On 5/30/04 1:16 PM, "Laura Waterman Wittstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It's disingenuous to put smoking, network television, and gay sex in
> the same group of "moral decisions." There is no question that gay sex,
> for example, is not a moral decision. Sex is clearly part and parcel of
> the human condition. Perhaps you are thinking of those who choose not
> to have sex for religious reasons. Otherwise, sex is a natural, normal
> part of human existence. And gay sex is part of natural, normal human
> existence.
>
> However smoking is a matter of health -- public health.
<snip>
"The other unchanged fact is that the community hit hardest by HIV continues
to be men who have sex with men (MSM). Last year 48 percent of new
infections occurred amongst MSM, disproportionately among men of color.
�These numbers underscore again the need for continuing prevention education
and testing,� asserts Teel..."
("Number of new HIV cases reported in Minnesota decreases One Year Decrease
Does not Indicate a Trend", Minnesota Aids Project, April 15, 2004,
http://www.mnaidsproject.org/ )
Neal Krasnoff
Loring Park
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