Sexual Responsibility

People living with AIDS aren't morally vacant. No more so than I or you, at least. Abstinence and faithfulness would certainly slice the spread of HIV. Look at AIDS in a vacuum and you might think, "What's with them over there?" But here, with food, shelter, security and just as many bad choices being made we might not act objectively and as a result stigmatize people unfairly.

What was it Jesus said? "If anyone among you is without sin, cast the first stone at her," said our merciful Jesus (John 8:7).

Talking about sex and AIDS can be difficult. But silence and whispers only aggravates stigma and discrimination, leaving millions infected with the disease to live and die alone and in fear.