Certain anti-homosexual US public figures tried to use the AIDS epidemic to smear the US homosexual community. But the reason I said the above to Stavka is because he has told me HIV is mainly a problem for homosexuals and so they are a serious risk to the Russian population. Therefore, he proposes to ban homosexuality in Russia, ignoring the fact that sexual transmission of AIDS in many countries mainly occurs through heterosexual intercourse.
What I remember being said twenty years ago, and very loudly at that juncture, was that the promiscuous lifestyle of SOME homosexual men must stop so HIV/AIDS can be either reduced and/or eliminated.
Yes, you are right, but the fact that AIDS mainly spread by heterosexual intercourse (that was the single biggest risk factor) in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia etc, at that time, was unfortunately ignored by the US government. In fact, they played down the risks for heterosexuals for the first few years of the epidemic in the USA and Britain. It seems the Russians are doing the same thing.
I just love how you put words in my mouth. If I said anything of the sort, it was in the context that AIDS spreads faster, as has been shown to be the case over and over, through the Gay Population because many choose a very high risk life style with dozens of partners...much more so then heterosexuals...as for AIDS being stopped by banning gays (which I stand for on a religious/moral principle) is plain stupid and I know for a fact, I would never say that. Try again.