AIDS -- 'the only politically protected disease' Chad Groening and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 12/1/2011 2:20:00 PM
Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, says AIDS has been the only "politically protected disease" -- and that, he says, is why Barack Obama and others support World AIDS Day.
President Obama is setting a new goal of getting AIDS drugs to two million more people living with HIV around the world by the end of 2013. At a Washington event marking World AIDS Day, the president announced Thursday that he is directing a $50 million increase in spending on HIV and AIDS treatment in the U.S. The White House says there are 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, and 50,000 new infections each year.
LaBarbera is calling Obama to task for announcing a deeper U.S. commitment to combating AIDS -- instead of taking practical measures to curb its spread.
"AIDS has always been the only politically protected disease. The elephant in the room is homosexual -- especially male -- sexual behavior," he argues. "We have these amazing statistics which show this huge, disproportional disease rate for men who have sex with men.
"So because it's attached to homosexuality, there are things like World AIDS Day," he continues. "It becomes a political thing rather than just taking practical public health measures necessary to stop or slow down this disease."
For example, LaBarbera says instead of spending millions on AIDS research, the government should shut down the notorious "gay bath houses" in major cities that facilitate the spread of HIV.
"They're like perversion centers. These are places where men go for anonymous, homosexual sex," he states. "It's the highest risk sex around -- and there's these clubs [where] basically men just go to have anonymous sex.
"So I want to know: Why isn't the government working to shut down these perversion centers that facilitate the very behavior that is helping to spread HIV?"
The pro-family activist points out that while the government is going out of its way to discourage people from unhealthy lifestyle choices like smoking and obesity, it is doing nothing to discourage those who practice the lifestyle that leads to AIDS.
LaBarbera has called on the government to acknowledge "gay" sex as high risk, teach school children the lifestyle's real risks, "re-stigmatize" dangerous behaviors among homosexual males, work toward equalizing federal spending on other serious, life-threatening diseases, and stop what he describes as "bigoted 'homophobia' propaganda."
