But now he's spewing out dangerous lies. On his PTL (for Praise the Lord) television show, he answered a question from a listener about transmission of AIDS. She had given a man a ride to church and later found out he is HIV positive, and she was incensed that he hadn't old her.
Robertson told her that the man couldn't tell her because it's against the law to talk about having AIDS.
"There are laws now... I think the homosexual community has put these draconian laws on the books that prohibit people from discussing this particular affliction. . . . You can tell somebody you had a heart attack, you can tell them they’ve got high blood pressure, but you can't tell anybody you've got AIDS."It gets worse.
“You know what they do in San Francisco? Some in the gay community there, they want to get people. So if they got the stuff they’ll have a ring, you shake hands and the ring’s got a little thing where you cut your finger. . . . Really. It’s that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder.”The misinformation and utter lies were beyond the pale -- and apt to whip up homophobic violence among the ignorant and bigoted.
Please take him off the air before he does more harm.
Ralph
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