I agree with Bishop Hall that most homosexuals are the products of dysfunctional famililies, though I don't know if they are on the rise. Most of us, whatever our sexuality, are the products of such families!! The only reason there is an increase in the numbers of people 'embracing the homosexual lifestyle" is that they have discovered the hard way how unhealthy it was for them to live the closeted, guilt-ridden, ashamed lifestyle the Church asked of them. The overall numbers of gay people seem no different as a proportion of the population than they've always been. Because Church has failed homosexuals so incredibly badly, they have had to find their own moral code and ways of living that allow them to contribute as fully as they can to the societies they live in. Bahaman society is a lot better than most on that account, though still with a journey to go before it has equal human rights for all.