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From: west@sdcsla.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: homosexuality  [& AIDS]
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Date: Mon, 21-Nov-83 23:39:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 21 23:39:48 1983
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Dave Wargo asked:
  >>Homosexuality does not hurt anyone?  
  >>Mabey you would like to explane AIDS.

Dave:
	AIDS is a disease transmitted through the blood.   It is thus
a venereal disease and, like gonorrhea, syphilis, and herpes, no fun
for anyone.   Needless to say, there is nothing one can do which is
completely safe -- pregnancy, for example, is even more of a risk to
the woman's life than is an abortion.
	I think that whoever posted the original article (which I didn't
see) merely meant that the intention and usual result of homosexual
encounters is not to hurt the other person [well, unless that's what
they want, I suppose].   This doesn't mean there is no harm done or
risk taken, just that it is not unusually high -- excepting very
promiscuous people, who are taking a risk no matter what their sexual
preferences are.

			-- Larry West   {definitely grim}   UC San Diego
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