nominee For Surgeon General Wrote Study On The ‘Dangers’ Of ‘Anal Eroticism’
President Bush recently nominated James W. Holsinger to become the next Surgeon General of the United States:
As America’s chief health educator, he will be charged with providing the best scientific information available on how Americans can make smart choices that improve their health and reduce their risk of illness and injury. … I am confident that Dr. Holsinger will help our Nation confront this challenge and many others to ensure that Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives.
It is doubtful that Holsinger is the person most fit to be America’s doctor and provide the public with “the best scientific information available.” As ThinkProgress noted last week, Holsinger has a long history of prejudice against gays and lesbians, including founding a church that “ministers to people who no longer wish to be gay or lesbian.”
In 1991, Holsinger wrote a document titled “Pathophysiology of Male Homosexuality” for the United Methodist Church’s Committee to Study Homosexuality. The graphic document argues that gay sex can lead to “lacerations, perforations and deaths” and concludes that it is “intuitively” unnatural:
It is absolutely clear that anatomically and physiologically the alimentary and reproductive systems in humans are separate organ systems; i.e., the human does not have a cloaca. Likewise it is clear that even primitive cultures understand the nature of waste elimination, sexual intercourse, and the birth of children. Indeed our own children appear to “intuitively” understand these facts. I think we should note that these simple “scientific facts are the same in any culture - patriarchal or matriarchal, modern or primitive, Jewish or gentile, etc. The anatomic and physiologic facts of alimentation and reproduction simply do not change based on any cultural setting. In fact, the logical complementarity of the human sexes has been so recognized in our culture that it has entered our vocabulary in the form of naming various pipe fittings either the male fitting or the female fitting depending upon which one interlocks within the other. When the complementarity of the sexes is breached, injuries and diseases may occur as noted above.
Therefore, based on the simplest known anatomy and physiology, when dealing with the complementarity of the human sexes, one can simply say, Res ipsa loquitur - the thing speaks for itself!
Holsinger resigned from the committee in the early 1990s “because he believed the committee ‘would follow liberal lines.’” He also warned “that acceptance of homosexuality would drive away millions of churchgoers.”
Read the full document HERE.
UPDATE: Pam’s House Blend has more.
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This guy is a little too fascinated to be believable. A total closet case!
June 6th, 2007 at 1:01 pmThis one oughta bring ‘Daryll’ outa the clos… I mean woodwork…..
June 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmWhat an awesome Surgeon General!!!
I hope he brings back leeches! Leeches are awesome!!!
June 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmSo Bush hired someone who knew him well…
June 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmand jocelyn elders was driven from public office because she acknowledged masturbation as a part of human sexuality.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:03 pmI think the good doctor spent a lot of time on this study — poring through his notes, and interviewing subjects, over and over again……
June 6th, 2007 at 1:04 pmThis, of course, came to Holsinger, after a “meeting” w/ Jeff Gannon. Doing “research”, ya know…
June 6th, 2007 at 1:06 pmFar too many details about stuff that isnt other peoples business…
June 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pmHe also warned “that acceptance of homosexuality would drive away millions of churchgoers.â€
Sure, let’s ask Ted Haggard how that worked out.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pmCaption:
“So many cells, so little time…..”
June 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pmThis thread will bring out the truly sick trolls — will we be able to let them chatter away to nothingness?
June 6th, 2007 at 1:08 pmObviously this man never enjoyed the “Classic” version of the “NEWLYWED GAME”
June 6th, 2007 at 1:08 pmWhat a maroon. ‘The parts work this way, so to do anything else with them is wrong; of course, I’m basing a large part of my thesis on pipefitters’ terminology, as any qualified physician would.’ I wonder if he’s given this lecture to Bushie and Karl yet… .
June 6th, 2007 at 1:08 pmDid a lot of field study, eh Doc?
June 6th, 2007 at 1:09 pmWonder how he pronounces his last name……
June 6th, 2007 at 1:09 pmDaryll?!?!??
