The following comes from a Jan. 8 story on LifeSiteNews.com.
A pornographic film performer contracted HIV/AIDS from an on-scene sex shoot, say the pornography industry’s trade group and the California Department of Health.
The state health officials said Monday that the performer was infected in September at a film shoot in Nevada. The Free Speech Coalition, which represents the porn industry, says inferior testing and inferior tracking led to the infection.
Many porn companies have moved their operations from Los Angeles in light of a county requirement that performers use condoms. While this has increased the size of the black market, it has also driven many companies to other states, including Nevada and other parts of California. While 485 companies applied for shooting permits in 2012, 40 did so in 2013.
Producers say performers do not like using condoms, and that they hurt pornography sales. Additionally, argues the industry, testing every two weeks prevents the spread of diseases, and the condom law has created a situation where companies are moving to areas that have less stringent testing.
However, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation — which pushed for the condom law — says that not having condoms is the real health risk. “The big lie the industry has been saying all these years, there are no on-set transmissions, has been proven to be untrue,” said President Michael Weinstein, whose group also wants mandatory testing for porn actors in Nevada and California.
The porn industry has been forced to engage in several moratoriums in recent years, as performers have contracted HIV/AIDS.
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Sigh
Duh! What a surprise that a porn film worker contracted HIV/AIDS. Even using condoms, it’s possible top catch any number of diseases. Will others learn from this actor’s contracting a disease that is a potential death sentence?
Shhhh. The big secret is that no one likes Condoms.
The not so secret fact is that rectal sex transmits AIDS.
Gratias, what you say is completely correct. What you left out is that all sex transmits AIDS.
Vaginal not so much, as the epithelium is polystratified. AIDS is mainly a disease of male homosexuals because of its easier transmission through the rectal monostratified columnar epithelium.
Then AIDS appeared I thought this would decrease homosexual behavior but sadly the secular libertarian ideology proved stronger than Reason.
Sex only between one married man and one married woman does not transmit AIDS.
Fornication, Adultery, and Homosexual Acts transmit Aids.
MEL it can and indeed does get transmitted if one of them was infected beforehand. HIV and many other diseases that can be transmitted sexually are also transmitted via the blood supply, sometimes via other kinds of contact (see, for example, MRSA), etc. Please disentangle your notions of morality from your notions of public health, because you endanger both by mixing them up.
Although it does happen, AIDS is rarely transmitted through blood transfusions and good moral behavior.
The threat of AIDS in blood transfusions was lowered significantly by not allowing homosexuals to give blood under certain circumstances.
Homosexual ACTS, adultery, and fornication spread the vast number of cases of AIDS.
Check out the Center for Disease Control.
No “YFC”, homosexual sex and normal sex are not the same in transmitting diseases. In fact, many believe, although homosexual groups go crazy if they say it (aided by Homosexual clergy), that such “viruses” are, in fact, “programmed” into people that engage in homosexual sex (and, to a lesser extent, those that engage freely in fornication with multiple partners).
Does God want people to get sick and die because they have sex with other than their opposite sex spouse? Certainly not. Does God permit biological variations to thrive in climates of sexual abuse? Most certainly. One day, we will understand why more fully.
Uh! Hello! this is what you contribute to if you buy this trash. I am still sitting here in utter amazement at the stupidity of it all. Does anyone in this industry have a brain? You need not answer that, it is self explanatory.
I agree Anne T. This trash destroys marriages and families. Immaculate heart radio had a talk on it. They warned about the porn pushers. Its pushed on children too, with kids having to be on the internet for homework, at work, etc etc…the porn pushers are pushing it as much as they can. Parents need to beware. Many times people neglect to see that many women are victims to this too, they have been forced and drugged into doing these wicked films. Its terrible stuff. We are finding that many Christian and Catholic men have addictions to this. Even knowing that they have committed adultery with their eye’s against their wife’s. It makes women and their children vulnerable to many things.
Abeca Christian, yes, women who have come out of the industry tell how they were drugged in order to stand the pain and guilt of what they were expected to do.
