Gay Star News - Dr. Robert Redfield is the new head of the United States’ Center for Disease Control.
In the past, Redfield has said the AIDS epidemic was ‘God’s judgment’ against homosexuals He believes its spread through the United States in the 1980s was due to a lack of traditional family values,,,,
Outside of his work for the military, he was involved with Americans
for a Sound AIDS/HIV Policy . ASAP is a Christian organization led
by W. Shepherd Smith Jr. that promotes mandatory testing of HIV and
quarantining those who are HIV positive.
Redfield penned the intro to Shepherd’s 1990 book, Christians in the Age of AIDS. He wrote:
‘It is time to reject the temptation of denial of the AIDS/HIV
crisis; to reject false prophets who preach the quick-fix strategies of
condoms and free needles; to reject those who preach prejudice; and to
reject those who try to replace God as judge. The time has come for the
Christian community — members and leaders alike — to confront the
epidemic.’
In the early 1990s, ASAP and Redfield supported H.R. 2788, a house
bill by extremely Conservative Representative William Dannemeyer. This
bill would have subjected people to mandatory HIV testing and loss of
professional licenses if the results came back positive. The bill never
passed.
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