Ruben Diaz Sr Will Hold His Anti-Gay Marriage Rally the Same Day as AIDS Walk

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Son, my priorities come first.
Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz, Sr. is clearly unhappy about being labeled the anti-HIV/AIDS, anti-LGBT bigot that he is. After Diaz, Sr. scheduled an anti-gay marriage rally during the annual AIDS Walk (and during his own son's Bronx Week festivities), we pointed out how politically cunning it was to do this when all the pesky LGBT activists would already be busy.

But it was still pretty heartless, considering his Senate district is home to some of the South Bronx neighborhoods with the highest number of HIV/AIDS related deaths in the city.

It's also home to some of the most extreme poverty in the country. His HIV positive constituents are among the most likely to benefit from the fundraising efforts of the AIDS Walk.

Diaz was none too pleased with us for pointing this out, or with some of our readers' reactions to his bigotry. And, apparently, it's been really eating away at him, to the point he's really had to search his soul.

That's right. After a whole week of debilitation, Diaz announced in a press release yesterday that he's decided the best way to truly honor HIV positive New Yorkers is to...

...still hold his anti-gay marriage rally during the AIDS Walk.

"I'd also like to clarify some loathsome accusations about our May 15th Rally coinciding with the New York AIDS Walk," Diaz writes. "Our Rally for Traditional Marriage will include thousands of New Yorkers who support AIDS programs and AIDS victims. No one has the right to accuse people who attend our rally of opposing AIDS victims or programs that help AIDS victims and their families."

Of course, the people who want to deny LGBT New Yorkers the 1,324 benefits that come with marriage in this state -- including the right to health insurance coverage for your spouse, the right to visit them in the hospital, and the right to bequeath property in the event of your death -- aren't doing ANYTHING that could POSSIBLY affect a couple affected by HIV/AIDS.

In fact, Diaz contends, he gives a lot of money to AIDS as a senator, and the people coming to his rally are the real victims here: " Everyone should realize that we're not hiring Ricky Martin, Elton John or Rosie Perez to attract people to our event. There won't be any paid superstars or celebrities to draw crowds."

Diaz goes on to write that there is no correlation between gay civil rights and HIV/AIDS, anyway. He even offers to continue "to encourage people to participate in the March Against AIDS. AIDS is a terrible plague and those who commit themselves to join the
war against AIDS are certainly part of this noble cause. However, it has to be made clear that everyone who participates in the March Against AIDS is not necessarily in support of gay marriage. There is a huge difference between the March Against AIDS and our Rally. One has nothing to do with the other."

At this point, Diaz loses whatever tenuous grip he has on grammar and logic and loses us completely. Will he encourage people to go to the walk and not the rally? And is he even still talking about the AIDS Walk on May 15, or the Mother's March Against AIDS, which is an official Heritage of Pride activity that takes place during Pride Week?

Regardless, he seems terribly confused, and people we know who've helped organize
both activities in the past openly laughed at the prospect he's ever been affiliated with or supportive of either.

We've reached out to people at the Mother's March Against AIDS, the AIDS Walk, and Senator Diaz, and will print any of their responses if we receive them.


sthrasher@villagevoice.com
/ @steven_thrasher

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Jeffrey J Smith Bklyn Heights
Jeffrey J Smith Bklyn Heights

Sen Ruben Diaz is clearly speaking for the 90% of Americans who DON'T want this kindof poison poured on the American family structure, which is the basic unit of a stablesustainable free American society.

I wiil be at the rally with a group of friends from the Brooklyn Heights area

JeffreyJSmith.NewYork@usa.com

apostleshadamishe
apostleshadamishe

THE CURE for HIV/AIDS.......AMBUSH

THE IDEA that AMBUSH cures AIDS

is being proven by the more than 400 individuals who have taken a doseof 60 ml three times daily for 21 days. The result is that AMBUSH'KILLS' the virus by causing the protein envelope to rupture and theviral particles are discarded by the white blood cells. AMBUSH is ableto 'KILL' the virus that are 'hiding' in the lymph system by its'natural radioactive' properties. This process allows the body to'return to normal health' with a corresponding immunity to that orthose strains of the virus.

What is AMBUSH ?

