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Dear Friend of America's Survival, Inc.:
Enclosed is my new column on our President hosting
another "Gay Pride" event. Why doesn't he tell his gay
friends to just say no to gay sex? That would save on
the cost in lives and health care dollars.
Obama Celebrates "Gay Pride" as HIV
Cases Rise
By Cliff Kincaid
As President Obama holds a White House "Gay Pride"
reception on June 22, the homosexual rights movement is
quietly acknowledging that decades of "safe sex"
education have failed and that cases of HIV/AIDS and
illegal drug use are on the rise among gay males.
Indeed, gay members of Congress have scheduled a June
24 briefing on Capitol Hill to examine "the rising
incidence of HIV, STDs and Viral Hepatitis among gay
men in the U.S."
Incredibly, these gay males are the same ones demanding
the "right" to donate blood that could be contaminated
with HIV and other deadly diseases.
Over at the State Department, Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah will
speak on the topic of "integrating" lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered human rights with U.S.
foreign policy in a State Department briefing on June
22. The State Department recently announced
[1] that Americans can declare they are undergoing
"gender transition" to a new gender on their
passports.
In Canada, a ruling is expected soon in a court case
involving a gay rights activist who lied about gay sex
during 18 blood donations. He is claiming the
prohibition on gay blood, similar to the one in effect
in the U.S., is a violation of his rights. He was sued
on the ground that the rights of recipients of blood
and blood products take precedence.
A pro-gay ruling in this case could be cited by the
Obama Administration as justification to lift the ban
on gay blood in the U.S.
Under political pressure from liberal Democrats such as
Senators John Kerry and Al Franken, a U.S. federal
blood safety committee held
meetings [2] (PDF) on June 10 and 11 to consider
lifting the gay blood ban. It voted 9-6 in the face of
intense pressure from the gay rights lobby to keep the
ban.
The vote, however, was a mere recommendation and can be
overturned by Obama political appointees in the
Department of Health and Human Services and Food and
Drug Administration.
In a presentation to the blood safety committee, the
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) argued that blood
screening procedures have "virtually" eliminated the
risk of HIV transmission through the blood supply in
the U.S. In fact, however, as recently as 2007, there
were
4 cases [3] of the AIDS-causing HIV virus being
transmitted to transplant recipients in the Chicago
area.
The GMHC, whose original purpose was taking care of
people with HIV/AIDS, has become perhaps the leading
organizational member of the gay rights lobby demanding
a "right" for gay males to donate to the nation's blood
supply.
It had previously released a
report [4] (PDF), "A Drive for Change: Reforming
U.S. Blood Donation Policies."
The GMHC noted that campus blood drives are being
cancelled by colleges and universities because of
charges by left-wing student and gay activists that the
ban on gay blood is unfair. The implied threat is that
this campaign could lead to shortages of blood for
blood transfusions if the "right" of gay males to
donate blood continues to be thwarted.
In its 2009 annual report, the organization
acknowledges that "Gay men are still jeopardizing their
lives and health with crystal methamphetamine
addictions that lead to risk-taking behaviors and an
increase in HIV infections."
The GMHC gets half of its revenues from the federal
government but also receives support from such entities
as the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute
of billionaire George Soros.
Taking on the gay lobby, however, several speakers at
the federal blood safety meetings argued that the ban
was necessary because of the threat of a "new HIV" or
an emerging pathogen in the blood of gay males that
could threaten the general population.
The failure by authorities to quickly ban gay blood
when the HIV/AIDS crisis was developing led to the
deaths of thousands of recipients of blood transfusions
in the U.S. and Canada.
Five million people a year get blood transfusions in
the U.S.
Even while the GMHC and other gay groups continue to
argue for lifting the ban on gay men donating blood,
the June 24 congressional briefing on "the rising
incidence of HIV, STDs and Viral Hepatitis among gay
men in the U.S." is being held. Greg Millett of the
White House Office of National AIDS Policy is one of
the speakers.
