European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse President Reagan leads the applause for supreme court Justice Anthony m. Kennedy after Kennedy look the constitutional oath thursday Al he White Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday feb nary 20,1988 Koop warns on minimizing risk of aids Washington api surgeon general c. Ever Ett Koop an Friday chided health professionals who refuse to treat aids patients and criticized articles minimizing he risk of heterosexual transmission of inc fatal disease. Ii is just no True that there is no danger from Normal vaginal Intercourse Koop told a House sub. Committee. Whal is unknown is the level of danger. Koop cited recent articles including one in Cosmo Politan Magazine that wrongly led women to believe they were not at risk. Koop said he cosmopolitan article seems to split the scientific but he said Federal Public health officials agree that heterosexuals should be aware that they Are Al risk. There is always a danger whenever people engage in casual sex outside the marriage relationship even if their promiscuity is heterosexual Koop said at an Energy and Commerce health subcommittee hearing. While Only a percent of current aids cases arc re ported among heterosexuals Koop said that proportion is expected to Rise to 5 percent in the 1990s. As of feb. 15, there were 53,814 cases reported to the Federal centers for disease control. About 65 per cent were homosexual or bisexual males and 17 per cent we re intravenous drug abusers. Koop said medical personnel generally have responded Well to the aids crisis but expressed concern about a minority of orc givers who refuse not Only to treat persons with aids but also turn away patients alleged to be from population groups identified with those two High risk Cha visors that is homosexual and bisexual males and i intravenous drug he said thai course is historically uncharacteristic and is unworthy or anyone in the health or social serv ice professions those who turn away aids patients use the excuse thai the disease is fatal and contagious Koop said. But the Plain fact is that the ask of contracting aids from an infected patient is extremely Small and nearly always of nearly 7 Mill Ion health professionals in the coun try. Koop said fewer than a dozen became infected with the aids virus while doing their jobs. He said efforts arc under Way to get a belter fix on the Enlen of aids infection in the United states but he rejected rep. William Dannemeyer s idea that any one coming in Contact with the health system be tested. Danne Mcyr r-oilif., has introduced legislation that would require testing of Hospit patients clinic patients marriage License applicants and others. He also wants to require reporting by name of any positive lest results. Mason endorsed the general approach sponsored by subcommittee chairman rep. Henry Waxman d calif., which includes voluntary testing confidentiality and Anli discrimination Protection for those with the disease or virus. Where there s worry about confidentiality or discrimination there s a chilling effect Mason said. Giving Justice a hand House. Kennedy confirmed Nufler regu i two previous Rimml nations for the High court Nalej ran into i bugs. Bill would ban he Wren s shows starring toy companies products Washington a children s television advocates in the House and Senate introduced legislation thursday designed to rid the airwaves of programs that feature toy manufacturers products As Pic Central charac s to has been grossly overcome mama lived " said sen. Howard Metzenbaum. A Ohio Spon Sor of the Senate measure. You nip the dial and you la find toy lady Lovely locks Thunder cats inhuman nods go Joe All starring in their own shows. Since the Federal communication commission m i9b4 scrapped its commercial limits on children s to shows Al least 70 program that critics can program in nth appeared on television he said. Such programs Are nothing More than sophisticated marketing strategies aimed at kids he said i just say that s absurd and it s wrong. The air Waves belong to inc people of this country and they re being abused he said at a a cwt conference attended by other members of the House and Senate and organized by action for children s television. The legislation Wal attacked by inc notional association of broadcasters. Which called it anachronistic unnecessary inappropriate and ineffective and said it raises first amendment questions. The association said toy based programs Are not commercials and not subject to government Regula Tion. Docs the Federal government want to eliminate the Disney ses Affie Street and Charlie brawn pro Grams the association said. My Linnbaum s Bill would restore the Fucci previous guidelines which limited ads on children s shows to 9vi minutes per hour on weekends and 12 minutes per hour on weekdays. A similar House Bill also would reinstate the limits and require to stations to provide seven hours per week of educational programming for Young viewers. We can make children s television belter said rep. Terry Bruce d-11l. Who co sponsored inc House measure with reps. John Bryant a Texas and Edwird Markcy d-miss., chairman of the House Tele communications subcommittee. The acc in response to a Federal appeals court ruling last june is reviewing its children s to policies and is considering whether and limits Are needed and whether toy based shows constitute program length Markcy said Congress will not wait for this he to commission clearly has demonstrated that h cannot be trusted to protect children from commercial exploitation said Markey. Who has crossed swords with the acc Over Many broadcasting issues. When it comes to children s programming this commission has never found an offensive practice thai in did not like. The action for children s television said in Lias been concerned for years that commercial considerations dominate programming decisions regarding children s to making in difficult 10 Tel stations to devote Lime 10 educational and informational shows. Mere s a cumin Sutti mum Juliu a i. U Matrimony Keepsake Sparks Church state debate Bias Kivuitu our ill. A a traditional keep Sake certificate that Mclean county has been giving to newly weds is pitting clergy against one another in a debate Over inc separation of Church and state. The controversy also has elicited an angry response from inc Public including threatening phone Calls to Public officials ministers and others involved. At Issue is the religious nature of the elaborate certificates which declare a couple United in holy Matri Mony ordained by they also Bear a Bible Pas Sage from the Book of Matthew "1 think it s inappropriate for inc county to be distributing religious materials said David Robins min ister at the unitarian Church of Bloomington. Robins says the Keepsake is a Christian document and that its distribution by the county displays a Lack of sensitivity toward religious minorities who Don t share inc same beliefs. Tie said inc county should leave such religious keep Sakes to the churches rather than involve government in the Issue. "1 realize i m a religious minority in a Christian Bui 1 just think this is an inappropriate activity for the county to be involved Robins enlisted the support of rabbi Clifford i Brach of the Moses Mon crore Temple in Blooming ton and together they complained to the county. Mclean county clerk Jean cute Barren decided � end distribution of the keepsakes on the advice of enc Ruud ass Island slate s attorney. However that brought about 50 angry phone Calls 10 the clerk s office As Well As several vicious venom Ous Calls to Ruud and Robins Librach said. We be decided to give them their Choice Barrett said. I m going to Issue one without All inc religious references. If they Don t want either one they Don t have to take one Robins and Librach think Barrett is missing inc Point. They Don t think in s proper for the county to hand out any religious certificates whether Christian unitarian or jewish. If the majority of the people in Mclean county the Rev. Ron r. Lee pastor of St. John s Lul Hcrman Church said his Church strongly support the Szpara lion of Church and state government. Freedom of religion Means each group is allowed to pursue its own beliefs in a free and open Environ ment " Lee said. The government docs nol promote religion. Any document the government produces should be free of religious statements. Ralph e. Wingate pastor Al inc Calvary Baptist Church disagreed Wilh Robins Libra hand Lee the whole thing is ridiculous to me Wingate said. They might have an argue Cal about espousing the Bible but think it s a Librach said the keepsakes go further than a simple in god we Trust As appears on . Currency. These certificates contain excerpts from the gospel of mall hew and clearly arc Christian documents he said in s a violation of inc Constitution. We May have to look 10 the courts where 1 have no Doublas to what the decision will