Yes Ann T. Also married men commit adultery with their eyes when they participate in anyway in porn. They lust and lie often.
Christ said THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD, DIE BY THE SWORD. A famous proverb says, “If you play with fire, you will get burned” Another one goes, ‘If you lie with dogs you will get fleas.” Do you need any more analogies?
How about – “You reap what you sow”, Father ? It also fits.
One important fact is that we remain chaste, there is almost no way to be exposed
to HIV unless it would be by a blood transfusion. Another principle of life is that we should love people and use things. When we get those two things mixed up, our lives are headed for disaster of one sort or another.
The CENTER for DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) says:
” ABSTINENCE: The most reliable way to avoid infection is to not have sex (i.e., anal, vaginal or oral). ”
https://www.cdc.gov/std/prevention/default.htm
Here is the CDC FACT Sheet from 2013.
https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/STI-Estimates-Fact-Sheet-Feb-2013.pdf
In the USA there are 20 MILLION new infections each year with 50% being in the 15-24 age group.
110,000,000 (MILLION) infections from this and previous year(s) are treated each year.
$16 BILLION in annual medical costs.
(The CDC does not state how many are paid for with taxpayer dollars through Medicaid, Medicare, and now Obamacare. )
Is this being taught in the public junior and senior high schools in your area ?
Why is this medical information being withheld from the students who are taking biology and health classes ?
Thanks for the CDC links.
I hope everyone saves them, and that people show them to their teenage children.
Teens might even be able to use the CDC 2013 fact sheet in school.
One of the downsides of the internet is the massive spreading of porn, as someone who had to fight that addiction I can tell you it is a sad and sick world. Thank you Christ in Heaven for lifting that Cross from me. I would not wish that on anyone..
Canisius praise God that He saved you from that, but it took your full cooperation to make changes and choose Christ..Right? Then I pray that you have compassion for the men and women who suffer with same sex attractions, it is a very complex disorder, very complicated indeed, do not hate them because many are victims also who have been abused or something in them that took off and have caused them to not understand why they have that disorder. The psychiatric board has given up on them, society has caved in to their inclinations and because of that, we all must be concerned, we must find ways to reach them and be very prayerful and live in holiness, to help them choose chastity. We hate sins against the natural law but we must not give up on individuals who suffer with same sex attractions, even though most choose to go against God and come out of the closet, but that is because of society giving up on them. They need to know that they are better than what the “Gay” agenda is selling to them, we need to unite and with love, treat them with dignity of their person hood. Just like these women and men who produce porn, they need to be rescued with the truth that Jesus is the answer for their healing. You are a good soul to admit what you just posted, you are noble to not wish that on anyone.
Great post, Abeca Christian. Some more good food for thought.
Thank you Ann T God bless you always.
Nevertheless, Abeca Christian, it does depend on the person in any serious sin as to whether they will be saved in the end. Some are young, naïve, confused and/or have been victimized themselves. Others are totally rebellious against God and want to take others down with them, have a seared conscience and will never be saved.
That is true Ann T. Not everyone chooses wisely but no matter what we must remain prayerful and hopeful. How many souls go to hell because someone neglected to pray for them. I read that St. Augustine’s mum prayed for him over 20 years before his full conversion. With God all is possible. Its sad to say though that many souls die unrepentant. And sins of sodomy and porn etc are very grave, knowing these truths should prompt us even more to be concerned for those souls who are blinded by those grave sins and perservere in prayer and true charity. We cant choose for them but we can have a heart full of genuine concern especially more because we love Jesus. Only God knows. Thanks Ann T. Good comments you make. God bless you.
Thank you Abeca but I need to comment on this ” Then I pray that you have compassion for the men and women who suffer with same sex attractions, it is a very complex disorder, very complicated indeed, do not hate them because many are victims ” Do you honestly believe that people like YFC are victims? He is willing participant in twisting words and trying to influence minds. They are not victims, they use their will to go against God, just like when any of us sin.
