Republican trying to increase HIV/AIDS in Minnesota

[ISUGRADIA]

Well, that's what his proposal will basically do by eliminating state funding to the Minnesota AIDS Project for HIV prevention efforts. His reason? Because of the language that is used on their Pride Alive website geared toward gay men. In reality the funding for that website and other outreach efforts that use sexuality explicit language comes from PRIVATE FUNDS not tax dollars.

The Star Tribune stated that State Rep Tom Emmer was ' "shocked and disgusted" by explicit language on a gay-outreach website' and "has won approval in a House committee to eliminate all Health Department funding for the state's largest AIDS-prevention program." So because tender Tom's sensibilities were outraged there's a chance that HIV prevention will be hampered and HIV infections and AIDS will increase in Minnesota.

The article also states: "Losing Health Department funding would cut the MAP budget by about 10 percent, including money for the state AIDS hot line, HIV testing clinics and HIV prevention outreach programs, said Lorraine Teel, MAP executive director."

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5364839.html

Here's the website for MAP with information on the harm of this proposal and how to contact your state rep:

http://www.mnaidsproject.org/publicpolicy/advocate/index.htm

[preciousdove]

1. My LTTE at PP

To: [e-mail]
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:57 PM
Subject: Pro-life?

I am in shock. I just read where House member Rep Tom Emmer didn't like a privately funded gay website and used that website as an example to stop AIDS/HIV prevention funding to the Minnesota Department of Health and it actually passed that committee. Given the fact that the fastest growing numbers of new infections are in heterosexual teenagers the logic gap is staggering. Do we now need a House psychiatrist to stop the pathological thinking going on in our state legislature so we don't keep throwing away our standard of life and become Mississippi?

[ISUGRADIA]

2. Great Letter! Thanks for writing it.

It's disturbing what ideologues are trying to do in this state.

[ianrs]

3. not minnesotan, but have hiv+ partner, so consider this my business

here is the bastard's contact details:

Tom Emmer (R) 19B
523 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
[phone]
1-800-474-3425

E-mail: [e-mail]

bigotry, stupidity and murder. yeurrgghhh.