AMBUSH is a radioactive isotope of uranium that is found in the 'palm'plant of which there are more than 3000 species. When ingested, AMBUSHcauses the body temperature in the trunk area to rise to about 102degrees when the individual is sleeping. The preparation takes fourhours per batch, which is then given to the individuals for consumption60 ml three times daily for 21 days. AMBUSH is a herbal preparation inthis form but it contains an active ingredient which is a 'NEW'crystalline substance, a drug from the 'palm plant' similarly toASPIRIN originating from the willow tree bark

RESULTS:

After 21 days on AMBUSH, ALL the individuals experienced a decrease inviral load to undetectable, an increase in cd4, increase in RBC, animprovement in general health such as more color to the face, decreasein Buffalo hump, an increase in gluteal muscles, a decrease to havingno joint pains whereby individuals can bend to touch their toes, andwalk up steps are but a few examples. There is also a dramatic increasein their sexual appetite beginning after the first week of therapy

DISCUSSION:

In any plant concoction such as percolated 'tea', there are 30-40,000compounds, whi ch would take the scientific community twenty years toisolate one particular ingredient if they knew what they were lookingfor. The LORD GOD has given me seven steps to isolate the activeingredient, which is soft and metallic in nature and has a carbon-uranium-sulfur-(classified)-phentolamine configuration or structure.This is similar to Federick Kekule and the discovery of the benzenering where he dreamt the structure.

As an antiviral and 'natural radioactivity' producing agent, AMBUSH isalso effective against leukemia, lupus and HPV. Here I am saying that Ihave 'GIVEN' AMBUSH in the same 'strength' and dosage to patients withleukemia, lupus and HPV. A 35 year old male with HIV found it difficultto impossible to urinate was put on 'green tea' and water while thedoctors contemplated prostrate surgery. One of the doctors gave him mynumber , I sent him a supply of AMBUSH an d he has not been given anymore ARV's, since taking AMBUSH 18 months ago, is in 'good' health andhas expressed a willingness to be examined by HIV investigators likemany others who have taken AMBUSH.

I have sent this 'IDEA' to most HIV research agencies, scientist of thefield, universities, hospitals, clinics, politicians and news agenciesto which it is REJECTED because the name of THE LORD GOD is mentioned.He has steered me scientifically through the processes such as whichplant and how to produce the active ingredient. What are the odds of aFlorida Pharmacist picking a plant would contain the CURE for HIV/AIDS ?I have never charged any of the people for their supply of AMBUSH but alife saving has been spent on the project with NO renumeration from anysources because AMBUSH falls outside the walls of modern medicine andresearch.

PROPOSAL:

My proposal is that I PROVE that AMBUSH CURES HIV/AIDS by giving it toa number of END-STAGE or DRUG-RESISTANT people and the scientificcommunity watches their recovery. This proposal addresses the problemin that I have already outlaid the results to be obtained.

This IDEA is unconventional in that the scientific community hasrejected AMBUSH because I say it is GOD given. Secondly if I wrote itaccording to certain standards, then it might be peer reviewed.However, THE LORD GOD has also shown me that there are five enzymesystems associated with the virus, reverse transcriptase, protease,fusion and two more of which causes the virus to be AIRBOURNE. Thismeans that without DIVINE intervention mankind and ALL warm- bloodedmammals will be extinct in a number of years.

The PROOF of what I am saying is found in scientific papers wherein itis found that when the protease cuts the viral strands, it cuts it atDIFFERENT lengths EVERY time, to which it should always be a valine atthe end but is a different amino acid every time. This is why it isIMPOSSIBLE to produce a VACCINE.

Since this is NOT a hypothesis but there are about 400 individuals whohave taken AMBUSH, here lies a vast area in which to check, recheck andconfirm that AMBUSH CURES AIDS. Let it be mentioned that during the HIVreproductive cycle, reverse transcriptase converts viral RNA into DNAcompatible to human genetic materials. Thus the human DNA has been'hijacked' and since each person has a DIFFERENT DNA, then the newviral copy is unique to that person which shows that each individualhas a DIFFERENT STRAIN of the virus. Consider two HIV positive peopleswapping viral strains and increasing its complexity with multiplepartners.It can also be proposed that they be revisited as proof that the strainor strains that they had were 'killed' at the time of taking AMBUSHconsidering that a person can catch as many different strains as thereare people who are infected by HIV.I am also willing to work with the scientific community in identifyingthose individuals who took AMBUSH and wish to be identified with thisprocess notwithstanding that some are stigmatized while others arejubilant,

Once AMBUSH is verified as being able to accomplish that which isaforementioned then the next stage might be the natural and artificialsynthesis of the substance.

