Us representative says aids was gods punishment for gays

This is one of the clearest examples of the Christian nationalist agenda at work in the Trump administration yet. Nationalists, Christian and otherwise, are happy for the United States to stop funding programs that save the lives of anyone who is not a white American citizen.

Together, they form what amounts to a deeply wicked combination of selfish, isolationist and deadly policies the Trump administration seems determined to enact — policies that will continue to wreak havoc on millions of vulnerable Americans and people around the world alike.

Falwell’s famous statement was: “AIDS is not just God’s punishment for homosexuals, It is God’s punishment for a society that tolerates homosexuals.” Rich DeVos and the AIDS Commission One of the people appointed to the member AIDS Commission was Amway co-founder Richard DeVos.

Brandan Robertson is an author, activist and public theologian working at the intersections of spirituality, sexuality and social renewal.

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The study made recommendations for FBOs to provide a forum for accurate education and socialization of congregants to be open to providing services to PLWHA. He deferred to the religious right – this is God’s punishment.” David Garner, May 6, Gay Community News, November 16, Newspaper clipping — “Rich, White, Straight, Male America Responds to AIDS” [Q] Photograph –Atlanta Pride parade with marcher holding a sign that reads, “Quarantine Reagan, Not People with AIDS.

But now, we can see Trump will not heed those faith-rooted words, and it is time for people of goodwill to move beyond pleading with Trump and take direct action to resist this ungodly Christian nationalist agenda — an agenda that is already leading to death and destruction in every corner of the world.

Robertson received a bachelor of arts degree in pastoral ministry and theology from Moody Bible Institute, a master of theological studies degree from Iliff School of Theology, and a master of arts in political science and public administration from Eastern Illinois University.

As a gay Christian, I am deeply afraid of what is to come in the years ahead. A majority of the respondents believed that AIDS/HIV was a punishment from God and erroneous beliefs about causality and modes of transmission were expressed.

Opinion Brandan Robertson January 30, What could be the justification for such a reckless move by the Trump administration? Even gay journalists and activists abetted ill-informed efforts to link AIDS to promiscuity, Anthony Petro writes in his new book.

Photo courtesy of Petro Inthe Reverend Billy Graham asked an audience rhetorically, “Is AIDS a judgment of God?” He then answered his own question: “I could not say for sure, but I think so.” Graham later apologized for suggesting that the Almighty.

He is currently pursuing a Ph. He currently resides in New York City. Stirring ‘God’s wrath’ The early association of AIDS with homosexuality also ensured that this public health crisis would stir moral and religious debate.