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today we had world news tonight on while we were at work and they were talking about aids day and the spread and what group of people is the fastest growing group and about the gays and the stigmas and just everything. so this guy that works for us who is a jehovah's witness said, "that's what they get for being gay." and i was like, "what?" and i know he was totally serious because he is hard core ignorant religious and believes whatever he says the bible says and we have gotten into it before about the gay thing. then he just straight out said that whoever gets aids deserves it because they have sinned in some way. and i said what about everyone being just human and basic decency and he said said that doesn't matter, gays should be dead because god only gives sinners the disease and that if a straight person gets it it is because they shouldn't be having sex outside of marriage. another scary thing is that he's going to school to be a nurse in a hospital. my next arguement was of course what about the kids and people who got aids from transfusions and he basically said that they would have died anyway because they were sick enough to need a transfusion. i seriously cannot believe that there is someone so awful in my midst, let alone working for us. how is he gonna treat people in the hospital when everyone is not equal in his mind? and i was not going to back down from this fight, but my dad made us stop arguing because we had things to do. i know that religion has been an excuse for ignorance and hate for a long time, but this is ridiculous. this makes me so sad and frustrated. also there are so many holes in his arguements, but everytime i bring one up, he's says something like, well, you don't believe in the bible and i do, so no matter what i say we're not gonna agree. i fucking want to strangle him.