June 6th, 2007 at 1:11 pmAs surgeon general, I promise to remove all of the genitals from all of the population, to reduce the risk of infection.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:12 pmO boy this is an easy one, the good folks blogging hear will be busier than onel legged man in an ass kicking contest.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:12 pmHe doesn’t realise that he just single handedly alienated 10% or more of the Amercan public. Love is unconditional, and to say homo love is “unnatural” slaps many very loving same sex couples.
Doesn’t the surgeon general need to be confirmed? I would hope the democrats never let the nomination out of committee.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pmThere is nothing more incompatible than men and women. Brain chemistry, psychology, worldview, etc. are very different. The whole “men from Mars, women from Venus” thing really prooves just how unsuited the sexes are for one another.
Speaking as a gay man, GAY SEX IS GREAT! I know my body, so I know best how to please another man. Why any man would want to have sex with a woman is beyond me. It’s kinda like going to an art museum with a blind person.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pmBig on buggery, I believe…
June 6th, 2007 at 1:18 pmO boy this is an easy one, the good folks blogging hear will be busier than onel legged man in an ass kicking contest.
How “cheeky” of you, prof shropshire…
June 6th, 2007 at 1:18 pmDavid Brock was saying pretty much the same thing the other night.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:20 pmjust proves hes a total arsehole
June 6th, 2007 at 1:20 pmRectum? Damn near killed ‘em!
June 6th, 2007 at 1:21 pmWhat an idiot. Does he not realize that both male and female genitals are also conduits for urine?
Ah, now it’s clear. They don’t want anyone to have any sex at all.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:22 pmI bet the DC Democrats confirm the guy, not because it would be obvious to block him, but because they never block anybody that Bush wants to put in any position. They confirmed Alberto Gonzales, Condi Rice, Michael Brown, etc. If Harry Reid allows this nutcase to get in, then he must resign from the Senate and take all the other Mormons with him.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:23 pmWhatever.
Why do we have a surgeon general anyway?
Just another meaningless bureaucratic appointment to waste our tax money.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:24 pmI believe that his choice of focus qualifies him to be dubbed: The Quintessential Butthole.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:25 pmIt took him 4+ years of medical school and beyond to conclude he was an “exit only” guy? Damn, he’s one complicated dude!
June 6th, 2007 at 1:26 pmJust another pedestrian, predictable, bigoted Bushbot - nothing too unusual or qualified for his position, as the Bush Cabal’s MO continues. Ho hum - who actually cares at this point if a “walking anus” would be named to any position in the Bush cabinet anyway??
June 6th, 2007 at 1:26 pm#28 We have a Surgeon General to act as the “front man” for BIG PHARMA - who, together with BIG OIL, and BIG INSURANCE actually “own” this White House and a good percentage of our Congress, that’s why.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:27 pmWonder how he pronounces his last name……
Comment by heyzeus
Heh. :-D
June 6th, 2007 at 1:28 pmI need to sign up with the homophobe movement so I can excuse my minutiae devotion to butt-plugging sex.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:28 pmWhat a closet case!!
June 6th, 2007 at 1:30 pmAmericans are going to start boycotting Washington, DC, if this creep becomes Surgeon General, because we are NOT going to tolerate daily attacks on Gays so that doctor gets pleasured.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:30 pmIt’s kinda like going to an art museum with a blind person.
Comment by SickOfTheGOPLies — June 6, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Believe it or not people with vision impairments can appreciate the smells, sounds, tastes, feelings and atmosphere of an art museum. Even the history of the artists and a good friends impression of them can make it a truly magical experience.
Just saying.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:32 pmMy guess is that this gentleman has never provided oral pleasure to a woman. Because… how icky is THAT? I mean, that’s where she pees.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:32 pmThis thread will bring out the truly sick trolls — will we be able to let them chatter away to nothingness?
Comment by Zooey
That was my reaction. For some reason, the TP trolls are fascinated with the subject.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:34 pmClassic homophobe, trying to explain away his own feelings with pseudo-science. Homophobes like him, Jake, m12, MAF54, Flaco etc - are utterly transparent.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:34 pmOf course he has never had fellatio performed on him because the mouth is only for eating and speaking.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:37 pmWhat about all the heterosexuals that engage in “non-traditional” sex?
Are their natural sexual appetites be vilified in the mad rush to ostracize a minority?
