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How not to end the scourge of HIV

By pharyngula on November 29, 2009.

Uganda's solution is rather shocking: throw any gay people into prison for life, and execute any who are HIV-positive.

Don't blame it on those 'primitive' Africans, though: I can think of a few loud Americans who would find that a reasonable way to address the problem.

I am deeply ashamed to discover that this bill isn't just hypothetically the kind of thing a few Americans would sponsor — it is literally a product of that wretched American 'brain' trust, The Family.

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