Discrimination on the grounds of sexuality is not prohibited by law in Nebraska, or in the US nationally.
The Nebraska Unicameral Judiciary Committee is currently considering
three bills which, if passed, may prohibit discrimination against LGBT
people within the state.
Appearing before the committee to criticise the bills, Dr Louis Safranek, a doctor of internal medicine, cited a 1983 study on HIV which reported gay men with the virus had an average of 900 partners by the age of 35.
He claimed “the [HIV] epidemic continues to be fuelled by the promiscuity of gay men”.
He said the anti-discrimination bills should be rejected, as this was
a “legitimate basis” for choosing a straight person over a gay person
for a job, adding that LGBT people were ”inappropriate models for children”.
Dr Safranek added that employers who discriminate against LGBT people
should not be criminalised like “pedophiles, polygamists, and
prostitutes”.
He said: “I urge the members of the legislature to reject LB 485, which criminalises business
owners that see that the differences, such as I have highlighted, are
in fact a legitimate basis for discriminating against homosexuals.
“I also urge them not to pass… any other bills which suggest that the
gay lifestyle, or any of the LGBT lifestyles, are equivalent to the
healthy sexual norm of sex within the context of marriage between
monogamous men and women.”
900 partners by age 35...I'm way behind on my quota and well past 35.
Let me guess, this 1983 study was sponsored by the *insert own numbers* guide for bigots weekly.
Irregardless of the number of people I have had sex with or anyone else for that matter, gay or straight, that is completely irrelevant to job performance.
How did this guy even become a licensed doctor...the standard must have been really low back in the stone age when he interned.
Perhaps someone should up his meds or check if he can pass a mental competency test...I'm thinking he shouldn't be practicing medicine of any kind.
1 comment:
wow. where did that idiot get his study? a Japanese hentai cartoon bathhouse?? not to mention that study is 20 years old, and at the peak of the AIDs epidemic. i personally know quite a few gay guys and women, and i dont know them to be any more promiscuous as a young straight guy who might hit the bars every weekend looking for his next score. in fact, now that i am pushing 40, most of my friends have settled down with someone. sound like any other familiar trend? oh yeah, heterosexuals and marriage! morons.
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