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USArmyParatrooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 11:26 PM
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BREAKING: Preventing the spread of HIV is easier than we thought
Don't like condoms? Don't wish to abstain? We now have a solution! If gays would just shut up the spread of the disease would cease.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/family-research-council-suggests-dadt-keeps-soldiers-from-getting-hiv.php?ref=mp

Family Research Council Suggests DADT Keeps Soldiers From Getting HIV



In its bid to block the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the Family Research Council is arguing that soldiers could get HIV if gay men and lesbians are allowed to serve openly -- and that kids might read porn instead of the Bible. In a 98-minute Webcast caught by the LGBT POV blog, FRC's Tony Perkins promised to explain, "How the military is being used to advance a radical agenda."

Perkins began the webcast (watch it in full below) with a warning: "What you will see and hear tonight may enrage you." The broadcast included Oliver North, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO). FRC has been campaigning adamantly against the repeal of the Clinton-era ban on gays in the military.

Appearing in the video with the spurious claims about HIV was Dr. Robert Labutta, described by Perkins as a former Army physician who had earned the rank of colonel. He's currently a neurologist in Washington. Labutta told Perkins that gays are "at a significant medical risk" and have an increased risk of HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and "psychological disorders."

Perkins notes that troops with AIDS aren't allowed to be deployed, "so that obviously affects military readiness." He asked, "But what about the health implications for other soldiers, say, on the battlefield?"
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 11:27 PM
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1. Let me be the first one to hysterically laugh
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 11:30 PM
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2. Second that.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 11:31 PM
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3. Why is "The Family Research Council" so concerned?
Its a rhetorical question.
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 11:34 PM
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4. I think someone needs to look up a little historical military propaganda








STD's aren't new, and all branches of the military have been handling the problem ever since we put our first boat in the damn water.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:45 AM
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9. It goes well and far beyond that.
Roman times actually had records of such things.

Veni V.D. Veci (I came, I saw, I cankered).
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:49 AM
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11. So even back then, French prostitutes were a bad idea.
Nice to know some traditions remain alive and well
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USArmyParatrooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 11:40 PM
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5. "and that kids might read porn instead of the Bible."
Yes, because I'd hate to think about porn circulating through the ranks.

Motherfucker you try going a year without getting any. Larry Flint, thanks for making time away from home just a little bit easier.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 10:04 AM
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19. Reminds me of map training in the Marine Crotch.
"What does every marine have in his backpack that will serve as ruler to make a straight line?"

Answer?

"A skivvy book. Just tear out one of the pages you've already read?"

Said by the instructor.
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-30-10 11:44 PM
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6. If so, then why are servicemembers required to be HIV tested every 2 years? n/t
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:18 AM
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7. Well, my goodness. Doesn't everyone know this?
:shrug: "The Bible is my porn, I shall not want..."

I never seen you here before, my dad was 82nd Airborne, I lived near fort Bragg when I was a oodly-boodily baby, just a, um, few years ago.

Welcome!

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political_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:23 AM
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8. Are they serious?
Statements like these makes one wish that there are enough smart, caring and good doctors out there to counteract this crap so that people truly have the facts to practice safe sex. :(
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:46 AM
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10. I wonder how Tony Perkins was able to curb sex with the family dog to have time to comment.
Maybe he can webcast above the waist while grinding away at Fido below?
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 12:58 AM
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12. That's awful.
And I'm awful for laughing.

Poor Fido.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 01:14 AM
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14. Try not to think of the word "MilkBone".
It just makes the awfulness more awful.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 01:23 AM
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16. Or "rawhide"
Ewww. Dreadful.

Or "CHEWTOY". Good Christ, how can we stop this?

Should we write some sort of book controlling this behaviour? We could say it was written by aliens who can see the future.
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 01:13 AM
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13. There are no atheists in cornholes!
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 01:19 AM
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15. I think they're super cereal!
:wow:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 09:34 AM
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17. "kids might read porn instead of the Bible."
I'll be in my bunk with my illustrated Song of Solomon,
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-31-10 09:58 AM
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18. Tony Perkins is a right wing hate monger
And the vast majority of Americans reject him and his organization.
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