But Baldwin did not say what specific punishment was warranted, particularly in the country of Uganda, which currently is considering legislation that would impose the death penalty on any HIV-positive person who willfully and knowingly engages in homosexual relations.

Saying people should be punished for committing a crime, but not specifying what the specific punishment should be is hardly scandalous.

Now, taking that statement, and then implying that because she didn’t say the death penalty isn’t ok – that it means she must think it is ok. We have a word for that: Libel.

My criticism is with Schuberg.

Those snazzy vertical lines are blockquotes. If you know HTML, use the <blockquote> … </blockquote> tag.

I’m a little confused what you’re getting at.

While Baldwin’s opinions may be a little oversimplified, i.e. few straight people think that an hiv negative person would want to be in a relationship with someone who isn’t, I think she largely supports the view of the BoxTurtle.

Take this quote from the article: “All of the participants at the hearing were critical of the proposed law. In her opening statement, Representative Baldwin described the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2009 as “an extreme and hateful attempt to make people criminals not because of anything they do – but because of who they are and who they love.””

She’s against the Uganda Bill.

More reasonably, several U.S. states have laws against hiv exposure. While few with the disease are some kind of monster, having a law protecting against those who are is reasonable.

Again, she assumes no one who has sex with a positive person does so willingly, but other than her naivety on that part, I fail to see what she does wrong.

p.s. How do you get those
schnazzy vertical lines
when using quotes? They’re
handy.