Finally, if this is accepted or not, believed or not, THE LORD GODalways wins and this is the heavenly truth to which AMBUSH was divinelygiven to mankind for the CURE of HIV/AIDS and it will be here forever. The WORLD is therefore COMPELLED to listen......sooner or later....your choice !!!!!Apostle Shada Mishe.

apostleshadamishe@gmail.com

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Limpiandote El Pico
Limpiandote El Pico

Water Balloons made of CONDOMS!!! Let's do it people. Time to rain on Ruben's parade, BIG TIME. Everyone with HIV and their supporters should go to his march and disrupt it RIGHT BACK. Screw him and his stupid incompetent son. Their career in politics is just about OVER. =)

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Lazybrooktom
Lazybrooktom

So his big solution to the problem of HIV/AIDS is to........ Advocate making Gay monogamy illegal.

And he wonders why people think he hates Gays.

scottrose
scottrose

Is Ruben Diaz an idiot, or does he take us to be idiots, that he would say that because he isn't hiring Ricky Martin to appear at his anti-gay hate fest, "there won't be any . . celebrities to draw crowds"? First off . . as if Ricky Martin would appear at Ruben Diaz's anti-gay hate fest. I think Diaz should extend an invitation to Ricky Martin, just so Ricky can tell him Que se vaya a la mismisma mierda! Right away, Ricky Martin would appear at Diaz's anti-gay hate fest. Yet as happens, Brian Brown of the venomously anti-gay "National Organization for Marriage," a designated HATE group, IS appearing at Diaz's anti-gay hate fest. Brown IS a celebrity in the constipated universe of bigoted lunacy that is the anti-gay-rights movement. Anti-gay-rights monsters like Ruben Diaz would in truth much rather have Brown than Ricky Martin at this anti-gay hate rally. Why do I say that? I mean, what does Diaz think Ricky Martin would do? Come holding his twin sons in front of the crowd and say "We must fight gay marriage at all costs!" I think we should get in touch with Ricky Martin's people to get a quote from Ricky about this.

scottrose
scottrose

The "Reverend" Ruben Diaz's regular promulgation of anti-gay hate speech encourages the spread of HIV. Gay men in his district see him as an official government symbol of non-acceptance of gay people. They very often react to that official non-acceptance by dating and/or marrying women while having sex with men "on the DL," the "Down Low." That . . combined with other of Diaz's Catholicism-inflected attitudes towards birth control, condom use, et cetera . . . results in higher levels of new HIV infections. There are scientifically determinable reasons why the rate of HIV infections is higher in Reverend Diaz district than in many other districts where more enlightened elected officials serve in office. Not only do "DL" men transmit HIV at a higher rate to people of both genders . . they also are inhibited against getting tested by Diaz's anti-gay attitudes permeating the community. They're afraid to come out publicly to anybody, including to doctors. And, because HIV is presumed more prevalent among gay than among heterosexual people, going for an HIV test can, to DL men, seem tantamount to a public admission that they are gay. As noted in this article, Diaz's support for continued denial of spouse benefits to gay couples decreases their access to health care. And therein is found yet another way in which Reverend Diaz contributes to an exacerbation of the HIV emergency in his district. HIV well-controlled does not produce complications anything like those produced by HIV that isn't well-controlled. And, HIV not well-controlled spreads much more easily than in patients who have the chronic infection under control. Were Diaz to advocate 1) better access to quality health care for all gay people, including and maybe even especially for those in long term relationships, i.e. marriages; 2) early testing and eventual early treatment for new HIV infections; 3) condom distribution to high school students and others in his district and 4) open and full acceptance of gay people in his district, his district would see a prompt decrease in the number of new HIV infections. Reverend Diaz is ignorant about homosexuality, that ignorance fuels his backward approach to public health issues, and one result . . . (for which result he is indisputably accountable, and for which he should with more rigor be held accountable by the entire NYC community), is that his district suffers an elevated rate of new HIV infections among both men and women. Nobody should hold their breath, expecting the "Reverend" Diaz to examine his conscience and then to modify his behavior. He is too busy organizing an anti-gay hate rally and march to do any such thing.

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