Families cast out children for partying too much, marrying the wrong person, piercings, being bad in school. There are strong kids and there are weak kids. There are kids with emotional problems and there are kids with self esteem issues.
Not every single homosexual kills themselves because they were bullied or cast out. Thats a lazy and general assumption. Homosexuals are just as diverse as any other group. They have weak and strong members, emotional and non emotional, caring and uncaring people.
Wow, you are clueless. Let's look at some statistics.
* In the United States, more than 34,000 people die by suicide each year (2007 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]).
* Of all American teens who die by their own hand, 30 percent are LGBTQ.
* Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds, accounting for over 12 percent of deaths in this age group; only accidents and homicide occur more frequently (2006 National Adolescent Health Information).
* Suicide is the second leading cause of death on college campuses (2008 CDC).
* For every completed suicide by a young person, it is estimated that 100 to 200 attempts are made (2003 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey).
* Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers (Massachusetts 2007 Youth Risk Survey).
* LGB youth who come from highly rejecting families are more than eight times as likely to have attempted suicide than LGB peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection (Ryan C, Huebner D, et al., Pediatrics 123(1): 346-52).
* Almost 85 percent of LGBTQ teenagers are harassed in high school because of their sexual orientation, with 61 percent of gay youth reporting that they felt unsafe in school and 30 percent staying home to avoid bullying (2009 Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network survey).