June 6th, 2007 at 1:37 pmoh well, spit, and take another….
June 6th, 2007 at 1:37 pmI think it’s very interesting that the good doctor didn’t bring up anal sex in the context of hetero relationships. According to him, only male homosexual can suffer “lacerations, perforations and deaths†from anal sex and heterosexual women don’t.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:38 pmWhat an idiot. Does he not realize that both male and female genitals are also conduits for urine?
Comment by Caro Cogitatus — June 6, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
I bet you’re a male. hehe
June 6th, 2007 at 1:39 pm…so recognized in our culture that it has entered our vocabulary in the form of naming various pipe fittings either the male fitting or the female fitting depending upon which one interlocks within the other.
OK, why is a nipple, two male connections together and a coupler, two female connections together? And don’t forget the dreaded, male plug. Sounds kinky if you ask me.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:39 pmBush can really pick-em. Last week they tried to get this one arcross the public eye…
http://mediamatters.org/items/200705240006
June 6th, 2007 at 1:41 pmMmmmmmmmm…ass play…
June 6th, 2007 at 1:41 pmWonder how he pronounces his last name……
Comment by heyzeus
Probably similarly to John (It’s B-Aner, not B-Oner) Bohner…
June 6th, 2007 at 1:43 pmWow, he makes ALL sex sound unnatural.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:44 pmDon’t knock it until you’ve tried it, pal.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pmDid ANYONE expect BUSH to nominate someone with competence???
Anyone??? Anyone???
June 6th, 2007 at 1:47 pmWhat an interesting choice on Bush’s part, seeing how he still doesn’t have an “exit strategy’ for Iraq. Bush likes getting into a situation, but doesn’t want to leave.
Sure hope he doesn’t feel tht way about the WHOTUS come Jan 2009.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:47 pm#45 Nice one, Seven of Six. Very nicely done.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:47 pmThat was my reaction. For some reason, the TP trolls are fascinated with the subject.
Comment by gummitch
Yup. They luvs thinkin’ about the butt sekks. :D
June 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pmDoes he deal with oral sex in the sequel?
I’m off to take a cold shower and will return later for an answer.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pmThis paper lacks the scholarly quality one one expect from an appointment of this nature. Huge leaps are made and anectdotal comments used to indicate this work was not well researched, well thought out, or unbiased. It is poor choice to nominate someone to the head of their field after producing work like this as a part of their professional responsibilities (I assume he was asked to write this based upon his credentials).
June 6th, 2007 at 1:51 pmIs there any doubt this guy is a closet homosexual?
June 6th, 2007 at 1:52 pmThe same could be said for oral/genital contact. I don’t forsee that stopping anyone.
Just sayin’.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:54 pmGo read Pam’s House Blend. The link is on the UPDATE above.
She’s always good.
June 6th, 2007 at 1:54 pmBush has scraped the bottom of the barrel on every appointment. This one is scary. Hellova job Bushie. Regime change now!!
June 6th, 2007 at 2:04 pmPam, “Gifted” LBGT blogger can be counted on to offer “objective” gay perspective - except she forgets to mention the “method of HIV transmission” (anal intercourse) in MOST gay AIDS cases…..how intellectually dishonest!
June 6th, 2007 at 2:07 pmAnal sex is signifigantly more risky than oral or vaginal sex. Tearing and blood anyone?
I’m not saying this sort of thing is “sinfull”, it just has it’s increased risks.
If that’s what the Dr. is saying than I agree with him.
June 6th, 2007 at 2:24 pmAmanda - allow me to compliment your “progressive” censorship!! Well done!
June 6th, 2007 at 2:36 pmThis means the president and vice-president will never release their visitor logs and the names of the consenting adults partisipating in the energy task force will remain classified forever.
June 6th, 2007 at 2:41 pmSo let me make sure I understand. We should not allow gay people the right to exist because doing so will confuses plumbers?
Umm, well no worries, he will not make it to the job, and Bush will install him while the senate is on recess.
I am not even sure why we bother with confirmation anymore.
June 6th, 2007 at 3:03 pmAre all wingnutz closet homos?
Just come out already!
