Re: pessimist
Brendan McKennedy (suburbantourist@hotmail.com)
Sat, 07 Feb 1998 23:20:59 -0800 (PST)
>A real discrepancy, however, exists when you move away from the
legislative
>arena to more personal grounds. There's a lot of Christians out there
>ministering to AIDS patients. There's a lot who would speak up if
homosexuals
>became regular victims of physical assault (more so than now, I
mean--more
>visibly). They don't like the idea of people being denied jobs and
housing.
>They don't believe the lifestyle is acceptable, but neither do they
believe
>people should be treated as second class citizens. A woman I know had
a
>nephew die of AIDS just last year, and she was there offering love and
support
>to him and his family through that whole, difficult time. Human beings
are
>always deserving of unconditional love regardless of their beliefs
and/or
>actions, regardless of how we view them.
An excellent point, Jim, to be sure--but PLEASE be careful about
immediately associating homosexuality with AIDS. There are plenty of
AIDS-sufferers and plenty of homosexuals who would, with good reason,
take great umbrage at the direct link you implied, whether you implied
it deliberately or not.
Brendan
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