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Dates covered:  February 4-15, 1985
Number of articles covered: 30
Approved: for sdyer@bbncca.arpa by msimpson@bbncca.arpa

Homosexuality and the Bible (4 letters)
	-- where is the Bible (per se) homophobic?
	-- anti-Christian flaming doesn't belong in 'net.motss'
	-- don't knock the sincerity of fundamentalists' beliefs,
		just their direction
	-- where does one draw the line between "doing the right
		thing" and being self-righteous?

Offensive bumper stickers (1 article)

"Christianoid" Intolerance (1 article)
	-- Episcopal Diocese of California is developing a
		'Celebration and Blessing of a Covenant
		 in Love', to bless and honor same-sex
		relationships

Lists of gay organizations (5 articles)
	-- medical, professional, religious, lesbian groups

AIDS (5 articles)
	-- nonoxynol-9 might lower risk of contracting AIDS
	-- discovery of antibody that 'knocks out' ability of
		AIDS virus to infect cells (findings to be
		presented in April, during an AIDS conference
		in Atlanta)
	-- drug HP-23 appears to have successfully removed all
		trace of HTLV-III virus from a hemophiliac patient

Informational request (1 article)
	-- data requested for series on history of persecution of
		gay people by Communists/Marxists/other
		revolutionary groups

Feedback on CONSENTING ADULT (6 articles)
	-- didn't appear to handle homosexuality realistically;
		situations wrapped up too neatly 
	-- emotions of parents and son are decent reflections of
		reality
	-- movie most likely was meant for heterosexuals as a
		step towards understanding their homosexual peers
	-- how does TV (in general) treat gay people?
	-- seeming anachronisms may be because the movie was
		based upon a book (written in 1975) about the
		1960s
	-- accurate portrayals of gays are still some time off

Miscellaneous (7 articles)
	-- followup on IMPROPER CONDUCT : list of readings
	-- grisly genocide in China
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