You’re here, you’re queer, who cares.
June 6th, 2007 at 3:30 pmDaryll here yet?>
June 6th, 2007 at 3:32 pmClearly, he’s not using enough lube…
June 6th, 2007 at 3:56 pm“Therefore, based on the simplest known anatomy and physiology, when dealing with the complementarity of the human sexes, one can simply say, Res ipsa loquitur - the thing speaks for itself!
He is, of course, talking about his own anus.
He can’t control it since he got it chrome plated.
And since the mouth is clearly meant for food, kissing shall be made illegal as soon as he takes office. Also, clearly women’s breasts are for breastfeeding, so no mouth or physical ’sexual’ contact with breasts is legal.
In addition, DO NOT suck my fingers. I hate that.
June 6th, 2007 at 4:04 pm“Bush will install him while the senate is on recess.: –Marq
Apparently you missed Leader Reid’s plan to have a junior Senator open the Senate every ten days throughout the summer, to prevent ANY recess appointments from occuring.
June 6th, 2007 at 4:06 pm“Anal sex is signifigantly more risky than oral or vaginal sex.” –Toliver
Anal sex is more risky than oral sex? ON WHAT PLANET?
The anus has a rather ruggged set of mucousa, compared to the mouth, which commonly has sores.
Given that something like 70% of all women are said to have HPV, the vagina isn’t so safe either.
Give up sex, spend the money on GOP wars, is my advice.
June 6th, 2007 at 4:10 pmAmanda - allow me to compliment your “progressive†censorship!! Well done! Comment by valiant venus — June 6, 2007 @ 2:36 pm
BAHAHA, allow me to *compliment* you on your “vice-and-virtue” religious zealot Taliban view of *government*. You can be as anti-science, and religious fanatic as you *want*, as long as you swear allegiance to Israel, and Osama Ben Venus will lick your c*nt!!!
You’re a lunatic.
June 6th, 2007 at 4:18 pmHello all, from a “island” bar in humid, gusty Omaha, Nebrasaka.
Just checking my email, and my “addiction” of TP when I come across a thread with “anal eroticism”
and my first thought…
Yet another thread for our own St.Daryll.
Well? Where is the little hypocrite cult member?
Not at a Beat Me ‘Til I’m Hetero retreat, is he?
Anyways, keep up the good fight!
June 6th, 2007 at 4:19 pmSeriously, this administration couldn’t come up with ANYONE that is remotely appropriate for whatever position that needs to be filled. I wonder sometimes if they’re using a monkey proxy (besides GW, that is).
June 6th, 2007 at 4:21 pmthe logical complementarity of the human sexes has been so recognized in our culture that it has entered our vocabulary in the form of naming various pipe fittings either the male fitting or the female fitting depending upon which one interlocks within the other
I’ve had enough!
I’ll be passing around a protest letter to the National Pipefitters Associate for all of you to sign.
Your signature, or refusal to sign, will be reported on this website for, well, posterity.
June 6th, 2007 at 4:46 pmI wonder what skeletons are in his closet.
June 6th, 2007 at 4:53 pmKarim, he’s had plenty of ‘bones’ in his ‘closet.’ He’s an expert.
June 6th, 2007 at 5:12 pm“I wonder what skeletons are in his closet.”
I am certain they are young, male, naked ones.
June 6th, 2007 at 5:14 pmRes ipsa loquitur = why don’t we just let the homosexual community speak for itself? Can any of us heterosexuals really understand the emotional and sexual attraction that homosexuals have and how they came to fruition? Our laws should recognize their full rights to have and express those attractions as they want and in accordance with their own individual consciences and relationship with their God if they believe.
June 6th, 2007 at 5:16 pmVVGFU - You poor thing! Only an “intellectual illiterate” would equate “anti-Science” with someone who mentions the most common form of HIV transmission - unprotected anal intercourse - which sadly, in on the rise - again. Your hatred for me trumps your ability to reason…….how I pity you!
June 6th, 2007 at 5:43 pmlast i checked my dong was used for waste elimination but his mom still puts it in her mouth.
this guy is dressing up his bigotry in fancy medical terms but hes really saying nothing more than, “aww shit, the parts dont fit”.
