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AIDS

A policy regarding the AIDS epidemic can not be written without acknowledging the connection between this disease and immorality. While there are cases of AIDS that involve hemophiliacs and accidental exposure the predominance of cases occur in the homosexual community and in those with promiscuous multi-partner heterosexual relations.

As written under other headings at the American Reformation Project it is our position that the individuals in these immoral relationships are captives to an immoral worldview. As captives they should be treated with concern and care for their eventual freedom from this sin. However, this worldview and its advancement must be met with truth and a firm opposition. As such the American Reformation Project views the current AIDS's programs as being used to the advancement of this worldview and to the detriment of the nation.

The means of AIDS transmission are predominately viewed by the majority of Americans as forbidden and abhorrent. Nevertheless the millions that are infected should receive our Christian compassion. This is in no way meant to say that the government does not have a responsibility to the public to practice those activities, to include quarantine of infected individuals and universal testing of those at highest risk, to safeguard the public safety. This is after all the typical public health response to a threatening epidemic.

The homosexual agenda to impose their views as an acceptable lifestyle has led them to lobby for actions incompatible with public safety. Those currying favor with this lobby have followed practices that are neither compatible nor followed in other similar epidemic situations. Organizations like the American Psychological Association legitimizing the homosexual lifestyle are further eroding this nation's public health response.

Unlike the response to smoking, AIDS is treated differently. There is an unusual distinction given the AIDS biologic and communicative nature, as compared to the non-communicable risk of smoking. It is equally puzzling that AIDS is treated differently given the economic cost of healthcare for those infected. This is especially puzzling given the emphasis put on healthcare cost by those opposed to smoking.

The American Reformation Project urges the following as part of its AIDS policy:

  1. AIDS must be recognized as a medical problem with isolation and quarantine, respected ways to combat the spread of disease, as a first response. The infected individuals will need to surrender some of their freedoms (temporarily) for the good of all.
  2. Acknowledge the immoral nature of the infection.
  3. Criminal penalties must be imposed for those who infect knowingly.

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