Canisius i cant speak for YFC. I dont know his personal story. I was only speaking from what i saw when i use to reach out to homosexuals. Although there was a young man that reminds me of YFC. He was a hard core gay activist. He is no longer an activist. He is a devout Christian. What a transformation. If it wasnt for our holy witness, perseverance and prayers for him, he tells people that he may still be caught up in that lifestyle. His conversion is rare but you just never know. I have faith and i wont give up praying for Yfc and others. I was only speaking in general, so sorry that you thought i was speaking of someone here. Thanks for the reply. God bless you and i pray you well.
YFC attacks any Faithful Bishop (like Cardinal Burke) who is effective in openly supporting the teachings of the Church in both Sacred Scripture and the CCC against homosexual acts and against homosexual marriage.
YFC attacks them in unrelated ways, trying to make fun of the way they dress or anything else he personally believes will harm their reputation.
Many sexually active homosexuals do this.
Those choosing to purposely live in Mortal Sin – homosexual acts, fornication, or adultery do not like good and Holy persons.
They do the devil’s work as best they can.
Understood Abeca, I find YFC to be true enemy of the Church and the most dangerous kind as he spews his gay beliefs, marching in gay shame parades, yet claims to be a Faithful Catholic. He wants what they all want, affirmation by the Church of their gay perversions..end of story
Maria, many homosexuals are very into pomp and circumstance. It is not at all uncommon that the most “high church” of places have a huge gay participation and leadership.
Thank you for your kind replies, Canisius no one is disputing your reasoning capabilities to know that what YFC does here is wrong, no one. For I agree with you on that one. I do respect your style and good convictions because they are mine too. There are also other “true” enemies of the church who post often too. Even those who do not acknowledge how scandalous their words can be, even the story tellers against Christ’s church have done great scandals against it, dishonoring God with their words and not trusting Christ’s promises to us.
Canisius I don’t know why you feel the need to inform me of YFC’s actions, I know, remember I have been posting here longer than he has, I have seen it all and we have admonished him and others as well for bad behavior. For this reason, I feel very concerned for his salvation. Patience is a virtue too and so is humility and being meek. All that takes practice for me. If Jesus is patient with all sinners, then I hope I can only remain faithful and more trusting in how our Lord works with each and every sinner.
Unfortunately YFC is right about the amounts of gays in the hierarchy, this fact makes me wonder whether I can stay in this Church. I have taken a few gay priests on, one physically another verbally after he harassed my nephew. These gay clerics are as bad as heretics and deserve a heretics and I will lead the charge
Abeca, I think the best way society can love homosexuals and transgenders is to make those behaviors a crime again. That way, they can be helped by society when identified, perhaps by chemical castration for a period of time to remove temptation from them.
Once they return to sanity, freed from the demon of sexual urges they cannot control, they might be ready to accept God, and their proper role in society.
Instead, we as a society have betrayed them by “tolerating” and “ignoring” their distress, and simply standing by as they take themselves, and others, to hell.
I’m pretty sure that would be a mortal sin, since mutilation and birth control pills are. Even though your intention is to prevent sin, I think you would be committing a grave one.
Use prayer.
Actually, the best way society can love homosexuals and transgenders is to make Christianity a crime. That way, Christians can be helped by society when identified to remove the temptation to discriminate under the guise of their faith.
Once they return to sanity, freed from the false reality that their dogma has asserted upon them, they might be ready to adopt a world view more in line with the realities of a diverse society, and assume their proper role.
Instead, we as a society have betrayed them by “tolerating” and “ignoring” their distress under the guise of “religious liberty”, and simply standing by as they falsely condemn themselves, and others to a fabricated place they call “hell”.
peter: you are not God!
Homosexuals can choose, they have free will just like the rest of us. You get no special treatment from me. You have been warned about sins that enslave and if you choose to ignore them, then you’ve made your choice freely. If bad influences continue to help feed you in that bad will, then its also your choice because you know that the church contains the wholeness of truth and our faith is here to welcome you back when you return due to perfect contrition.