The event is being coordinated by staffers for openly
gay Democratic Reps. Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, and
Jared Polis.
Frank's aide, Diego Sanchez, is noteworthy for being
the first transgender activist named as a congressional
staffer. Erica Lovley of Politico recently
reported [5] that Sanchez is one of the leaders of
the new "LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered]
Congressional Staff Association" on Capitol Hill.
Politico added that "The group has also taken on a
quiet side project: finding new jobs for the displaced
staffers of former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), several of
whom are gay, according to the lawyer for the staffers
and other aides. Massa resigned amid allegations that
he had sexually harassed male aides, but with his
departure, all the office staffers lost their
jobs."
In other words, what happened in the case of Massa's
resignation was a gay sex scandal.
In a development related to the Canadian
blood case [6], which was mentioned during the U.S.
blood safety meetings, a "human rights complaint" that
was filed in 2007 by a group of Canadian homosexuals
against the government of Canada insists that the ban
on gay males donating blood is "discriminatory."
At the same time, the
complaint [7] acknowledges that gays and lesbians
are at higher risk for a number of deadly diseases and
disorders that reduce the life spans of gay and
bisexual men by 20 years compared to the average man in
Canada. The complaint also contends that:
- Gays and lesbians commit suicide at a rate from
twice to 13.9 times more often than the general
population.
- Homosexual smoking rates are 1.3 to 3 times higher
than the general population.
- Alcoholism rates among homosexuals are 1.4 to 7
times higher than the general population.
- Illegal drug use is 1.6 to 19 times higher among
homosexuals than the general population.
- Rates of depression are 1.8 to 3 times higher among
homosexuals than the general population.
The Canadian gays insist that these problems are the
result of "homophobia" and the "marginalization" of
gays and lesbians. As a result, it says the government
of Canada should spend another $8 billion on health
care for homosexuals.
Here, the federal government has spent more than $200
billion on AIDS since the first case emerged in 1977,
without finding a vaccine or a cure. Anti-AIDS drugs
have permitted those with HIV and AIDS to live longer,
although the long-term effects of these drugs are not
known and some have speculated that the virus could
react by mutating into a more deadly form.
The
FAIR Foundation [8], which argues for equitable
funding of research into cures for various diseases,
points out that federal spending on AIDS amounts to
$225,656 per patient versus $2,429 per patient for
those suffering from heart attack and stroke.
Nevertheless, citing a sharp increase in HIV infections
among gay men, the GMHC is now demanding more spending
from Congress on AIDS. It also wants:
- Sex education for middle school and high school
students that "explicitly addresses" homosexuality.
- The use of the public schools to "promote tolerance
and acceptance" of homosexuality under the cover of
"gay-straight alliances and anti-bullying curricula."
- Media campaigns against "homophobia."
On June 27, the GMHC will be participating in the New
York City "Gay Pride" march.
Article printed from Accuracy In Media: http://www.aim.org
URL to article: http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obama-celebrates-gay-pride-as-hiv-cases-rise/
URLs in this post:
[1] announced:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/142922.htm
[2] meetings:
http://www.hhs.gov/ophs/bloodsafety/advisorycommittee/recommendations/06112010_recommendations.pdf
[3] 4 cases:
http://wcco.com/national/HIV.organ.transplant.2.566338.html
[4] report:
http://www.gmhc.org/files/editor/file/a_blood_ban_report2010.pdf
[5] reported:
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=C7DCCDFA-18FE-70B2-A885A9AF80C73F41
[6] blood case:
http://www.hemophilia.ca/files/Freeman%2002%20-%20EN.pdf
[7] complaint:
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Canadas_healthcare_system_is_homophobic_says_group-6314.aspx
[8] FAIR Foundation:
http://www.fairfoundation.org/news_letter/2010/02june/000newsletter.htm
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Cliff Kincaid, President
