@icespirit - This is pretty archaic thinking. And highly offensive. HIV actually came out of Africa and was probably (according to the trail) from eating bush meat - chimps and other monkeys infected with the virus. Gay people were primary victims only because of the ease of transmission through anal intercourse. That they did not know about for a long time allowed the disease to spread through gay communities world wide, however it is not restricted to them, nor is it God's punishment upon them. It is a disease and those who suffer its horrible ravages upon their body should be seen with compassion and empathy, not the putrid bile you spew forth.