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According to Lambda Legal, appli
cants should he assessed on a case-by-
case basis to determine their individ
ual medical status. Other than the
military, the Foreign Service is the
only type of federal employment
where people with HIV are broadly
blocked from consideration.
—Jaymee R. Cuti
C hristians to P ope :
D on ’ t H ate
Theological leaders at a national
conference reminded rhe highest
Catholic dignitary to embrace the
spirit of Christianity in his treatment
of gays and lesbians.
The National Religious Leadership
Roundtable last month rejected Pope
Johrr Paul IPs statement that same-sex
marriages are “part of a new ideology
of evil.”
That statement came from the
pope’s most recent bœk, Memtny and
Identity, described as a highly philo
sophical work on rhe nature of good
and evil.
“We call on him to remember that
the essence of the Christian faith and
all religious tradition is the continued
empowerment of rhe poor, the outcast
and the marginalized,” said Bob
Attorney Kathi Wescott is working with Servicemembers
Gibeling,
a spokesman for the round-
Legal Defense Network to repeal “don't ask, don’t tell.”
table. “We believe that greater recog-
speaks three languages, holds a foreign service nition of the inherent value of gay and lesbian
degree from Georgetown University and aced families through equal rights can only lead to
entrance exams required for rhe position. strengthening of the family and humankind.”
Although the 48-year-old says his health is com
Gibeling asked the pope to consider the
pletely manageable, he was rejected based on his effects his words have on millions of queer
HIV status.
Ghristians and called for an atmosphere of
Taylor, who has been living with HIV for 19 understanding for queers and their place in rhe
years, says he has never had long-term illnesses “human family.”
or opportunistic infec
“As people of faith,
tions.
His
health
we call on the pope to
requires two or three
pray and consider the
annual checkups and a
devastating results of
regular regimen of pre
his statements to mil
scription drugs taken
lions of lesbian, gay,
twice daily. His doctor
bisexual and transgen
of 15 years describes his
der Christians,” he
health as “excellent.”
said. “We challenge all
According to Lamb
religious leaders to
da Legal, the State
contemplate the reali
Department is violating
ty that history and rhe
the Rehabilitation Act,
creator have brought
which prohibits the fed
the world to a place of
eral government from
understanding
that
discriminating against
lesbian, gay, bisexual
people with disabilities.
and transgender peo
“Lorenzo Taylor is
ple are a necessary
extraordinarily qualified
component of the
to do this work, and he
human family.”
wants to serve his coun
Another roundtable
try. But simply because
participant
asked
he hits HIV, the federal
Catholics to acknowl
government won’t even
edge the growing body
evaluate his qualifica
of social and medical
tions or health status,”
scientific
evidence
said Jonathan Givner,
attesting that homo
Lambda Legal’s HIV The pope is as homophobic as ever.
sexuality is normal.
Project director.
“One cannot proper
The director general of the Foreign Services ly teach morality on homosexuality if one
generated a memo in 2003 titled “Why HIV- excludes the vast body of medical and social sci
Positive Individuals Are Not Eligible to Join ence knowledge that shows it is a normal part of
the Foreign Service,” claiming HIV-positive the great diversity of God’s creation and if one
people may require special medical care that excludes the lived experience of same-sex cou
isn't available in some less-developed countries ples experiencing love and intimacy in the fam
where officers may be stationed.
ilies they form,” said Sam Sinnett, president of
Extensive evidence was submitted to the Dignity USA.
court last month showing that because of the
He asked the pope and other Roman
Catholic
leaders to “properly form their con
rapid ri.se in availability of HIV care in develop
ing nations in recent years, physicians qualified sciences and abandon their misguided attempts
to monitor and treat HIV-positive patients are to equate homosexuality and same-gender mar
now available at more than 95 percent of the riage with evil.”
—JRC in
State Department’s 263 overseas posts.
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