European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 19, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7magic s message troubles some Gay Many fear it will polarize fight against aids by John Horn the associated press los Angeles a magic Johnson s prominence As an aids spokesman who proclaims his heterosexuality is stirring fears among some Gay rights activists that he May Divide rather than unify the fight against the disease. They fear he will come to be associated with Only a a acceptable aids patients a those relatively few americans with the disease who Are not homosexual intravenous drug users or prostitutes. The majority of aids and Gay rights activists applaud Johnson a Candor and determination to educate the nation. They say he will have a tremendous influence on heterosexual men proving that everyone is at risk. Yet Many urge him to denounce homophobia and ensure that people with aids Are not categorized by their sexual orientation or lifestyles. A instead of saying a in a straight in a straight i m not Gay a which he has been doing he should say a look. It does no to matter a a a said r. Scott Hitt an internist specializing in his the virus that causes aids. A this sexual orientation is  a whether or not magic Johnson is Gay straight bisexual or he a a transvestite is irrelevant a said Richard Robilard editor in chief of the advocate the world s largest Gay and lesbian Magazine. A regardless of what he is we All have to Wake up that this is everyone a  Gay and lesbian  Johnson s appearance on the Arsinio Hall show with sharply mixed feelings. On the program Johnson said to applause that he was a far from being a  in an article he co wrote for sports illustrated Johnson said Quot by now in a sure that most of America has heard rumours that i am Gay. Well you can forget that. I have never had a homosexual encounter.  a More than anyone a More than Elizabeth Taylor a he is capable of unifying the american people on this disease and getting some National leadership from the White House Quot Robilard said. A but he has gone completely the other Way. This continual pointing out that he is heterosexual his almost ignoring of the people who have developed the organizations and health care efforts that Are helping him in this disease is not  the 10-year-old epidemic has produced More than 195,000 . Aids cases. Some aids leaders Are angry that heterosexual celebrity victims get so much attention. Although these celebrated patients such As the late Ryan White have brought much attention to the disease activists say they indirectly have reinforced the notion that there Are two classes of aids patients Quot innocent and  activists say Kimberly Bergalis who was infected with the aids virus by her dentist in Florida further polarized the Issue. Bergalis said before Congress this september a i did nothing wrong yet i m being made to suffer like  Quot the whole concept of guilty and innocent parties has always concerned me Quot said David Wexler chairman of the Board of aids project los Angeles. A we done to say some people with cancer Are guilty because they were smok human immunodeficiency virus his gp120 and gp41 proteins that together make up the outer skin of the virus rna the genetic material that contains the viruses  transcript ase an enzyme used by the virus to translate its genetic information into Dan which is then inserted into the genes of the human cells that it infectsp24 the protein that makes up the inner Core of the virus. Source a department of health and human services a Cynthia Greer cars Quot he said. A and this is not a Gay disease. Three fourths of the people in the world with the disease Are  worldwide the world health organization estimates that about 1.5 million people have developed aids. An estimated 3 percent of Alt infected men in the United states and 34 percent of women acquired the virus through heterosexual Contact according to the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta. Many of the women a cases have been traced to male partners who shared drug Needles. Randy shifts author of the Best Selling aids history Ami the in my played on wrote in sports illustrated Quot the de pressing subtext to Johnson s announcement was that suddenly people cared about his because it struck someone they liked someone who dearly did t deserve  Quot every time that it s a heterosexual patient the whole spin seems to be that Thev Are to be treated differently Quot said Mickey Wheatley an attorney Active in the aids coalition to unleash Power or act up. Quot i done to get the sense that magic is trying to lie homophobic but it s playing into the same fear that Gay people arc giving the disease to heterosexuals. That we brought this plague upon the general Community Quot Wheatley  sues to void $35,000 credit card debt Chicago up a a compulsive Gambler who says he borrowed about $35,000 on his credit cards at racetracks