Which Sins?

WHICH SINS CAUSED AIDS?

Back in Reagan's Eighties (which some lament as "the Aidsies"), religious fascists could openly call AIDS a divine punishment for the "sin" of homosexuality, and especially for male/male anal sex.

Two decades pass with painful slowness. No matter what they may think in private, fewer and fewer ecclesio-fascists make this claim in public. And we learn more and more about how Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) evolves into HIV. This world-wide plague traces back to the murdering and butchering of chimpanzees by humans, for sale in the "bushmeat" trade.

We also discover that "Genetically, chimpanzees are 98.5 percent identical to humans" [Reuters, 26 May 2004; Science ]*. In ethical terms, each chimp is virtually human. The slaughtered chimpanzees are our sisters and brothers.

In the Book of Genesis, Cain commits the sin of fratricide, thus earning divine condemnation. In the 20th and 21st centuries, modern humans murder our brothers and sisters, to sell their dead flesh for cash.

So here we come full circle. Yes, AIDS does result from sins -- not from sexual "sins", but from real sins.
This epidemic is karmic payback for fratricide, sororicide, and commercialized cannibalism.


-- Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
San Francisco
13 June 2004

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*[ Reuters, 26 May 2004, in a story on new research in Japan; please see journal NATURE, and:
( http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=5264726 ) ]
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P.S. Here's a calendar for freedom-seekers,
mainly of San Francisco events, June 15 thru July 4:


JUNE 2004: San Francisco's Pride Month:

CAL: SF: thru 30 June 2004: photo exhibit, "Just Married":
San Francisco Exposure Gallery
( http://www.ExposureGallery.org ).
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CAL: SF, June 15: Tuesday, 6pm: "Radar" readings. Free.
Main Public Library, near Civic Center BART/Muni station.
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CAL, northern: SF: 19 June, Saturday: HEALTH WALK:
march across Golden Gate Bridge, demanding health care for all.
Please be at Crissy Field, in north SF near bridge, by 0630 AM.
Dress in layers; with windproof outer layer; plus backpack for extra clothes, water, trail food.
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SF: 19, Sat: San Francisco Prime Timers, a queer men's group, hold 5th annual porn sale
at 3507 -- 23rd Street. between Valencia and Guerrero, SF. Adults only. Free.
For info, phone Arthur Hurwith, (415)-648-8678.

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CAL, SF: 20 June, Sunday afternoon: dance & drum for peace at
regular Hippy Hill Drum Circle (most Saturdays & Sundays),
circa 3pm, informal, free:
in eastern Golden Gate Park. Take public transit and/or walk to Haight & Stanyan,
where you enter the park; walk downhill (west) past pond & into tunnel;
when you emerge, listen for drums (usually the drums are slightly northwest,
sometimes due west). All orientations; mainly straight.
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CAL, northern: June 21: signature deadline for Oakland Cannabis Initiative?
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USA: circa June 25: release of Michael Moore's documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11".
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CAL, northern: 34th annual SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE WEEKEND:

CAL:SF: 25 June, Friday: San Francisco Chronicle will publish special section,
"Gay Pride: The Wedding Album",
with stories from SF's historic "Winter of Love";
plus plans for Pride Weekend, June 26-27.
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CAL, SF: 26-27 June:
28th Annual
San Francisco FREE FOLK FESTIVAL:
Saturday-Sunday, June 26-27, 2004,
noon to around 11pm,
Roosevelt Middle School, 460 Arguello (at Geary). [ Take 38 bus, or 33. ]
Entirely FREE and open to the public.
For more info, please visit
[ http://www.sffolkfest.org/2004/frameset.html ]
[ Comment by SUN: This festival is excellent. But the 2004 festival conflicts, in part, with
SF's Dyke March (June 26 afternoon/evening) , Pink Saturday (June 26 evening/night),
Pride Parade & Pride Festival (June 27). We hope these events won't conflict in future years. ]
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CAL: SF: June 26: Dyke March: [followed by Pink Saturday outdoor party]:

Women spend top-optional afternoon in Dolores Park; march shortly before sunset;
wind thru Mission District, eventually get to Castro & Market; dance thru the evening....

Women (past, present, future) can demonstrate here for equal marriage rights, peace, etc.

Men (except transmen) should just watch and applaud the Dyke March.
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But all genders can party afterwards, at CLOTHING-OPTIONAL Pink Saturday, outdoors on Castro Street.
Please donate generously when you enter the party zone, as net proceeds benefit worthy charities.
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CAL: SF: June 27, Sunday: Honor Del & Phyllis in the gigantic queer parade.
March in peace contingent; or in marriage rights contingent.
Or with Radical Faeries?
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CAL: SF: June 27, Sunday afternoon: After the parade, Pride Festival in SF Civic Center probably will be
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL (as in June 2003).
Look for Faerie Freedom Village?
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USA: June 30: Iraq gets pseudo-sovereignty, while U.S. troops remain there.
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CAL, SF: 30 June, Wednesday evening, 5PM:
Anti-war protest at Union Square, in downtown San Francisco.
[ AYOR! Stay clothed and avoid arrest! ]
[Union Square, scene of rallies since Gold Rush days, is bounded by Powell, Geary, Stockton, Post;
near Powell BART/Muni station & many bus lines.
Nearby Maiden Lane is named, satirically, for the prostitutes who were rented there. ]
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JULY 2004:
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Upcoming BurningMan Flambé Lounge events: (?)
July 7-11, July 31, etc. :
[ http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/flambe_lounge/ ]
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OREGON: ___ July?: Deadline for fascists to get enough signatures
to put anti-queer constitutional amendment on November state ballot
(unless state legislature does their evil work for them?).
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USA: July 4, Sunday: Wear wedding regalia? Hoods?
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CAL: July 4: San Francisco: Bodypaint for peace & equal rights,
at clothing-optional portion of Baker Beach. Free.
Welcoming adults (18 and up) of all orientations, including clothed adults.
Look for Leather Pride Flag on fence, around 3pm or so.
[ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
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