Homos Fight For Right To Spread AIDS Via Bathhouses

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Bathhouses are the homosexual equivalent of hetero whore houses.
They arrest people who manage and frequent hetero whore houses.
They permit homos to keep theirs open, despite the fact that the are
killing people.

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The AIDS epidemic and gay bathhouses: a constitutional analysis.

Rabin JA.

Some legal scholars propose that the right of privacy articulated
by the United States Supreme Court should be extended to protect
homosexual activity. In light of the advent of AIDS, should that
extension include constitutional protection for homosexual men who
frequent gay bathhouses? The author argues that although the government
has the power to close the baths in the name of public health, it
should not do so without careful and conscious balancing against the
privacy rights infringed upon by its actions. Balancing the tension
between public health policy and individual rights applies not only to
the specific situation of the baths, but also to insurance companies'
aim to test all single, young, male life and health policy applicants
for exposure to the putative AIDS virus; to potential health department
releases of names of those testing antibody-positive for HTLV-III; to
the military's rumored plans to discharge all personnel suspected of
having AIDS; and to school districts seeking to exclude children with
AIDS.

KIE: In some American cities, health officials have proposed
closing gay bathhouses in an attempt to slow the spread of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) by discouraging promiscuous sexual
activity among male homosexuals. Rabin examines the constitutional
implications of these closings. The rights of homosexuals as citizens
to privacy, free association, and equal protection as members of a
suspect class are weighed against the state's interest in protecting
the public's health. While Rabin questions the necessity of closing
bathhouses to slow the spread of AIDS, she concludes that courts are
likely to rule that public health needs must prevail over the
associational rights of homosexuals.

PMID: 3701009 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]