has filed a class action suit claiming his gambling debts should be voided his lawyer said sunday. Anthony Cie 28, filed suit in Cook county chancery court earlier this month against Zomchek permit services and an assortment of credit card companies from which he said he had drawn As much As $35,000 in Cash advances. Quot what Anthony Cie was doing was going to the Racetrack with the intention of betting Only $50, but he would end up charging As much As $1,000,&Quot lawyer Larry Dreyfus said. Dreyfus cites a 1984 Federal appeals court decision that he said absolved an Illinois Man of making Good on a promissory note to an Atlantic City Casino. The court said the Mere fact that Illinois had legalized some forms of gambling did not nullity earlier Laws voiding gambling debts. The new Jersey commission on compulsive gamblers estimates some 100,000 people in Illinois Shlain Cash advances at racetracks totalling As much As $1 billion. Dreyfus said it is Clear the Only reason such Cash advances Are available is to encourage wagering. Quot what the credit cards did was recognize that you can to go to the Racetrack and charge a hot because that would be so obviously against the Law Quot Dreyfus said. Quot so they implemented a procedure where you get a Cash Advance on your credit card. Not Only do they charge you huge amounts of interest they have service  Dreyfus said Cie an accountant who had been earning $35,000 to $40, 000 a year initially approached him for help in filing bankruptcy. A when i examined his credit debts 1 found the majority weren to for purchases but for Cash advances at racetracks and off track belting Parlours in the Chicago area a Dreyfus said. Quot it triggered something in my brain going Back to Law school and that was in most Stales a including Illinois a that gambling debts arc not enforceable. Quot the Law says All Money loaned for the purpose of gambling is a void  Dreyfus described Cie As a compulsive Gambler and said his client is living in a car. Quot from time to time friends Lake pity on him and allow him to take Refuge in their Homes Quot Dreyfus said. Quot Tony Cie gets up in the Hack Seal of his car goes into the trunk gets his clothes goes to a club to Shower. Quot that show he showers and gels himself cleaned up a Dreyfus said. A this closet is the trunk of his ear. Lie is scrambling providing some part time accounting services for different individuals it get spending and food Money lies desperately trying to stay in school. He is determined the Only Way out is to get his Masiers  gop May Hurt budget plans Cuomo says Albany . Apr new York democratic gov. Mario Cuomo considering a presidential Campaign says republicans guided by the White House May try to cause him problems with the state budget. A gop official called it paranoia. Cuomo is trying to sell the Republican led state Senate on a multiyear budget Deal that Cuomo aides say could make it easier for him to run for president. The governor has said he must gel a handle on new Yorkus budget problems before deciding about a presidential run. He said saturday Quot if i decide not to run i la probably regret that i could  state Senate majority Leader Ralph Marino a Republican refused to endorse the budget plan demanding that any program dealing with the slate s persistent fiscal problems include heavy cuts in medicaid and welfare spending. A i would assume that there is some White House direct or indirect pressure Quot on the stale Senate Leader state democratic chairman John Marino a Veteran Cuomo political aide and no relation to Republican Marino said sunday. A How could you assume they  Quot Cuomo told new Day during an editorial Hoard meeting last week speaking of pressure from the White House. Quot they re not going to say a that Sall right. Its Only the presidency. Its not important to  a Edward Martin a top aide to Republican Marino said there has been no such pressure. Quot it is a creation of Cuomo political operatives who can to believe that its not going on a the paranoid inner Circle Quot Martin said. For his part Republican Marino said his first priority was to the state and the. Re election prospects of his gop Senate colleagues. "1 really done to want presidential politics to interfere with the decisions i have to make Quot the Senate Leader said. Quot in a not saying i would t listen to them if they called hut i want to make the decisions that Are Good for the Senate and Good for the  5050 for shuttle launch Cape canaveral i la. Apr nasal a countdown clock ticked toward tonight a scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis with a satellite for warning of a missile attack. A everything looks squeaky Dean and we Hope it continues that Way Quot Nasa test director inc Redding said after the countdown Hegan sunday. However meteorologists Pul the Odds of favourable conditions Lor the 6 51 . He tool at just 5 1-50 because of the threat of rain