Just responding to JAV’s (Just As Vicious) nonsense, Abeca.
Abeca, those who have TEMPTATIONS of same sex attraction (SSA), are the same as those who suffer with any other type of serious TEMPTATIONS.
As we know temptations are not sins unless acted upon.
Be aware that many homosexuals , adulterers, and those committing fornication do not want to change their sinful lifestyle. They promote it, and encourage others to commit the same sins. Some even attack the good and the Holy.
Believe Jesus when he said only “FEW” will be saved. Mt 7:13-14 and
Lk 13:23-27.
And unfortunately they PROMOTE it in public venues.
Keep this prayer in mind:
“ Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.”
David V yes you are correct and I completely agree with you. I also know that since homosexuality is a disorder that it is also very complex. Its not just one sure thing about it but its complex.
I remember that Jesus said that he came for the sick, it is the sick who need him the most. YFC has free will and I do not know how far he will go in life, but for now, in this present time, I will just hope that he listen to us before its too late. Its about saving souls. IF our words don’t get to him, then lets trust in our prayers done in charity. God bless you my friend. Only God knows what the future holds for any person with serious sins. Sins like porn, homosexuality etc are ones that enslave all souls, they are so deep, it will take a lot of love, patience and prayers.
It is a CHOICE to give in to any temptation.
With God’s help no one has to give in to a temptation.
God gave each of us a FREE WILL – which will ultimately determine our eternal Heaven or Hell.
Homosexuality is not a sin, even in the catechism. It is a sexual orientation, which is morally neutral. What a person chooses to do with their sexual orientation, whether gay or straight or bi, is what becomes a sin or not.
YFC but one main sexual sin against the Natural law cries out to the heavens for vengeance and that is sodomy. If we cared about our brothers and sisters souls, then we must not defend unnatural acts of any kind. They hurt our relationship with Christ. He is the reason for our living. He deserves our best and if one can not help ones weaknesses then one must not help mislead others in them either. The truth is in the church and people have the duty to seek the truth and the trust must be available for all sinners. IF we do not point out where the truth is, then we may be accomplices of moral relativism, allowing people to decide what their truth is and that is wrong, it is denying souls a loving relationship with our Lord. In order to have a loving relationship with our Lord, one must fear the Lord and know the truth. Wisdom and knowledge from the Lord, is a gift which leads to fear the Lord.
Canisius; Thank God you were given the grace to give up your addiction. From what you have written here you have been through a lot. You are a soldier for Christ and a true defender of His Church. For that, you can be proud! Pray for me as I do for you and all here on CCD. God Bless You, Canisius!
The best way to stay away from porn is not to start in the first place.
Including the soft porn on TV.
Parents monitor your children and teens. Unsupervised children can start with porn at age 7 or 8.
Husbands and wives monitor each other – there should be no secretive internet viewing.
Whenever tempted, say “Jesus please help me to do only your will”.
Repeat as many times as possible.
RE: the mortal sin of viewing pornography see CCC # 2354, 2396, 2211.
Good for you, Canisius. There are decent manuals that help people to have good marital relations with their husband and wife, but porn is another whole story. It uses actual people which is just paying them to commit fornicate or adultery. I do not buy anything from another company that advertises sex videos along with their other decent merchandise, and some well known companies do put in such advertisements in their envelopes. I often send it back with a note why they will not get my business.
Anne T, I have lived a very hard and sinful life, the addiction was just another part of it, thankfully its gone. As I get older the passion burns itself out. As for marital relations I need no guides or manuals, I depend on life experience or a cold shower
God bless you, Canisius. As to the manuals I was just comparing the difference between the two for those out there, and that there is a middle ground between prudery and license. Please pray for me at times as I will you.
Canisius, this is one post I agree with you on. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Jesus said ‘As yet sow, so shall year reap’ Consequences are the result of making decisions which includes taking risks of offending God. He got what was due in coming to him. Hopefully he’ll ask for God’s forgiveness and amend his life instead of hate God.