how some christians talk...

By J. Matt Barber

"In his State of the Union address last Tuesday, President Bush briefly touched on the horrors of the HIV/AIDS pandemic currently plaguing Africa. Most everyone agrees that something must be done to combat the spread of this dreadful and preventable disease, which continues to infect many throughout the poverty-stricken continent.

That being said, the president unfortunately missed a valuable opportunity to address the needless HIV/AIDS epidemic within our own borders, which predominately affects – and infects – men who choose to engage in dangerous homosexual behaviors – and at times the women who love them. (In the U.S., the vast majority of women infected with HIV/AIDS are infected by men who also have sex with men, or through intravenous drug use).

As Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth has said, "It's time to acknowledge the pink elephant in the room: Fighting AIDS without talking against homosexuality is like fighting lung cancer without talking against smoking."

Lorri Jean, a respected leader among homosexual activists and CEO of the Los Angeles based Gay and Lesbian Center, recently began an advertising campaign tackling "gay" America's HIV/AIDS epidemic. Her message: "HIV is a Gay Disease. Own it. End it."

Although it might spell the end of her career as a pro-homosexual activist, Jean is to be commended for providing a rarely candid and refreshing approach to the homosexual condition."


WOW. A "Gay Disease"?! She should be "commended" for being a mean propagandist? And Matt, seriously, is it MORE IMPORTANT to squeeze a sermon out of the 1.4 million AIDS victims in America than the 25 MILLION IN AFRICA? Is the word "epidemic" really to be used equally between the two situations? When was the last "epidemic" that affected less than 0.5% of a nation's population? Or I guess it's a moral epidemic? What disease do you have if your symptom is ignoring a giant global humanitarian crisis that alone has left 15 MILLION ORPHANS in its wake? Or if we could be optimistic, I guess you are just allowing the epidemic to take its course so that later, you can "care for the widows and orphans"?

And Peter, seriously? "Fighting AIDS without talking against homosexuality is like fighting lung cancer without talking against smoking." That may be true in America, but read half an article on AIDS in Africa and you will be cured of your attitude.

There is too much to be angry about in these few short paragraphs. It's unreal. If you know me, and you know that I am a Christian, please do not ever think that it has ANYTHING to do with these people. Anything.

I'm going to sleep sad, now,
Dan