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- From: freier@mail.physics.utah.edu (rodney james freier)
- Subject: Re: Jewish War Veterans on gays in military
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.104044.27522@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- Organization: University of Utah - Physics Department
- References: <1992Dec22.181004.23855@wixer.cactus.org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 10:40:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.181004.23855@wixer.cactus.org>, lazarus@wixer.cactus.org (Michael Lax) writes:
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- |> The cost of caring for each HIV-positive military person, verified by DoD
- |> records, was $200,000. It was further stated that in the last ten years
- |> DoD has expended $3 billion dollars on AIDS infected military personnel.
- |>
- |> In light of the diminution of the DoD budget, it is imperative that the
- |> DoD enforce regulations which forbid homosexual acts amongst U.S. military
- |> personnel. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- |>
- |> Jewish War Veterans of the USA urges our membership to communicate this
- |> urgent message to the appropriate governmental authorities.
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- Actually, you'd think the conclusion would be to forbid sexual acts, or
- at least risky sexual acts. I guess that conclusion requires higher
- reasoning.... and possibly the understanding that AIDS doesn't care
- too much about the sex of the people it infects.
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