"My friend Cal Thomas, the syndicated columnist, recently recalled the slights hurled by the homosexual lobby against those who have talked about the need for self-control as a key weapon in the fight against AIDS.
For more than two decades those who preached to people engaging in risky homosexual sex that "they should stop doing what they are doing because it harms them and others got them labeled 'homophobic.' Not many were able to stand up to such condemnations and so they mostly remained silent.
People who refused to change their risky behavior blamed the Reagan Administration for 'not doing enough' to fight AIDS." An often fatal disease once concentrated in the homosexual community now has spread to heterosexuals, too.
The results of forty years of sexual 'freedom' are in and it is time we start asserting that what we really need to stem the rise of HIV infections is not more research dollars but exactly what Milloy prescribed - abstinence. Until our society comes to grip with the fact that promiscuous sex outside marriage puts people at severe risk of contracting HIV infections we will be a nation blind to reality.
Milloy's prescription of abstinence is one for the entire country. Abstinence - the most effective way to prevent Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- may be rooted in morality but there certainly is a very practical benefit given that no promiscuous sex equals no illegitimate pregnancy, no unwanted child, no STD..."
HIV Diagnoses Climbing Among Gay and Bisexual Men
"New HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men in some states increased for the third consecutive year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today. CDC also released preliminary 2002 data showing a slight increase in AIDS incidence, although AIDS deaths continue to decline. Harold Jaffe, M.D., Director of CDC’s National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), presented the data at the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.
Data from 25 states (see list) with long standing HIV reporting show the number of new HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men increased by 7.1 percent, from 2001 to 2002, supporting recent findings that this population remains at high, and perhaps increasing, risk for HIV infection. HIV diagnoses for gay and bisexual men have increased by 17.7 percent since the lowest point in 1999. The data also show that HIV diagnoses in other vulnerable groups have remained stable since 2001. Dr. Jaffe cautioned that the new data reflect the number of people newly diagnosed, regardless of when they were infected, and increases may reflect increases in HIV testing as well as potential increases in new infections.
"These findings add to the growing concern that we are facing a potential resurgence of HIV among gay and bisexual men," Dr. Jaffe said..."