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- Newsgroups: hsv.general
- Path: sparky!uunet!infonode!doink!jim
- From: jim@doink.b23b.ingr.com (James B. Reed)
- Subject: Re: Homosexual Rights
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.194649.19289@infonode.ingr.com>
- Sender: jim@doink (James B. Reed)
- Reply-To: jimreed@b23b.b23b.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <6431.2B0943C6@umagic.FIDONET.ORG>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:46:49 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <6431.2B0943C6@umagic.FIDONET.ORG>, John.Blumer@p0.f2.n373.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Blumer) writes:
- |> James Reed said:
- |> >...
- |>
- |> First my understanding is it is almost impossible to catch AIDS from
- |> an HIV positive food preparer. But regardless, to say someone can
- |> not work in a certain area because they are in a high risk group, when
- |> they probably do not have AIDS, strikes me illegal and immoral.
- |> Now if companies wanted to test all employees for AIDS, I wouldn't
- |> object.
-
- You may not object, but the homosexual rights groups do object.
-
- You skipped the first part of my post. Companies are not allowed to
- test employees for AIDS. Because of that stupid restriction (fully
- supported by the homosexual rights groups) some companies feel
- compelled to do other stupid things (discriminate against healthy
- people because they appear to be at a higher risk of having HIV).
-
- |> >Unfortunately, the homosexual rights groups do not appear to be
- |> >interested in treating AIDS as a public health issue, but rather
- |> >as a human rights one.
- |>
- |> I can see thier point, since so many people want to restrict their
- |> employment based on what could be rather than fact.
-
- You see their point, but you missed my point. Companies feel forced
- to act on what could be because they are not allowed to know the facts.
-
- --
- James B. Reed | If at first you don't succeed,
- Intergraph Corporation | Find out why,
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