Michigan Politician's Antigay Facebook Post Linked to Holocaust Denier

Dave Agema, the Republican National Committee member former Michigan state representative who has been roundly criticized for a recent antigay Facebook post, has drawn his "facts" about homosexuality from some extremely disreputable sources -- including a Holocaust denier, reports MLive.com.

Last month Agema posted an essay titled "Everyone Should Know These Statistics on Homosexuals" by a writer identified as Frank Joseph, a physician. The article is also available with footnotes on several right-wing websites, and one footnote credits a pamphlet called "Is Homosexual Activity Normal?" by Edward R. Fields.

Fields, reports MLive.com contributor Ken Braun in an article posted today, is identified by the Anti-Defamation League as a nonpracticing chiropractor from Georgia who is not only antigay but a white supremacist and Holocaust denier.

One "dubious bullet-point" the essay drew from Fields, Braun notes, is "The median age of death of lesbians is 45 (only 24% live past age 65). The median age of death of a married heterosexual woman is 79." Other "Fields facts" from the piece are "similarly outrageous," Braun reports, including "37% of homosexuals engage in sadomasochism," "60% say they have had sex with strangers in bathhouses," and "Homosexuals are 100 times more likely to be murdered."

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"Having chosen to use the work of Dr. Fields, the author of the pamphlet Agema posted is -- at best -- a highly reckless and inflammatory hack whose drivel is nonetheless doggedly defended by an elected officer of the Republican Party," writes Braun, a political consultant and former legislative aide to a Michigan Republican lawmaker.

Braun joins a chorus of voices calling for Agema to resign his position as a member of the RNC, calls that Agema has so far resisted.