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| | The report looked at cases over a 30-month period, January 2002 to June 2004, and narrowed them to 99 patients who had evidence of syphilis in their blood and physical symptoms compatible with neurosyphilis. Of the total, 57 self-identified as MSM, while 49 were HIV positive.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/issues/health-science/physical-health/page/2/</ref>}} | | The report looked at cases over a 30-month period, January 2002 to June 2004, and narrowed them to 99 patients who had evidence of syphilis in their blood and physical symptoms compatible with neurosyphilis. Of the total, 57 self-identified as MSM, while 49 were HIV positive.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/issues/health-science/physical-health/page/2/</ref>}} |
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| − | ==Christian Commentary Regarding a Solution to the Problem of Homosexuality and Syphilis==
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| − | Dr. David Miller states the following regarding the problem of homosexuality and syphilis and its solution:
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| − | Only the directives provided by the One who created human sexuality can solve the nation’s problem of widespread sexually transmitted diseases. He prescribed one man for one woman for life ([[Genesis]] 2:24). He insists that “because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband” (1 Corinthians 7:2). If Americans would return to the Christian value system, most of our national woes would dissolve.<ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2802</ref>}}
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| − | The [[Baptist Press]] reported the following regarding the increasing syphilis rates and the nomination [[James Holsinger]] for the position of U.S. surgeon general (Holsinger earned his medical degree from Duke University; he also holds master's degrees from Asbury Theological Seminary and the University of South Carolina):
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| − | The North Carolina Family Council states regarding the problem of homosexuality and syphilis and other diseases:
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| − | {{cquote|In large part, the legitimization of homosexuality has been achieved through efforts that conceal the realities of homosexual sex behind the rhetoric of civil rights, such as the enactment of special rights laws, “safe” school initiatives, and the positive portrayal of gays and lesbians in the media. The message the public consistently hears is that homosexuality is normal, and that homosexual acts are one aspect of the myriad of ways that human beings relate sexually.
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