June 6th, 2007 at 5:47 pmIn spite of this guy’s plumbing obsession, humans have been pretty creative with their sexual plumbing for thousands of years. He obviously doesn’t approve of their solutions, but millions of happy perverts can’t be wrong.
June 6th, 2007 at 6:03 pmTP is a propaganda website, filled with lies.
June 6th, 2007 at 6:05 pmYo Hole-Singer, Which gender is the pipe with da teeth?
June 6th, 2007 at 6:26 pmIn spite of this guy’s plumbing obsession, humans have been pretty creative with their sexual plumbing for thousands of years. He obviously doesn’t approve of their solutions, but millions of happy perverts can’t be wrong.
Comment by gummitch
The good doctor only seems concerned about the habits of the happy gay perverts — what about the rest of us….er, them?
June 6th, 2007 at 6:45 pmI love watching america implode.
It is amazing how fast your society is going backwards and no one is doing anything but blog about it or watch tv.
oh, wait, did paris go to jail yet? :)
June 6th, 2007 at 6:53 pmTimmy - Go have another warm Guinness……Makes me glad the hearty of the Irish got off the island……..
June 6th, 2007 at 7:03 pmMethinks he protestest too much. There was a study published a few months ago indicating that homophobes generally have stronger homosexual tendencies than non-homophobic straight men. So when is he going to meet with the Log Cabin Repukes? Suppose they backing him?
June 6th, 2007 at 7:57 pmI love watching america implode.
It is amazing how fast your society is going backwards and no one is doing anything but blog about it or watch tv.
Comment by timmy otoole
Uh, Timmy, isn’t your name actually spelled “Timmy, THE Toole”?
June 6th, 2007 at 8:12 pmUP HIS ! (without the lube)
June 6th, 2007 at 9:59 pmOne might wonder how he became so expert?
June 6th, 2007 at 10:23 pmSo when is he going to meet with the Log Cabin Repukes? Suppose they backing him?
Comment by curmudgeon
It is almost technically impossible to not make a joke about Lincoln’s Log here.
June 6th, 2007 at 11:29 pmDon’t forget to check on the man behind the curtain from time to time. Throwing up a ridiculous nominee like this sometimes distracts attention from something else odious that Cheney wants to do. “Look! Looka the pretty bigot! Keep watching the pretty bigot!”
June 7th, 2007 at 8:58 amThe man’s a bigot and may well set back his office by 50 years, however, Jake-o-bin, it’s clear that you don’t know anything about leeches.
They’re FDA-approved medical devices, used help to heal skin grafts by removing blood pooled under the graft and restore blood circulation in blocked veins by removing pooled blood. They’re also becoming popular after plastic surgery. They sound and look icky, but so do maggots, which are also being used as an extremely effective method of debriding infected wounds.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:32 amI hope that President Bushs’ nominee for surgeon general is CONFIRMED. He is absolutley correct about homosexual sex. Many homosexual men engage in “fisting”. Most homosexual men have contracted at least one STD in their life. Most homosexual men have multiple sex partners per year. Just go to any gay dating/ hookup web site; facts do not lie. One pro-homosexual group even produced a brochure on how to “fist” safely, and handed out in a public schools to 9th graders (is this sick or what). Many folks have walked away from that life because it is a futile life filled with angst, drugs, short lived “relationships”, violence, depression, etc.
June 21st, 2007 at 10:54 amRobert Davidson
“Most homosexual men have contracted at least one STD in their life.”
that would apply to any promiscuous adult, homosexualty doesnt enter into the argument.
June 26th, 2007 at 10:06 pmUnbefuckinglievable! (Literally)
I wondered what happened to my old church’s teaching that one’s beliefs are one’s own business, period. Methinks this was a Black Hole for United Methodism.
We’re all God’s children, and He/She loves us all, regardless of whether or not we were BORN hetero or homo. Not to acknowledge this, and the Bible’s encyclical against judging others, is nothing short of EVIL.
July 10th, 2007 at 7:08 pmits true
July 18th, 2007 at 2:42 pm10% of the population?! Truth is closer to 1% - 3%.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:03 am