But you have somewhat reinforced my point. This study draws conclusions from results for which there may be many other causal factors. The fact that a given s

But you have somewhat reinforced my point. This study draws conclusions from results for which there may be many other causal factors. The fact that a given state legalized gay marriage says that the state's lawmakers, and presumably the people that elected them, are inclusive types of people. But the implied conclusion that this study came to - that if any state wants to reduce teen suicide, it should just enshrine gay marriage in state law - is not supported by the data upon which this study is based (at least not by itself). This gets downvotes whenever it is said on HN, but in this case...correlation most certainly does not imply causation.