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Neosoulchild, your point is well-taken, but I think HIV/AIDS transmission falls under the same rubric as teenage parenthood, street violence, and drug abuse-- which many churches do preach about.
It's about respect of your body (and, in this case, your partner's body). One of the most disturbing parts of the special was when two Af-Am men in the panel said that they had given HIV/AIDS to their S.O.'s, and they showed NO REMORSE. People who don't respect themselves tend to engage in high-risk behaviors and put their partners at risk.
I'm not sure if regular HIV/AIDS screening for each person is the way to go... once you've got it, you've got it. Screening won't make all infected people tell the truth to their partners or try to protect their partners.
Where else other than the church in the Black community are we equipped to deal with issues of self-respect, honesty, candor, and safe sexual relationships????? Not our news stations-- we don't have one. Oprah can't do it all. To my thinking, our music videos are the only mainstream outlet that we share, but most artists choose promiscuity and no-consequences sex as topics instead of education and respect...
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