HIV/AIDS: is it primarily a disease affecting homosexuals?

July 22, 2009 at 9:39 p.m. by Luke Graybill

Earlier today I was having a casual conversation with a friend when the topic of homosexuality came up; more specifically, how homosexuality relates to HIV/AIDS. It is relatively common for me to hear people claim that gay men contract HIV/AIDS more than straight people do, or that HIV/AIDS is a “gay disease”, implying basically the same thing. I have never given much weight to these particular claims, because they sound at best ...

Classified as: Health, Homosexuality

Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska

July 4, 2009 at 10:19 a.m. by Luke Graybill

Yesterday, Sarah Palin announced that she will not be seeking gubernatorial re-election in 2012, and will be resigning as Governor of Alaska on July 26th. The announcement took everyone by surprise, even her Lt. Governor, and probably delighted everyone opposed to her. We have essentially come to expect public announcements that obviously expose the flawed morality of the current Republican party, but I think Sarah Palin demonstrates a special kind of idiotic rhetoric when she ...

Classified as: Politics

City officials promote prayer at local pageant

June 6, 2009 at 4:21 p.m. by Luke Graybill

On May 30, 2009, the Miss Salem pageant was held in Salem City Utah. The city of Salem sponsored the event, and the Mayor of the city, J. Lane Henderson, gave opening comments. An invocation led by Salem City Councilperson Lynn Durrant called the attending public to prayer in the name of Jesus Christ.

According to the First Amendment of the US Constitution, preference by the government of one religion over another, non-religion over religion ...

Classified as: Religion, Politics