I'm with Ted on this one. While I'm sure there are more gay people in the world than we might think, and probably a decent amount of in the closet wiseguys over the years, I don't think it works like that.

The point I'm making is that I believe the percentage of mafia members that are gay are the same percentage as with the rest of society. I don't believe that joining a crime family absolves you of your biology. We can argue the number all we want to. If 5% of the country is gay, or world, then 5% of the mafia is gay.

I can't? Why not? I said all along it's an assumption. BTW, religion is a choice, so already you're comparing apples to oranges.

And it's also a choice to join the Mafia. I think homosexuals criminals, like any homosexual, tend to avoid anti-homosexual organizations.

I would agree.

And where did this 5% of the population being gay come from, much less 25%? Thin air? 25% of the mob is gay? Lol. Even 5% is absurd.

How naive. After all of the family values Republicans that have been outed in the past decade, you should know better. Many gay people in denial join masculine organizations to bury their secret, or in some cases to convince themselves they're not gay.

Absurd? How could you possibly know? Oh, that's right. Anyone that acts tough and joins a masculine organization could never be gay.

It's already been explained to you. Are you just slow or what? Even in the general population the percentage of people who are gay is a few % at most. Not 5% and certainly not 25%. If it's a few % in the general population it's going to be even less in a society like the Mafia. It doesn't mean there have never been gay mobsters but they're few and far between.

So your saying the Democratic Party and Republican Party have an equal amount of homsexuals?

Guys, give up arguing with OakAsFan. You can't win an argument with someone who just makes stuff up whenever he feels like it. There are rock collections that can put up more facts than he does.