What I have come to understand from our study is that there is a double problem.

Discrimination impacts mental health in terrible, terrible ways.

On one hand there is no association between mental illness and homosexuality. On the other hand, we also know that gays and lesbians have higher levels of stress problems.

When society denies them their deep-seated need to marry, it only makes them part citizen. The result is diminished hope, diminished dreams and diminished abilities to imagine a future of success.

The message of the study is water for the future. What we are suggesting is water protection for our children and grandchildren.

Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.