We are, however, alarmed by recent contradictory efforts which would preclude membership for qualified individuals because of irrelevant criteria. This sort of exclusion is shortsighted and will seriously impede the commission's ability to deal in a balanced fashion with the urgent matters it will inevitably address.
AIDS affects all members of the human family. As we have done so many times before when confronted with a common enemy, we must close ranks, setting aside for the time being past differences of opinion, uniting to defeat the enemy.
In this case the enemy is a disease. While we now know that we are all threatened by it, for the past six years the burden has been principally borne by the gay community here in America. In being forced to deal with the harsh realities of AIDS, they have provided extraordinary leadership in developing innovative prevention, research and treatment strategies. In doing ...
