Comments on: Focus Distorts HIV Rates to Justify Job Discrimination, Flimsy Gay-Hetero Marriage

By: Tommycan

Tommycan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:49:25 +0000

Bravo, what words … brilliant idea

By: Emproph

Emproph — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:27:01 +0000

Male-to-male transmission accounted for almost 60 percent of new infections in 2006, with 4 percent of those men also engaging in intravenous drug use. About one-third occurred among people ages 13-29, according to the CDC.

“I feel great compassion for these men, because I’ve had different friends who are HIV-positive, friends who have died with AIDS,” said Jeff Johnston, gender issues analyst for Focus on the Family Action. “Outside of a faithful marriage between a man and a woman, there is no ‘safe sex.’ It is irresponsible to teach people that you can have ‘safe sex’ or ‘safer sex’ outside of marriage.”

“I feel great compassion for these men “

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Focus on the Family [via Jeff Johnston] would not seem to be at all concerned with the disease itself, but with promoting how it is often transmitted (via unprotected anal sex through HIV+ men) in order to demonize ALL of us who are same-gender attracted.
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Jeff Johnston: “I feel great compassion for these men.”

By all means Jeff, do go on.

By: Michael Airhart

Michael Airhart — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:22:05 +0000

Emily, it seems that Focus on the Family is staffed by some persistently unethical individuals who refuse to be held accountable for their own corrupt activities, but who are eager for Americans to die from one-time sexual mistakes.

By: Emily K

Emily K — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:21:44 +0000

Let’s go for broke and say there is no good sex outside of marriage. Okay. Safer Sex practices STILL need to be taught so that when people DO start having sex within marriage, they have health knowledge about what they’re doing. What good is being in the dark about something FOREVER? Marriage isn’t a magic bullet that ends all sexual obstacles. Knowledge is power.

By: Richard Rush

Richard Rush — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:13:03 +0000

We can always count on Focus on the Family to focus on the falsehoods, focus on the fantasy, and to never focus on the facts.

I think a case can be made that FOTF is not only as extreme as, but perhaps worse than Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church. “As extreme as” because I think the results they both seek for gays would look much the same, and “worse than” because FOTF uses dishonest deceptive language while Westboro is at least totally honest in their homo-loathing.

If FOTF were totally honest about what they have become, they would change their name to Focus on the Fags.

By: Truth Wins Out - TWO Confronts Focus On The Family For Distorting HIV Statistics and Encouraging Unsafe Sex

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:18:49 +0000

[...] Focus on the Family is promoting a culture of death and encouraging sexually active people to act recklessly and irresponsibly, says [...]

By: Wayne Besen

Wayne Besen — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:29:24 +0000

What I find grossly irresponsible is that Focus presumes that marriage is a panacea that makes teaching safe sex unnecessary. Right wingers should learn about condoms, so when many of them cheat on their spouses, they do so safely and not bring an STD into the home. This is particularly true in the Bible Belt states which have the highest divorce rates in the nation.

Focus on the Family ought to know better. Mike Trout, the longtime co-host on Focus on the Family President James Dobson’s popular radio program, said on Oct. 17, 2000 that he had an inappropriate relationship with a woman other than his wife and had no choice but to resign from a ministry that stresses the sanctity of marriage.

During his tryst, did he wear a condom, or even know that such instruments of safe sex existed?