Homophobia Quotes
Islam forbids homosexuality and Sharia (Islamic religious law) prescribes death as the penalty for homosexuality. At that time Iran was a Muslim theocracy and if there were overt homosexuality that was officially discovered, the heretics would be killed. The logic of the government was that since they had killed the homosexuals, there were none left. At the same time all the research showed that while Muslim homosexuality was slightly less than Christian, it was still quite significant in all Muslim cultures that had been studied. If the President was to be believed, Iran was the only exception.
Those were not the facts at all. A substantial number of people who get AIDS, did so from unprotected sex—especially women. By promulgating false and dangerous health information like this, doubtless some people believed him and did not protect themselves to their everlasting regret.