“Politicians used AIDS to energize anti-gay supporters and religious conservatives who heralded it as a consequence of immorality. Pat Buchanan, an adviser to President Reagan, declared, “The poor homosexuals – they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is exacting an awful retribution.” A.”

“Politicians used AIDS to energize anti-gay supporters and religious conservatives who heralded it as a consequence of immorality. Pat Buchanan, an adviser to President Reagan, declared, “The poor homosexuals – they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is exacting an awful retribution.” A.”

— Sean Strub