Religious Leaders: Churches Should be ‘Nonjudgmental’ about Behavior That Transm

[Chris_]

"Religious Leaders": Churches Should be ‘Nonjudgmental’ about Behavior That Transmits HIV

(CNSNews.com) – Religious leaders and AIDS activists told CNSNNews.com Tuesday that labeling sex outside of marriage as sinful or having multiple partners as immoral behavior is “biased” – something society has “moved beyond.”

At a telephone news conference in advance of World AIDS Day, AIDS activist groups and representatives of various religious groups said that counseling teens and others to be abstinent and restricting sex to marriage just isn’t “realistic,” and called on churches and the incoming Obama administration to deal with HIV/AIDS in a “truthful” and “medically accurate way.”

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But Schuenemeyer balked when CNSNews.com asked why religious groups shouldn’t label risky behavior the way religion has traditionally regarded it -- as immoral.

CNSNews.com: Let me ask you this: Outside of medical accidents -- like blood transfusions or children born to HIV-positive mothers -- is it possible for an unmarried person to contract HIV without basically someone committing an immoral act?

Rev. Michael Schuenemeyer, United Church of Christ: I think your question exemplifies why we are struggling with stigma and discrimination in our culture, because it betrays a bias about what is moral and immoral. So, I think we’ need to take a public health approach; we need to be nonjudgmental when we speak to people and we need to make sure people have accurate information.

Where are we going, and why are we in the handbasket?   

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[thundley4]

and called on churches and the incoming Obama administration to deal with HIV/AIDS in a “truthful” and “medically accurate way.”

No problem. If you're gay , you have a high risk of getting HIV. If you're straight and have multiple partners , you have a high risk of getting HIV.  If you're straight and monogamous, even if not married, you have a much lower risk of getting HIV.

[Jim]

sounds like ROme in Caligula's time.  Anyone remember how that worked out ?   

[PatriotGame]

At a telephone news conference in advance of World AIDS Day, AIDS activist groups and representatives of various religious groups said that counseling teens and others to be abstinent and restricting sex to marriage just isn’t “realistic,” and called on churches and the incoming Obama administration to deal with HIV/AIDS in a “truthful” and “medically accurate way.”

Okay, how about this way:
"Faggots butt****ing increases the risk of AIDS infection exponentially."

Is that subtle enough for the queer deniers?

[Ptarmigan]

Anal sex of all sexual preferences will get you AIDS and any STDs. It doesn't matter what. No wonder why Western Civilization is declining.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Well, the 'AIDS Activists,' aka mortally-infected walking dead butt-bandits, may have moved beyond it, but the people they're talking down to, not so much.