msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson) (02/16/85)
Dates covered: February 4-15, 1985
Number of articles covered: 30
Approved: for sdyer@bbncca.arpa by msimpson@bbncca.arpa
Homosexuality and the Bible (4 letters)
-- where is the Bible (per se) homophobic?
-- anti-Christian flaming doesn't belong in 'net.motss'
-- don't knock the sincerity of fundamentalists' beliefs,
just their direction
-- where does one draw the line between "doing the right
thing" and being self-righteous?
Offensive bumper stickers (1 article)
"Christianoid" Intolerance (1 article)
-- Episcopal Diocese of California is developing a
'Celebration and Blessing of a Covenant
in Love', to bless and honor same-sex
relationships
Lists of gay organizations (5 articles)
-- medical, professional, religious, lesbian groups
AIDS (5 articles)
-- nonoxynol-9 might lower risk of contracting AIDS
-- discovery of antibody that 'knocks out' ability of
AIDS virus to infect cells (findings to be
presented in April, during an AIDS conference
in Atlanta)
-- drug HP-23 appears to have successfully removed all
trace of HTLV-III virus from a hemophiliac patient
Informational request (1 article)
-- data requested for series on history of persecution of
gay people by Communists/Marxists/other
revolutionary groups
Feedback on CONSENTING ADULT (6 articles)
-- didn't appear to handle homosexuality realistically;
situations wrapped up too neatly
-- emotions of parents and son are decent reflections of
reality
-- movie most likely was meant for heterosexuals as a
step towards understanding their homosexual peers
-- how does TV (in general) treat gay people?
-- seeming anachronisms may be because the movie was
based upon a book (written in 1975) about the
1960s
-- accurate portrayals of gays are still some time off
Miscellaneous (7 articles)
-- followup on IMPROPER CONDUCT : list of readings
-- grisly genocide in China
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>> don't shoot me, I'm just trying to be helpful ... <<
Mike Simpson, BBN
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