Social conservative Linda Harvey is
advocating for the closure of gay bars to stem the spread of
HIV/AIDS, media watchdog group RightWingWatch.com
reported.
Harvey is the founder of the Columbus,
Ohio-based Mission America and is a frequent contributor to the
conservative website WorldNetDaily.com, which is run by Joseph Farah.
During her Monday radio show, Harvey
explained that closing bathhouses and gay bars would help reduce new
HIV infections.
“So what could we do to make a
serious dent in HIV and syphilis disease track?” Harvey
rhetorically asked. “One obvious approach is to stop promoting
homosexual behavior to kids and falsely calling it an identity like
race. We could also close down homosexual bars and bathhouses, that
would be a start.”
“God never created people to engage
in these unnatural acts,” she added. (The audio is embedded in the
right panel of this page.)
The suggestion here is that God is
punishing gay people who engage in sex, particularly gay men,
historically a high-risk group.
(Related: AFA's
Gary Glenn joins Linda Harvey in saying gays make bad employees.)